FREE Fabric and More

My heart is full from the generosity of my kind friends.  On January 3, 2013 I put out a plea on FaceBook that read:  "If any locals have ANY clothes/sheets/curtains (anything fabric) that are headed to the trash I'd love to take them! I have been having fun repurposing old clothes into fun crafts."

I got many replies from friends in Denver and even Colorado Springs and last week I drove just over 200 miles collecting donations.

Here is what I've collected so far!  Seriously....My heart is singing with happiness!!

I'm still sorting through everything, but I have started on a small project from some of my donations.

See the clear tote with the red lid??  Well, my friends, that is full of awesomeness!  In that tote I found so many sewing supplies.  There were zippers, buttons, snaps, sequins, elastic, thread, ric rac, quilt binding, bias tape, piping, various trims, etc.  Plus there were a bunch of patterns.  Even some vintage patterns.  I think I squealed like a little girl when I saw some vintage things in there.  My kids thought their mom had lost her marbles.

I also got so excited when I happened upon some patterns like this one.

I'm not sure if that address means anything to you, but that's the same zipcode as my parent's house.  The house my mom grew up in.  I immediately looked up where this address is and it's pretty close to their house.  I thought that was pretty neat.  But I'm sure I'm the only one that would get excited by such nonsense.  So, now I need to call my mom and ask if she ever knew this family.  Or maybe my Grandmother knew them.  However, even though it's only a few miles from my parent's house, I can guarantee it is a different ward and possibly even a different stake from them.  So maybe there was no chance of them meeting.

Also amongst the supplies I found a zipper from 1953.

There are so many more treasures amongst these donations and I could not be more grateful for the generosity!  I got some GREAT fabric out of this, plus boxes and boxes of denim that I can cut up for various projects.  I'm a blessed girl!  Thank you, kind friends, for helping support my hoarding problem  sewing hobby!  The inspiration keeps flowing and my brain is constantly thinking of projects I can take on.

I, most certainly, will always accept more donations.  So, if you are in the Denver (ish) area and are looking to get rid of some clothes, curtains, sheets, etc...I will certainly take them off your hands.  Send me an email and we'll set up a time for me to come pick it up!

Hopefully soon I'll have pictures of projects I've made with my new stash.

Until then, happy crafting!!