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Best Thrift Fabric Haul Ever

Sometimes I get inklings about things at Goodwill. Today I was back at ours looking for something I could upcycle when I saw this big bag marked Misc Fabric for $6.99. It was really heavy -- about twenty pounds -- and I saw some signs that it might be a quilter's stash. So I decided to roll the dice and buy it.

Once I got the bag home and started pulling out the fabric, my jaw hit the floor. It contained 26 yards of quilting cotton in 23 different prints, most custom-printed from Spoonflower, which charges $19.00 a yard for these.

Whoever this fabric originally belonged to ordered 19 different patterns, too, and I got all of them in the bag.

Also in the bag was 9 yards of Robert Allen Home medium weight cotton decorator fabric. This is generally used for upholstery, and the print is from 2004, so I suspect it's out of print. Robert Allen fabrics run from $10.00 to $35.00 a yard.

I'm not sure what this fabric is, as it's not marked, but the bag came with four yards of it. I'm going to guess it's drapery fabric.

Vintage fabric can't be priced at current retail, of course, but everything is in pristine condition. If I wanted to order the same fabrics new from Spoonflower right now it would cost me $381.00. As for the upholstery fabric, OOP designs regularly go for big bucks on specialty fabric web sites. Judging by the prices of other 2004-era Robert Allen fabrics, I would have to pay somewhere around $180.00 for nine yards.

Bottom line, I just got $561.00+ worth of fabric for seven bucks and change. :)

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Anonymous said…
I love it when I can score something awesome. Good job!
Maria Z
PS. The last anonymous comment on your trigger finger was me too.
March 5, 2023 at 1:52 PM
the author said…
I'm completely in awe that I could get so much for so little. Sorry about the problems with comments.
March 7, 2023 at 8:11 AM
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