There is a LARGE thrift store ran by a church mission organization and a Salvation Army thrift store in my town. I check them weekly...the mission one has 25% off entire store on Wednesday..the SA has odd sales at times unadvertised..you just have to go in and see. I have located the "fabric" area in both stores and check them weekly on Saturdays and wednesdays,
Today was a great day at the mission store...$2.99 and I got 2 yards each of 2 different pink floral prints, 1 yard each of 2 blue calicos, and 1 yard each of a maroon and rust colored calicos. 8 yards for $3..can't beat that! And I can tell from the wrinkles, they are 100% cotton. Yesterday I went to the SA one and got 4 yards of a pink floral print for $4...buck a yard. And all of them are the perfect colors and prints for quilting and I have ideas for them all! I have been wanting to try new techniques and cuts but didn't have enough of anything to really match right, so now I do..bow tie and hour glass.. here I come! And 9 patches and stars!
So moral of the story..check your local thrift store for fabric! There are quite a few independent thrift stores in town to, but I haven't had the time to inspect them yet and I don't think they'd have the fabric options like these two do,b ut one of these days when I can stop quilting, and stop discussing here and stop looking at all the blogs and sites for free patterns and ideas...I'll get to the indy ones!



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