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gr8tfulmom
True Blue Farmgirl
143 Posts
Sarah
South Haven
MI
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 Posted - Nov 28 2009 : 05:42:46 AM
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I love using sheets as yardage and accent. This is a little girls set boys set  both of these are sheets  fabric on the side of this bag (which is really a pair of khakis) is an old Ikea duvet cover  and more sheets  last one, lol - recycled sheet, duvet cover and a curtain  - woo hooo for recycling and cutting down on waste!
Farmgirl sister #779
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13861 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13861 Posts |
Posted - Nov 28 2009 : 08:23:54 AM
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My husband and I are regulars at all of our local thrift stores!!!!
Amazing what one can find . . . and how little $$ you have to spend. If it weren't for hubby on the lookout for sewing machines at thrift stores I'd be in a pickle. I won't get into what he has found for me . . .but it's been amazing!!!
YAY . . . thrift stores!!
CJ
...from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com |
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Windsong
True Blue Farmgirl
309 Posts
LaVonna
Decatur
Tx
309 Posts |
Posted - Nov 28 2009 : 09:03:26 AM
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My aunt used to be a garage sale queen. Both at buying at garrage sales and at turning the purchases around to money. She lived in Houston and you could only have a sale 2 times a year. So she and some neighbors got together and sales every few months. One thing she did was shopped garage sales for old fake fur coats and old throw pillows. She could get each for almost nothing in cost. She covered the old pillows with the fake fur. At her sale she would have a play pen full of pillows and she sold them for quit a bit more than she had in them.
In a few days I will post a topic about my aunt and her garage sales. She had some great ideas. This year she is having her garage sales in Heaven so it would be a good way to remember her and it might help some of the farmgirls needing money making ideas.
LaVonna
Farmgirl Sister #758
www.windsongwellnessandtherapyshoppe.com
http://sadiesfarm.blogspot.com/
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cowgirlandboys
True Blue Farmgirl
308 Posts
Rachael
Missouri
USA
308 Posts |
Posted - Nov 29 2009 : 8:55:21 PM
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Did someone post how to make an apron from a pillowcase? I would be super interested in that!
Happy Trails!
Rachael
Farmgirl Sister #535 |
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thecatspyjamas
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Denise
Scottsboro
AL
USA
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Posted - Dec 17 2009 : 2:03:01 PM
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Hey--I'm new here and enjoying all these topics about reusing stuff! I love old sheets too, so soft when they're "broken in". I use them as sheets when I can and have reused them to make pillow cases for some big pillows I have on my bed. Someone mentioned old pillows--here's what I did with an old pillow (made it into a cat bed):
http://thecatspyjamas.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/01/a-new-bed-for-rusty.html
I didn't use an old sheet, but that would be a good idea too!
Denise
www.thecatspyjamas.typepad.com
artist, designer, cat rescuer, farm girl |
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mclintoc
Farmgirl at Heart
5 Posts
Amy
Augusta
Ks
USA
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Posted - Jan 31 2010 : 12:52:48 PM
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| You girls are teasing me. I went straight in to sew an apron out of one of my sheets and my machine is acting up. It sews for an inch or two then just thread then sews then just thread. That's the way I roll most of the time, great ideas then a road bump. |
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
1812 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2010 : 06:18:52 AM
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| I've been thinking of ways to brighten up our bedroom for spring. I have a few sheets that I know right where they are going now. A new redo for $0.00 thanks for all the great ideas |
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Ms. Hannigan
True Blue Farmgirl
57 Posts
Shari
Middle
TN
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - Feb 15 2010 : 5:26:34 PM
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When I had my first apartment, I used sheets combined with safety pins & thumbtacks to make the prettiest "balloon" curtains. Another covered my ugly couch as a slip cover, one over a trashcan made my side table. At other times I've used them for tablecloths, and even as some informal room dividers when my hubby and I first lived in the attic of a house we shared with 4 other people. You can even sew a duvet cover from 2 flat sheets one size up from your comforter. Cheapest yardage you'll ever find.
...some women are drippin' with diamonds... some women are drippin' with pearls... look at me, lucky me, the only thing I'm drippin' with is... little girls...
blog: http://www.lifegetsmessy.com
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Pamela Joy
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Pamela
Hesperus
CO
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 1:34:33 PM
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yes, I have made two or three duvet/comforter covers with old flannel top sheets. They are awesome - so soft and pretty. I am not great at sewing, but I can do a respectable straight line, so this is always a perfect project for me. And I love to make rag rugs.
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2010 : 6:14:59 PM
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I love Goodwill. I just bought some older, heavy hosp.pillowcases in white, of course, for the bed at $2.00 a pair. I bought all 3 pair they had. Then I found a brand new, heavy cotton with a little poly, twin sheet that I'm going to make a peasant half slip out of. I hate those cheapy nylon slips in the stores. I tell mom to keep her eyes open for decent sheets so we can both make slips, every time we go to Goodwill.
Sister-chick# 905
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
1818 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2010 : 6:29:19 PM
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Amy -- when my machine acts up, I find that changing the needle works wonders. Also, be sure you are threading correctly -- I sometimes forget which way to put the thread through the needle -- left to right or right to left? -- and when I get out the threading guide and do it correctly, bingo! no more problems.
www.youaretoocreative.blogspot.com |
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
1675 Posts |
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 4:12:10 PM
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Well, if you guys have any linen sheet's you'd like to sell, let me know! I've been hounding my local Goodwill with no luck!
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17452 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17452 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 08:58:18 AM
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Oh and I just remembered another idea,
a recycled sheet could be used to upholster a bed headboard...much cheaper then buying fabric...
I usualy buy any sheets that I can find w/a roses print...I stash them till I find a re-purpose for them...and with my Aljo trailer, "Gracie's Victorian Rose" I don't think I'll have a problem finding a use for the rose print sheets that I have collected so far! lol!
Ok, gotta run, firemama will be here in a few minutes & we are off on a mini Road Trip! wahooo!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Nigella
True Blue Farmgirl
386 Posts
Nigella
Chimacum
WA
USA
386 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 11:30:47 AM
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I collect the old cotton sheets from the local second-hand stores. I have two nice ones that are mostly white with soft flowers printed just here and there. I wanted to save them for something special but I wasn't sure what. Then I came across a pattern for an adorable longish skirt (hits lower calf) and a blouse (one of those loose, breezy, summery ones), and thought if they could do it on Sound of Music, why can't I?!? So I started the skirt last night. I think they're going to be great for summer!
I adore the old cotton embroidered pillowcases too, I've scored lots of nice ones. They're the only pillowcases we use!
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
~Thomas Edison~
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Nigella
True Blue Farmgirl
386 Posts
Nigella
Chimacum
WA
USA
386 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 11:32:18 AM
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Oooo Judy making slips out of them is a groovy idea! I was thinkin' I may need to buy one to go under my homemade skirt. I never thought of makin' one! :D
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
~Thomas Edison~
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