Random Ebay Scrap Fabric & Thread Hauls!

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3 ай бұрын

As some of you already know I have a slight obsession with buying other people's discarded fabric scraps.
I have done a much longer video about 9 Ways to Buy Cheap Fabric for Quilting which includes how I buy lots like these ones on Ebay. • Where to Buy Cheap Fab...
I've also done various videos in the past about my fun Ebay finds as well as how I sell my unwanted fabric and other sewing notions online too. You'll find all the links to these videos below.
Scrap Fabric HaulS & Fabric Selling & Sewing Room Makeover Videos:
Kaffe Fasset Scap Haul: • Kaffe Fassett Scrap Fa...
How to Sell your Fabric Online: • How to Sell Fabric Onl...
My Epic Sewing Room Sortout: • My Epic Sewing Room So...
William Morris & Tula Pink Fabric Haul: • Ebay Fabric Haul! Wil...
Scrap Fabric Haul: • Scrap Fabric Haul
Surprise Ebay Quilting Haul: • Surprise Ebay Quilting...
Ebay Quilting Haul: • Ebay Quilting Haul - F...
Scrap Fabric Haul - Solids: • Scrap Fabric Haul - So...
Scrap Fabric Strips: • Ebay Haul! Scrap Fabri...
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@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

What has been your best recent fabric or sewing supplies find?

@tamelasimmons7 3 ай бұрын

My friend gave me 3 large garbage bags of scraps, 99% are 2.5 inch strips last weekend. I have managed to sort them all by color. I am going to go back through them again and pull out the fabrics I know I will never reach for and pass them on.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

@tamelasimmons7 good idea! That sounds like a lot of scraps! Nice friend!

@angelavorhees5946 3 ай бұрын

I think your first lot was the nicest. The white fabric appeared to be gauze. I enjoy videos like this showing a fabric haul. The shorter length is nice when you just have a little time to watch.

@sharonking8777 3 ай бұрын

I went to a Goodwill that was new to me. The stars aligned, I bought several quilting cottons with multiple yards that are perfect for quilt backs. The best was a beautiful batik with sunny yellow to deep butterscotch. It was almost 5 yards. Several were half off the marked price, including the batik ($2.50) and a hot pink minky. I spent $25 and could hardly carry the two huge bags to the car! I have gone back twice but nothing like that first haul😊. I have used several fabrics with stretch, even sweaters, when sweater pillows were popular. I used fusible interfacing before cutting and it worked great everytime.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Great find! It’s such a nice feeling when you have a shopping trip like that! Enjoy using it all!

@joyful7320 3 ай бұрын

Ooh, nice! You did well, particularly with the webbing, as that is expensive! You could add to the completed alphabet blocks and make library bags. (Wonky log cabin style.) The chiffon could be made into produce bags. So many treasures!

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! And thanks for the ideas!

@coreygilles847 3 ай бұрын

I really like the rolls of fabric in the baskets. It is pretty and easy to find ❤

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@susanrascone2098 3 ай бұрын

Nice haul. Those threads are used for hand embroidery and the other sheers and wooly bits can be used in art quilting. I have not been buying fabric, only when needed. I shop my stash! I have 2 more rows to sew together for my improv then sew the rows up.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Good to know they aren’t for the machine!

@laurajones7417 3 ай бұрын

Love all those solids! Look forward to seeing them in action! 😍

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@laurag8641 3 ай бұрын

I like your idea of rolling the fabric scrap colors up to organize them. In the photo it looks like I might save more space doing it that way! thank you for sharing your scrap haul !!

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Yes it should save space. I have rolled clothes in suitcases when going on trips to save space for years but it only dawned on me when I did that sewing room re-jig that the same thing could work for fabric.

@marinaabad4995 3 ай бұрын

Those metallic threads are for hand embroidery or cross. Metallic threads for machine embroidery spools look different. Be sure to use the right metallic thread needle for using metallics. Crinkly material is gauze. I used double gauze for summer lightweight quilt with no wadding/batting, it was a very successful project.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the info! I knew someone would know what the crinkly fabric was!!

@sueshortall1617 3 ай бұрын

Hi Kristen, I've used Kreinik thread with embroidery. Some are difficult to use and shred easily. Recently I have acquired a rotor cutter with a perforation blade. Good to use if you are copying foundation patterns on thicker paper. You can run it over the lines, which makes it easier to rip off.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Cool! Do you use the thread for hand embroidery or machine?

@sueshortall1617 3 ай бұрын

@@ScrapFabricLove I've used it in hand embroidery. x

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

@sueshortall1617 fab! Thanks for the info!

@diannplatt-roberts8692 3 ай бұрын

LOVE scrappy blocks!!! I really don't need any more fabric, I have a huge stash.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

I don’t either really… need to work on that impulse control 😂

@ShadowMoonFarms 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@laurastratton8614 3 ай бұрын

What great fabrics . I would suggest selling the chiffons and stretchy bits to someone who works with dance or figure skating Costumes. I used to make figure skating dresses and I'm sure someone would be thrilled to have those fabrics. I have done a little bit with metallic thread . it's great for decorative stitching. You need a special needle for metallic threads, a very slow machine speed and use a vertical spool pin ( I think) because of the way the thread is wound on the spool. But I'm sure that you can confirm that with an internet search.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Good idea! I do need to have a serious think and sort out at some point - if I haven’t used any of it by they might very well be in the sell box 😂

@ellengordon4468 3 ай бұрын

I run a bead of Sewer's Aid on the metallic spools to make it glide through the machine and needle without shredding.

@laurastratton8614 3 ай бұрын

@@ellengordon4468 that's a great idea.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

@ellengordon4468 great tip!

@KatBen2-uy3tw 3 ай бұрын

For metallic thread you need a larger hole in the machine needle. I use them in machine embroidery to give the quilt blocks some extra interest. Some metallic are not good quality and are not worth trying to sew things with it. If you told me the brand name I could tell you if it is a good one.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! A few other folk recognized the brand and said it was for hand embroidery so I know not to try to put it in my machine 😅

@ellengordon4468 3 ай бұрын

I think the white textured fabric might be seersucker.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Thanks - someone else said ‘gauze’ not sure if that is the same or not!

@dianemuldoon8697 3 ай бұрын

I want A and B Are they gone already?

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Hi - sorry these weren’t items I was selling. They are things I bought from eBay.

@fransak2723 3 ай бұрын

To me those are not scraps, just hunks.😁

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

Well someone else’s scraps. My starting point 😀

@dorrisdale6269 3 ай бұрын

I don't know how you find those buys, everything I find are way more expensive.

@ScrapFabricLove 3 ай бұрын

I have another video about how I find them but generally I am searching broad terms on eBay and filtering to ending soonest and UK (where I am) . I don’t always find something but sometimes there are gems. The video I talk about it in is a couple years old - it’s 9 ways to buy cheap fabric for quilting.