At the quilt shop I stooped to a new all time low.  I took the scraps out of her garbage can.  After ooohing and aaaahing over the fabric, I asked the owner if she had any selvage edges for sale.  ”No, I throw those out”, she answered, “in fact, I just threw a bunch into the garbage can”.
She didn’t seem at all impressed when I told her a bag of selvage sold on the quilt market for $6.00.  “You can have the selvage in the can if you want them”, she stated.  ”The can is clean. I use it only for fabric.”  While retrieving the selvage edges, I found a huge bunch of scraps. “Don’t you sell your scraps?”.
The owner explained she tried to once, but one of her customers from the local quilting guild, turned up her nose and muttered, “And that’s all they are………..scraps”.    I told her I would pay her for any scraps she had on hand.  After some digging the owner found the original bag of nose turning scraps.
Staring at the price tag, I wanted to yell…………….”Start the car. Start the car. “  For the grand sum of fify cents I purchased a bread bag size of scraps. Not tiny little scraps but jelly roll size pieces and larger.  She will now save the scraps and selvage for Andrea to purchase on my behalf.
what a deal Dianne! I frequent a quilt store that sells bags of small lunch bags full of scraps for $3.00 and I fill them to the rim.
My last purchased I bought 3 bags for $9.00 with 18 fat quarters in them in addition to the scraps.
You must be in heaven . so much you can do with those scraps.