Materials for Altered Stuffies

To makeover my thrifted stuffies for Halloween I needed some supplies, but since our local Jo-Ann has closed all that's left in my area is Hobby Lobby, where I absolutely refuse to shop (see this article at The MarySue if you'd like to know my reasons.) Since I had another excuse, off I cheerfully went thrifting!

I found a lovely little pumpkin for my collection at our local church thrift for .99, and a bag of wee faux gourds and berries in autumn colors for $1.00.

A trip to Dollar Tree surprised me when I found two skeins of chenille yarn, some metallic pipe cleaners and three fat quarters of fabric in Halloween colors that I needed. Not a bad haul for $7.50.

I purchased five adorable Halloween novelty prints from an eBay textile seller. These were $13.00, but that's pretty much the only way I can get small amounts of holiday fabric now (plus I got free shipping.)

Sorting my scrap bin earlier this summer made it easy to pull some Halloween and fall fabric remnants for my project. I even found the bag of scraps I saved from last year's Halloween tote. I think I'm ready to start altering. :)

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