Fabric Sales...

Sad news - the local Hancock Fabrics is going out of business! It means great sales, especially on things that never go on sale...but I'll miss it. I really prefer their fabric selection over the local JoAnn's.

Good news - the Salvation Army has a fabric sale each spring, and man, did I score! lol I spent a total of about $35 over three days of the sale, and pretty much filled the car up three times, including three boxes of craft magazines that I can sell on ebay.

Just some awesome deals - a bag of scrap fleece for $.75 (garbage bag, that is), a bag of scrap batting for $.50, invisible zippers for a quarter each, beautiful vintage white buttons that I'm going to see if my bride wants to use for $.75, vintage patterns (they are an obsession, seriously...) for a quarter each, lace pieces, a box of lining pieces for FREE, three boxes of magazines for FREE (including some vintage Workbasket patterns), netting and fur - probably about 3 yards for $.50, old McCall's Needlework magazines (4 of them) for $.50 (they have a set of really cute 1960's style Barbie hats to crochet - I'm really excited to try them out!) - umm...oh, some old sewing books for a quarter, some xmas printed pieces of fabric...just a lot of stuff.

I was excited. $35 goes a long way there. I might put aside $50 for next year and just go wild! ha!


I was talking to a friend about slipcovers. It's all the rage, but overall it doesn't really interest me. Then she showed me what they sell for.

I think I'll be making one this summer.

It would be awesome to pay off some bills this summer with the extra work that's being drummed up through word of mouth, web hits, ebay, & etsy. :)