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In reply to the discussion: Need ideas for selling a LOT of vintage fabric [View all]TexasBushwhacker
(20,682 posts)24. That's a good idea
I would look online for vintage fabric dealers and see if you can find someone to buy the lot. There are dealers on EBay and Etsy as well.
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That is kind of interesting. As a person who likes to sew fabric does interest me.
dballance
Jul 2014
#1
I'd sort it into lots. Maybe by decade and fabric type. Like '60s cottons. '50s wools. Etc.
sinkingfeeling
Jul 2014
#2
I was in a similar situation a few years ago. It seemed like 4,000 yards, but really a lot less.
northoftheborder
Jul 2014
#6
Please move to my area and start a store! Please! Good fabric is nonexistant except online.
northoftheborder
Jul 2014
#11
This is a location based issue. The closer you are to LA/NYC the better off you will be.
TeamPooka
Jul 2014
#8
I'd take a close look at the fabric in an attic since the sixties. And the ones in a room, too ...
marble falls
Oct 2021
#55
Those are like gold. I used to buy and sell feedsacks. And they are rarer than hen's teeth ...
marble falls
Nov 2020
#48
I just found quilt squares already hemmed that my grandmother made ( im 69)...
samnsara
May 2020
#45
All those I ever found, sold well. if the fabric is 'thin' fuse it to a good solid color cotton ...
marble falls
Nov 2020
#49