Monday, May 2, 2016

Am I crazy...

On Saturday morning I went to a fabric sale, wheweee what a sale it was!  I do have to say though it was bittersweet as some family lost a love one that resulted in this sale. I did not know the lady or her family but it was sad anyway.  But the family can know that her things are going on to be used in loads of other homes now.  They had to use a Uhaul truck to bring stuff over from the house to the American Legion where they held the sale. It was only from 10am-3pm. I don't think there was any way they could have sold it all as my friend was there around 1pm and she said there was lots left. Maybe they will decide to do another sale!

So the deal was $1 a yd. for flat folds and $5 for a bolt no matter how many yds. were on it. There must have been 100 bolts, and table after table of flatfolds.  YIKES I have/had no willpower!!  How do you not want to just pick up everything in site. Think tons of backing fabrics for one thing.  I found several pieces for backgrounds. Most are not modern, although, some of the bright colors would work. I did find a modern bright good for my donation quilts and a piece of light grey tone on tone. There was Christmas, floral, tone on tone. They did a good job of sorting them by color or theme. I wish I would have ran to the batik table(if I had known which one it was) as they were only $2 a yd.  You had to take the whole piece, no cutting was happening at all. Some pieces I got were 5 yds some a little more.  You also had to measure your own piece and use the honor system and tell the cashier how many yds you had.  Oh and then they had finished quilts on 3 tables and antique quilts, all hand stitched, on another table.

Just look at all my goodies... I am a very happy quilter.  Wantta know how much fabric there is on my ironing board????  Take a guess now.  I am lucky I have a supportive DH as he just saw stacks of nicely folded fabric, but then when I told him how many yards I bought his eyes almost popped out, LOL.  Now the thing is I have to find a place to store it all!!  I plan to use some today, I have runners that need quilting so I'll use some for backings, that will help bring the pile down a bit, haha.

So I came home, petted, fondled, refolded and wound everything around my 6" ruler to make them all nice and tidy. So what would you have done, buy lots and lots  or not??????  Ok I'll tell ya, there is about 120 yds.  I didn't unwind and measure the bolts as we didn't have to do that at the sale since they were just flat out $5 a bolt.  I could have easily bought twice that as I am kinda nutty that way!

Just a reminder that the Island Batik Ambassadors have wrapped up their April projects but one of the ladies was kind enough to post links too all of them. So if you are wondering what other projects were made for the month you can check them out below.
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Linking to a few of the parties on the left side bar.

23 comments:

  1. Wow! Just Wow! What a huge blessing! I am so jealous!!!

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  2. Wow! That sounds like an incredible sale; I don't think I could have passed up the opportunity, either.

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  3. Oh yes crazy in a good way! What a haul!

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  4. Oh.My.Goodness!! I would not have resisted and I might have come home with more. . . No way you could pass that up!! :) And the fabrics look fabulous! Maybe it is a good thing that I don't run into these kinds of deals. . . I might need a bigger house! LOL

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  5. I would love to run into a sale like that too. It's is truly like a kid in a candy shop. However if you should start getting sick I'll send my address.
    Hugs and blessings
    Tonia

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  6. Wow! While I am trying to narrow down my stash, I don't think I could have resisted. Those are beautiful and will make some great backings.

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  7. I would have bought so much stuff! It looks like you got some great fabric there.

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  8. Sorry to hear about the family's loss but so glad so much fabric is no longer just being stored but will be used!

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  9. I'm a little bit jealous...but happy for you.

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  10. I certainly could not have resisted and I'm sure I would have come home with more. Your purchases look great.

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  11. I love it! Can't beat a good fabric sale! :)

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  12. You are crazy, but I believe it is that good crazy that all of us seem to possess :) That is quite a score.

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  13. What great fabrics you got tho!!! 300 yards?

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  14. NO WAY I could've resisted! Yep, I would have been making many trips to the car with fabric falling from my arms! Thanks for sharing this great stash addition on Main Crush Monday.

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  15. Oh my gosh! I would have done the same thing. I ran into a deal similar to that only once. No where near the selection. But a slammin deal on the few pieces I purchased. Good for you!

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  16. Oh my goodness. So sad for the family who had to sell their loved ones belongings but also fortunate that they had people interested. People who will make great use of that fabric.

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  17. To quote my daughter, "I am getting hoarding sweats about this" !!! Seriously. She gets them over makeup deals and new stuff, me? Fabric. Sometimes thread. 120 flippin' YARDS!!! I think, no I know I would have come home with more...ask me why I have several 3-5 yards chunks of fabric on my shelves for future backings or focus fabrics... Will be watching to see you 'eat' up the yardage in your projects.

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  18. I can't even imagine fabric at that price. I'm sure the lady who purchased it would prefer another quilter to have it, I would.
    Smiles
    Kate

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  19. Yowza!! What a fantastic sale! I can't fit 120 yards in my tiny space, but I completely understand that you bought that much.

    You should link up with "Sunday Stash" over on Molli Sparkle's site, too. That haul is too good not to share!

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  20. I received my friends entire stash- think room full- when her daughter realized she wouldn't use it. I donated tons of it to many local church quilting groups for charity quilts and have only bought several fabrics in years- using it up by making scrap quilts. I have decided that all the women bragging about their stash might want to rethink the money used, the space problems, and at the end of the day family having to dispose of the(oftentimes outdated and musty ) excess.

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  21. Wow, you found some beautiful fabrics. It looks like you made some great very usable choices. Have fun finishing up projects.

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