AQSG Fundraiser: Repro Print Scrap Bags

Get rid of that fabric you are never going to use.

STASH BUSTING

NO SEWING REQUIRED

(SOME IRONING MAY BE REQUIRED)

Claire and I got this idea last year to sell scrap bags of  hard-to-find reproduction prints from our stashes (and yours) to benefit the American Quilt Study Group's Endowment Fund.

Last fall at the Seminar in Maryland she set up a table selling bags and yardage from her stash and others. She had many satisfied customers. And raised a lot of money for the Endowment Fund.

This October she is going to do it again in Lincoln, Nebraska, so bring some money.
The Seminar is October 9 -13, 2019 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Lincoln.

She takes cash, cards and checks.
NO CARDS. No barter.
Her table will be separate from the auction.

And bring some reproduction fabric to donate. It's a stash-busting event!

Even if you cannot make it to the Seminar you can send us scrapbags and yardage. Here's the plan:

1. Go through your stash of repro fabrics and pick out some stuff you are not going to use. Yardage (fat quarter or larger) or just scraps (You know how crazy we are about scraps.)
2. Iron these.
3. For the scraps: Package them up in gallon plastic storage bags. You might want to sort these by style as customers will go for a style they are collecting. See a list of styles below.
4. Make a label for each bag by putting a small piece of paper with the style name in the bag: e.g. Turkey Red, Double Pinks, Indigos, etc.
5. For the larger yardages measure to get a rough number on the yardage. Pin a label with that measurement (e.g. 2-1/2 yards) onto the yardage.
6. Fat quarters could go in the gallon bags or just make a stack of them. We'll figure it out.
7. Bring these with you and get them to Claire when you arrive at the hotel. We'll have signs on the bulletin boards telling you where to drop these off.
8. Or ship them if you can't come or you don't have room in your suitcase.

Shipping instructions:

If you ship to Virginia put a note in the bag so it shows:

ENDOWMENT FUND: FOR CLAIRE

VBerger 214 S 13th St. Adel IA 50003

Suggested Styles: You might collect bags of these:

Chintz

Turkey Reds

Chrome yellows & chrome oranges (cheddar)

prints and plain

Blacks and mourning prints in gray

Shirtings

Double Pinks

Period solids

Green calicoes

Thirties

Madder shades

Neons

Prussian blues

Woven Plaids and Stripes

Purples

Rainbows or Ombres

Indigoes

Make up your own style category. Or just throw a bunch of unsorted scraps into a plastic bag. We'll price these by the bag so fill them up.

Read more about the Seminar, October 9-13 in Lincoln this fall.
https://americanquiltstudygroup.org/seminar/seminar2019/

UPDATE: Post Sale---last I heard from Claire we made over $3,000 for our long term endowment fund at AQSG.. Thank you very much