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<\/p>\nOnce upon a day, sewing your own clothing was cheaper than buying it pre-made.<\/p>\n
Now?<\/p>\n
That’s not always the case.<\/p>\n
At four or five bucks a yard for fabric plus notions, you can easily shell out thirty or more bucks for a dress–not to mention the time you’ve taken to put it all together.<\/p>\n
Starts to make you wonder if sewing your own is a fanciful hobby for the comfortably-well-off.<\/p>\n
Thrifty seamstresses, don’t lose heart.<\/p>\n
It just so happens that I know JUST the place to find bargain fabric.<\/p>\n
Goodwill. (Or Salvation Army. Or whatever your nearest second hand shop is. Garage sales are also great.)<\/p>\n
Bedsheets. Tablecloths. Curtains. All of these are wonderful sources of large sections of fabric that can be obtained at a fraction of the price a fabric store would charge.<\/p>\n
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My Goodwill charges $3.25 per sheet.<\/p>\n
A twin sized bedsheet provides a little over four yards worth of fabric (it’s wider than a bolt of fabric, of course, so you’ll have to rearrange your pattern on the fabric a bit–but inch for square inch, it’s over four yards worth of 45″ fabric.) That’s less than a dollar a yard!<\/p>\n
A king sized bedsheet provides a whopping seven and a quarter yards of fabric! And at my Goodwill, a king sized sheet costs the same as a twin. So that’s less than 50 cents a yard!<\/p>\n
Garage sales often have great fabric sources for even cheaper.<\/p>\n
I have grand plans for my newly purchased bargain fabric.<\/p>\n
I’ll be using the white fabric on the left to make new pillowcases–using the pretty lace edging to also edge my pillowcases.<\/p>\n
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I’ll be saving the next two for use as quilt backings or quilt components (can never get too much solid gender-neutral colored fabric!)<\/p>\n
The blue check and pink stripe will become pajama\/lounging pants.<\/p>\n
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And the pink floral (jersey knit) will become a medium length summer nightie.<\/p>\n
I also found the yarn for a steal ($7.50 for the whole lot). I haven’t made plans for the sparkly acrylic to the left, but the cotton on the right will make wonderful washcloths and face cloths.<\/p>\n
Now…I used to be not at all queasy about used store stuff–whatever it was.<\/p>\n
Then I learned about lice and scabies and bedbugs.<\/p>\n
And frankly, it’s made me a bit wary.<\/p>\n
But, as you can see, that doesn’t mean I’ve quit buying used store fabric.<\/p>\n
Why not?<\/p>\n
Because all it takes is a little space and a little time and you can wave goodbye to the little buggers that bite in the night.<\/p>\n
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Just dump your new (old) fabric in a trash bag, tie the top (so that the bag is airtight), and throw it in a closet for two weeks. When the two weeks are up, pull it out, open it up, dump the contents into the washer, and wash in hot water. <\/p>\n
Voila. Bug-free fabric.<\/p>\n
So…<\/p>\n
Come one, come all, come pick up some bargain fabric–coming soon to a used store\/yard sale\/second-hand shop near you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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