Cheap Quilting Materials

RE: Cheap Quilting Materials Post By (Guest Post) (08/20/2005) I use my childrens old clothes that dont fit them anymore. Ive made a few denium quilts with their jeans. The jeans have fancy logos (JNCO, South Pole, etc.) stitched on em---I cut them into a square or rectangle. They'll always remember the "in" jean when they went to school. RE: Cheap Quilting Materials Post by sewingmamma (68) | (08/20/2005) Contact Wal-Mart has material for as little as $2.00 a yard. sewingmamma RE: Cheap Quilting Materials Post by sjackie2000 (64) | (08/19/2005) Profile | Contact Try the thrift stores. If they don't have regular fabric, you can always buy some curtains and cut them up. RE: Cheap Quilting Materials Post By Pat (Guest Post) (08/19/2005) Hi Amanda, I go to my local thrift shop where they have barrels of clothes that don't sell. They periodically cull their racks and put perfectly good clothes in the barrel which they sell for a $1.00 a bag. I look for large cotton garments, bring them home to wash, and cut them into pieces. I've made several quilts this way. I also use sheets for backing which often sell for only a dollar. I've had lots of fun doing this and have found perfectly good material. If your thrift shop doesn't have the barrels, ask them to consider it as most shops just send the stuff to the landfill instead. Have fun!