i love a great deal and digging for fabric. I think if I had money I'd still do it for the joy and its better for the environment.

@gettheetothestitchery

2 жыл бұрын

Same here! I hate to see good fabric go to waste, and it really makes you get creative too!

Soak the smokey fabric over night in vinegar and baking soda run through washing cycle with borax and deft and hang dry outside... both parents were heavy indoor yellow walled smokers. I got tricks

@darknessfierce4209

9 ай бұрын

I like this, I wrote it down

@maudline

16 күн бұрын

🙏🙏thank you

The blue sheer fabric is a curtain panel.

If you put baking soda and vinegar in the washer with the fabrics it will take smells out. It does not smell like vinegar when taken out of the dryer. You got some good finds.

Great great haul. I also am a CHEAPSKATE! I am honestly proud of that at times because I have learned how to get things free or cheap and USE ThEM when others are wasteful. I received 9 yes, 9 large boxes of fabric for FREE from a lady that had to move. Then she was still moving and brought me 2 more huge bags of fabric. Yeah, I am set for a while. However, I do still go to thrift stores and buy fabric just bc it is so fun to score a good deal, like paying pennies for brand new fabric that stores charge $12.00 a yard for, I just find that so fun!

Careful! Your fabric stash will start to look like mine. Lol.

@gettheetothestitchery

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's already looking a bit terrifying... I need storage, stat!

I love the bins!

My mom was a professional seamstress from back when. There's a fairly easy way to measure the length of a piece of fabric. Hold one end to your nose and spread your arm straight out. The distance from your nose to your hand is about a yard.

Youngster, you, The thin blue is called a sheer curtain. Use a cup of white vinegar with stinky fabrics. Separately use a cup of baking soda. They are both life savers.

You find the best deals!!

Definitely keep an eye out for church rummage sales… my church i go to has one twice a year. They have all kinds of shirts and other clothes and they only charge me $1 per plastic grocery bag… i usually try to find fabrics i like in the biggest sizes possible (which 98% of the items are way too big for me anyways), bc i like to repurpose them into other things… lightweight wovens into hankies or for lining something that also needs more stability, knits into tanks (of which i happen to layer under other tanks or other shirts all year around), etc lol and stiffer fabrics make great zipper bags lol also, old t-shirts make EXCELLENT cleaning rags lol just saying lol why pay lots of money for expensive rags that are for cleaning when you can cut up old t-shirts?

Good find that’s a good deal

Soak in combination of baking soda, white-distilled vinegar, and hot water. Then add both thtat vinegar and baking soda to your wash lol works every time for me on all kinds of odors

I LOVE finding fabric at Goodwill. And I love dogs. I was watching you and thinking "that dog needs a kiss" - and you kissed him!

The Good Well where l live separate the sheets, so trying to find both top and bottom is rare. I went last week picked up 2 panels of curtains $5.49 each, white banquet size restaurants tablecloth $8.98 and a king size printed top sheet $5.49 with senior discount for 8$. Tablecloth had no stains or holes, top sheet has one small rip but where it is at can been worked around when cutting out a pattern. The drapes are on my window, did not buy for that purpose. But after l washed everything I decided to put them up at least for the time being away.

Oh my, you should see my fabric stash…

Goodwill here is crazy pricey. Saw a twin fitted sheet and they wanted $10 sure compared to buying cotton from the bolt without a sale is pricier but then we have family thrift stores around Houston and woot woot bought over 10 full to king size 100% cotton sheet sets for $40.

But Charlie, where are you going to store it x)

@gettheetothestitchery

2 жыл бұрын

In a massive heap of chaos in the corner of the bedroom where it will taunt me daily! XD

3:05 can easily make that pattern lay at the waist for a midriff piece to a dress lol just saying

My goodwill don't have bins,😢

The smoke thing kinda grossed me out. Does it really not smell?

@gettheetothestitchery

2 жыл бұрын

So far the smell hasn't come back! I'll probably wash it again on a super hot cycle before sewing anything with it, just to make sure.

@jessicahill1357

2 жыл бұрын

@@gettheetothestitchery You might try washing it with white distilled vinegar if you haven't used it yet - it can help neutralize odors.