While browsing at a Goodwill I'd never before visited I spotted two bundles of sewing fabric that looked like new. They seemed to be mostly novelty prints, but I've been looking for fabric with which I could practice my piecing, and they would be perfect for that. This is the smaller of the pair, and it contained 2 yards of a cotton knit on the outside. I figured the other fabric was all quilting cotton prints and bought it.
Turns out I was right. There were 7-1/2 yards of 5 quilting cotton prints, all in pristine condition with no odor.
That includes three yards of a pretty Susan Winget sunflower print and a yard of one of her bird florals; the former is enough to make a lovely quilt backing (if you want to pay $14.99 a yard for it new) and I paid $5.99 for the entire bundle, which works out to about sixty-three cents a yard.
The larger of the two bundles had a lot more to it, and felt heavier as well. It appeared to be all quilting cotton prints, so I bought that one, too.
I got 16 different prints in this bundle, all also in pristine condition with no odor, totalling 11-1/2 yards for $5.99. Among them are two Susan Winget prints, a Riley Blake print and a Michael Miller print, all quilt shop fabric quality. Anyway, the price works out to fifty-two cents a yard for this bundle. Or, if you add the yardage of the two bundles together, 21 yards of fabric for $11.98, or fifty-seven cents a yard.
I now have all the practice fabric I could want. The fact that all this was thrifted just makes it so much lovelier. :)
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