Hi Cathy at The Cat Bird Quilts. I have a tip for you. Use a large safety pin to keep your fabric samples together when shopping. I have one clipped inside my purse attached to a carebinner ring.
This is a GREAT idea! I already carry a few quilting pins on a key ring just in case. And I actually used them the other day on a dress I am about to hem lol
@@faintlyartistic7803 great idea! Another viewer (on a totally different video lol) uses the cuffs and threads the cuff buttonhole on a ring and keeps them in her purse. To your point, tho, the buttonhole placket would work like this but isn’t often used for anything else (but the cuffs might be) so it wouldn’t be “wasting” a usable piece of fabric!
Recently found 2 great cotton shirts at Goodwill. Great condition. Just the colors and prints that I was looking for. Both XXL. Brought them home. My husband said "I like those". So now he's wearing them.... and I'm back to looking for fabric!
Cathy, I loved watching you go through the store picking, choosing, and culling. And the poly-cotton realization is legit disappointment. I was nodding as you did the “measurement“ of the white fabric. Such an easy way to do it. Thanks again for sharing.
Yes. I go to the thrift store with a clip of snippets of fabric as I wade through a sea of men’s shirts attempting to find a match for various colors. I’m certain that workers wonder what I do with these random shirts I buy. I’ve come to appreciate opening a front shirt placket and seeing the fabric fade from light to dark and I can see it adding new character to the blocks. Thanks for leading me to this corner of the internet- where quilters sew with thrifted fabric.
I cannot believe the size of this store. It is huge! I suppose everything in the US is oursized even the thrift stores😊 Ours are small vut full to the brim, just like the country I live in - The Netherlands! Thrift shop hunting is such a fun activity to us natural scavengers. It's in the genes you know, my Mum was exactly the same.
Sarah---the Netherlands!! 🤩🤓😍 And yes, my word, our everything is oversized which is embarrassing, frankly. And you are SO RIGHT: thrift shop hunting IS a fun activity for us scavengers! My mom was a shopper (she would hunt for bargains!) but not a treasure hunter like me. I think the genes may have skipped a generation because my grandmother and GREAT grandmother loved the hunt! 😘
Love the video. Great fun to watch your decision making process whilst sorting through the shirts and fabric. The no, nah, nope sounds are very familiar 😀 I'm glad you left the peach linen with the large darts in the back. Having unpicked some in a shirt once, I found that they were still noticeable within the fabric, so I avoid them now. I do hope we can join you on future shopping trips, there's always something to be learned 🙂
Thank you, Linda!! ❤🥰 I don’t regret leaving that peach linen shirt on the rack for exactly the reason you mentioned…too much work! (Although usually the seam lines eventually wash out for me. 😉)
It's so interesting when I watch you shopping😅. My color pallette is fall and not the light blues. I keep saying, "Oh, get it! " And you say no, I don't have a use for that! 😂
Loved this video! I was totally gobsmacked at how neat and tidy that Goodwill is. The Goodwill stores that I frequent in my area (in Indianapolis) are not as pretty and don’t seem to have that many “fabric” opportunities but I still look every time I go and, once in a while, I get lucky. You found so many great ones! Go you!! 🎉 And, you’re lucky, my oldest daughter would be saying, “You don’t need that” if I was on the fence about something. I don’t bring her anymore. 😂 Have a great weekend, Cathy!!
Ok, Rhonda, I laughed so hard about you and your daughter and imagining you in a rundown Goodwill trying to find a diamond in the rough! 😂❤😊 I hope you have a great weekend as well, and thank you for your comment! ❤
I found your Channel 2 months ago & you have TOTALLY INSPIRED ME!! I REALLY ENJOY YOUR CONTENT & LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY NEW EPISODE! Warmest Regards & GREETINGS, Zoe` from Tasmania, Australia 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Happy Friday, another Cat Bird video. This was WONDERFUL. Just like shopping with you. And kudos to your husband for filming!!! Thanks, so enjoyed this!
Great haul! I did a quick tour of the linens and craft sections of my favorite thrift store today. I bought 2 cuts of cotton quilting fabric that were 2-3 yards each, and a 100% cotton shower curtain. The shower curtains are a bit heavier, but they make great backings for car/trunk quilts, which is something to have on hand in Midwest winters in case of car trouble. Can’t wait to see all that linen in future videos!
😂I was shouting at the TV when you found the orange linen one. GET IT! ❤😅. Perfect for center squares on log cabins. ! Or with the other one in a southwest design.
14:48 Orange dyed with olive green can make a nice mahogany. 😎 Would bring it out of possibly too vibrant into rich. 💃🧵 It might take two whole separate dye baths to get the desired color or range of colors, and a high quality dye will make a difference. Dharma Trading Company in San Rafael, CA is my favorite source of high quality dyes and info. (aanndd … they sell linen yardage, 54” wide. Just sayin’ 😉) P.S. You can never have too much Butter Yellow. ☺️
Oohh, what a haul!! I picked up some shirts a few days ago at the local tip shop! 5 the same!! Business branded shirts with a label on the back panel, two pockets each, double stitched, so all a bit dubious. But the color is a steel grey. For $2 each!! So I had to get them all. Will make the background fabric for a quilt with bright blocks. Score! Kinda like the color you picked out at the start of your video but was cotton poly. I got two other neutrals and a blue. $14.50 for 8 shirts. Love that shop. 😍 Now comes the fun part for us all, the processing.❤️
You had a great haul too! 🤩 And I know exactly what you're talking about with the steel gray...hard to pass up all that (matching) fabric, but you'll have some work ahead of you with all those seams and pockets! 😱 Thanks for the comment and have fun breaking down your shirts!! ❤️
A lot of people don’t use the flat sheets so I look for them at thrift stores. I bought a queen light grey sheet that was good quality 100% organic cotton . I loved it. Especially for 99 cents. It look and feels new . Look for those. Sometimes you get lucky.
My husband’s uncle pasted away last month. He was never married and was an Highly decorated war veteran/pow for 1003 days. He had many shirts and I needed to know what fabric to use on a quilt and your video answered my question. I see you choose either 100% cotten or linen. Now I need to go back through them. Thanks!
Congratulations Cathy and Paul, very well deserved. I don't think any other Quilt RUclipsr researches the XY axis quite as much as you. But my favourite is 'Life's too short to match plaid" and "cotton poly" Best wishes, Maggie from Chester UK.
Thank you, Maggie! And you're probably right---I don't think Ive heard ANY YT quilters say XY axis at all! 😂 And I'm ok with that! 😘 So glad you're a part of my tribe! 🥰❤️
I have that yellow shirt in my closet now. For work I was required to wear long sleeve shirts due to Covid. Men's shirts work really well and I'll probably wear them this winter even though I'm not required anymore. So I have a closet full of men's goodwill shirts that I was going to turn into a quilt (when I'm done wearing them). Had to check. 41 were 100% cotton. Only 4 were cotton poly. Oh and thanks for making me realize how many shirts I've bought. You buy a couple here a couple there next thing you know you've got 45 shirts😬🤫🤔. My husband doesn't need to know😂. It will be my Covid quilt.
Well, I certainly won’t be the one to tell your husband! 😳😱😂 And you’re right, it is amazing how fast you can amass shirts for fabric (which is so awesome and also so daunting!)🤓🤩🤦🏻♀️
I will be watching for any haul videos because you are fun to shop with. I feel like we are long lost sisters or something because we think so much alike! And we both speak at “78 RPM” as my Dad used to say to me! My kids and grandkids are great thrift shoppers and they all try to buy things that reduce our carbon footprint. So Facebook marketplace and Kijiji are our shopping centres. I love to see materials used until they fall apart.
Connie, there will be more for sure! And thanks for shopping with me! 😂❤️ You know we thrifters have a similar sensibility---and appreciate others' bargains and scores nearly as much as we love our own! 🤓🤩
I’m pretty sure we grew up not far from each other. You speak my language! All your “sayings” are mine. Not many people I’ve met over our years of moving around know what a bippy is and why you should bet it. Lol! None of our Goodwill stores have cool music nor are as clean so that may be why you found so many cool shirts. I never find more than one or two and absolutely never linen. I had a great time shopping with you. Now get to work “cutting up” those shirts. 😄
Hi Cathy. Just caught up with this one. That was fun watching you sort the good from the bad. You got some great bargains in the linens section. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from UK
I thrift store shopped for theatre costumes for 15 years. Use a shopping cart to hold your potential choices while you shop. Keep wet wipes in the car for after shopping. Find smaller thrift stores for great deals ($1 on 1st of month, everything fits into a bag for $5, etc.) Do you have a goodwill factory outlet near you? Clothing stacked in bins and sold by weight. And find senior citizen discount day for 20% off (50 years +).
Raging…I remember you said that! (Theatre costumes) So very cool! And yes, after the camera ran out of juice, we went around back to the outlet…there were quite a few bins but I just didn’t have it in me to sort through it that day! 😆😱😂
Here’s a tip for shopping with swatches. Get a loose leaf binder ring. Dollar store sell them. Poke a tiny hole into your swatch and thread it on the ring. I find it easier to thread swatches for different projects on separate rings and link them together. It’s so much easier to pull them in and out of your bag or pocket. I use binder rings for lots of things like grouping zipper sizes together. I have one ring for each size so I just pull out the right sized ring and see if I need to buy or not. You can also use shower curtain rings. The are especially good for hanging things up on pegboard walls. I use the narrow end to hang in the pegboard hook and the big end to thread the thing(s) I want to hang up on the wall. I have a number of rotary cutters and I finally grouped them all by size and hung them that way. I have one with “paper” on the handle in permanent marker and I use blades that are too dull for fabric on those. I also keep on with the pinking blade and one with the scallop blade for when I need those.
Wow! Nice haul. I must say that I am spoiled by my thrift store that thank goodness does not have as many shirts at any one time, but they are only $2 per shirt. I could never afford them at $5.99 😱🤯. We apparently also have a few guys locally that wear 3X and like to donate their brand new pretty shirts that I've been blessed to snatch up. 😁 You've pushed me down this rabbit hole and now I have about 40 shirts already broken down, pressed and bundled up, ready for some baby quilts 🪡🧵 to be made next year. Thank you
I so enjoyed the ride along with you today! I also appreciate your commentary throughout. You have inspired me to begin looking toward up cycling clothing. I hope you have a blessed weekend. ❤
That was so fun. Thanks for taking me along with you. One thrift store employee saw me coming and brought me that red hawian from behind the counter.....like anyone else would be shopping for that shirt before I got there....maybe you though. Lol.
Loved this video. I started collected thrift store men's shirts 3 months ago. It is already an addiction. I have collected enough for 4 different quilts in mind. In addition to shirts I bought a pair of scrubs bottoms/ pants today because it was a great color I needed and there is a lot of fabric in them. I also bought 2 flat sheets in almost new condition for only $4 each. I am soaking up all of your advice.
...the inner cuff of the orange/cream block shirt reminded me of the gorgeous half square triangle blanket you recently made 👍🏾...great selections! I've been waiting for this video to see if we shirt-shop the same LOL 🤣 (pretty much...hahaha)! Blessings 💜
Renee, my husband and I said the same thing about that cuff! ❤ You have a great memory! 🥰🤓 I think a lot of us thrifters/quilters/fabric-lovers shop similarly…and isn’t that so cool?!❤
@@TheCatBirdQuilts I loved the fabric on that cuff. I wish that there had been more of it. You could do something wonderful with it. It is beautiful fabric. I would love to find some yardage of it.
I went to thé thrift shop Yesterday This time I found in the bins men shirts. I took white because I will make christmas quilt. I ordered in a second hand website xxxl christmas men shirt. So I am quite ready yo begin!
Had fun watching your haul. I've been liking flannel sheets for backings. They're warn soft fuzzy and 100% cotton. Couldn't buy flannel yardage for price of a sheet.
Hi Cathy, you’ve inspired me and I’ve been collecting and repurposing 100% cotton men’s shirts since finding you. My local thrift store has been a huge enabler. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and practical common sense around a hobby/art form that is so well loved. All the best to you! C.
1. When I saw the special fabric on the cuff, I knew you were getting it. 2. You were making me exhausted watching carry all those shirts. 3. Glad to know I am not the only one who has to look at tbe tags for fabric content. 4. Fun to watch:)
Janie---huge smile about #1. It's good to be known. After the camera died, my husband got a shopping cart for me (he's so great!) Yes, I have to look although I can usually tell if it's linen. #4 Thank you thank you! 😘
I so loved this video! I watched this morning while drinking coffee and cheering you on lol. I usually go thrifting by myself (both my daughters live elsewhere) but I know I get that same excited look on my face when I find "the goods" 😁
Oh Sky! You and your coffee and me on RUclips...I love it and it cracks me up!! 🥰😂❤ It's that same feeling as if I have unearthed buried treasure! And you KNOW my face is gonna show it! 😄
I thoroughly enjoyed that video. Thank you for sharing. You certainly are a very tactile person. I picked up a 2xl 100% cotton shirt yesterday, walked around the shop with it then put it back. I decided I probably wouldn't use the colour and print. Someone else can have the opportunity. Please keep posting videos like this. So much fun. I enjoy all your videos.
That was sooooo fun! I was dying for you to get a cart after the first shirt. 😁 it is a rule for me to auto grab a cart even when I am “not going to buy anything”. Also - laughed out loud at the non-endorsement of bippy betting and the Morgan freeman pop up. - we are both STEM women and I can see we share similar habits - check everything, insisting on 100% (99 is not good enough) and a weird perpetual mental chemistry of textiles makeup, cleaning options and colouring. -. Had you not bought the orange shirt with the beautiful lined cuffs, I would have insisted you go back. Well done to your camera man for enabling the linen at the end. 💕💕💕💕💕💕
Thank you, Redparrot! ❤️ I would love to say I have learned my lesson about the cart, but alas, I probably will do it again! And yes, I laughed about bippy-betting and Morgan Freeman too--my husband is the one to thank for all of those fun little tidbits AND the camera work AND the enabling. He's the BEST. 🤩
I just bet others have asked you about this, so forgive me for being trifling-(yes I’m a Southern girl-an old Southern girl 🤓). I have noticed GW charges almost $5 for a shirt. Do you get a yard of useable fabric from a shirt? Quilting cotton is around $13 a yard, and if you carefully watch sales, you can get it for $9 or $10, and I have gotten it for less. I wonder if thrifting is truly a significant savings. You certainly know more than I do about it, so I am anxious for your insight.
I do get close to a usable yard (and often far more, depending on the size of the shirt) out of most shirts. I think of it this way, the back is about a fat quarter, the 2 fronts are about a fat quarter, and the sleeves together are about a fat quarter (if it's long sleeved.) Anything XL and over are even more. A fat quarter is typically $3.25 or more---so there is already a savings at $5 for a whole shirt. Is it ALWAYS more cost effective? Possibly, but probably not. But the benefits of having unique fabrics and reusing perfectly good fabric are enough to make it worth it for me.🤓😊
Love your videos!!! Lots of info!! I went for the first time to buy shirts, when I check out I told the guy what I was doing and he said " I was the 4th person to say that" Maybe these people are watching you!! My shirts were only $3.00. :)
It was illuminating to go shopping with you. I too am finding it difficult to find fabrics that are not polyester or spandex. Despite your having picked out armloads of stuff, you are quite picky, and you know your stash. It would make an interesting video to see you break down those linen capris. BTW, your Goodwill store is so clean, bright and organized--very different from my local Sally.
It is true...I have gotten quite picky! But as you said, it mostly is because I know my stash, I know what I'm looking for, and it's worth waiting for those 100% cotton shirts and linens. And I know from experience that if they are not there "today"--they will be eventually!! Yes, we are lucky that our Goodwill is kept in really good shape! ❤️🤓🤩 PS I will sometimes use a cotton shirt with a tiny amount of spandex if I REALLY like the color AND pattern AND if it's a reasonably sized (and priced shirt)...basically the stars have to align. 😉😂
Since I found your videos a few short months ago, I have found/bought approximately 100 thrift store mens shirts. I found two huge mens linen shirts (5x tall, I think). I love linen, too. I cut a small piece from the buttonhole placket and put the samples on safety pins by color and put the pins on a ring and carry in my purse. I have mens shirt quilts spinning in my head, but am in the middle of another quilt and will complete it before starting a quilt with the mens shirts. Please get a shopping cart - it made my back hurt watching you in the thrift store! 😅. There are 4 thrift stores in my town and another huge one opening soon. 😂 Thanks for another great video.
Oh my goodness! 100 shirts!!🤩🤩🤩 I bet they are spinning in your head! 😳🤓 I love that idea of using the buttonhole placket as a fabric sample to take to the thrift store! ❤️ Oh and I'm so envious of your linen shirts--5XT just takes my breath away! 😂❤️
Thank you for taking us shopping with you! I know you have explained in the past how to shop/look at the shirts, but seeing you in action (brain wheels spinning) helped me understand more. Does that make sense? 😉 It really did help....look out Goodwill!!
Love how your husband goes around quietly with you, I'm new to sewing and quilts and you got me going to my local charity shops for shirts now.I passed up on a couple of linen shirts but you say to pick them up. Can I ask why? Do you use them with the cotton?
Liked this. I get disappointed too when I find out a nice shirt is a cotton poly blend. Nice finds on the linen. The last time that I was at my local thrift store I bought a shirt with flamingos on it and thought of you so it's funny that you found one too! Ps my " local" salvation army ( it's an hour away) on Sundays will have a 50 % sale on a selected color tag AND a 99 cent sale on a select color tag. Unfortunately I think some one else in the area is also buying shirts as many of the cotton ones are gone. I do find some and the husband still helps. Making a baby quilt for my niece she is due soon and an using some dress shirts in the quilt ( it's yellow and white) very calm colored quilt. Looking forward to the next video. God bless.
The flamingos! What in the world?! 😂 But I love that you thought of me--that is the sweetest! 🥰 And your baby quilt for your niece sounds like it will be beautiful!❤
Oh, I so enjoyed this video! Wish I lived close enough to shop with you. What fun that would be! But we'd have to check out the pyrex shelves, too! 😁 I'm pretty sure the folks at the thrift store I frequent must think my husband is HUGE, since I always buy such big shirts. 😁I hope you do more videos like this one. Of course I love ALL your videos! 😁❤
Just love going shopping with u!!! I noticed the price of the shirts. Glad our thrift store prices mens shirts for $2.00. Makes decision making so much easier.
It was a fun trip to Goodwill with you! I feel and say the same thing when I find the cutest shirt print, but, alas and slack, it’s polycotton! Dang!!! Good haul today!
They don't hold a crease, and crawl under the sewing needle unless you use a lot of pins. Plus they won't shrink (or stretch) which is great for garments but not necessarily great for quilts that also have 100% cotton which WILL shrink and stretch and fade. But you can make them work if you need/want to! 👍🏻
Great haul! I loved the linen pillow case, great find for $.99!!!!! I had to laugh when you pointed out the pajama shirt. My youngest has been wanting a pair of men’s pajamas a La Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail. Alas I found a great pajama shirt while looking through the Men’s dress shirts! However, no bottoms. but I did find a soft pair in a similar shade looking through the women’s section. They were cute enough to cut up and use but I decided daughter would win out. She was thrilled with my find. One more reason to love the thrift stores ❤️! P.S. the thrift stores in the South look WAY cleaner than any here in CA 😂
Adrienne...you are like the 3rd person to comment on how our Goodwill is so clean! 😂 Maybe I need to call the manager and brag on their staff! 😊 I laughed when I read your comment about the pajama top!😂 You just never know what you're gonna find in the men's dress shirt section! I also love that your daughter loved the pajamas--you're obviously raising that girl right! 🥰🤓❤️
You are so good at this!!! I look forward to the clothing industry using natural fabrics again! I really don’t understand how we as a society have gotten to the point of wearing un breathable plastic compounds turned into fabric as clothing. Sorry if you already mentioned this... My Goodwill has dollar ($1.99 now) days on Thursday.
I don’t remember exactly. Some of the shirts were $5, maybe $5.99? It turns out that the blue tags were half-off, so that put them at $2.50-$3. The items from the linen section ranged from 79 cents to $1.99 I think!
One of our stores here (not Goodwill) sorts by color! (which I actually love!) Too bad your Goodwill workers aren't down with the helpful organization!👎🏻
Linda, I have noticed the same here in AL. Really having to be choosy now, and making sure the shirts I want are marked down further...although sometimes I splurge anyway! (and I tell myself even at $6 it's STILL cheaper than a yard or more of fabric at the quilt store! ❤️
Heheh that was me today too :) I got 6 cotton shirts in blues (3 medium which I rarely find) and 3 gingham (yeah, I'm team gingham too ) I think I found maybe 30 really nice blues and a couple of greens but all were Poly/cotton :( Still got 2 white sheets and some green pillowcases. I had no idea green was so hard to find in cotton shirts. Don't see many (if any) purples up here in the North lol. I don't think men are as adventurous when it comes to colors (in my area lol) - Also that turquoise linen shirt!! gorgeous!!
Freddie, I didn't know you were team gingham!!❤ I knew I like you!! 😂🥰😘 That is a fantastic haul! And yes, finding good green 100% cotton shirts is quite the feat! Next time I find a purple shirt, I'll let you know and you can message me with your address (FB or IG) and I'll send it to you! Also, yes, my goodness, the men down here aren't scared (fashion-wise) AT ALL. 😂 I love it! ❤🤓
Gingham is just lovely. I will never get tired of that design hehe They are also great blenders - or inbetweens. Very Versatile. Went on a spontaneous trip to "the bins" because I needed a white or light sheet to finish some pillowcases for my youngest to match her new quilt.
That was interesting to see how you decide. I wish our stores looked that clean and organized. It overwhelms me to go shop them because of how crowded things are. How do you handle those type stores? I am just avoiding them.
Thanks, Debra! Apparently we are lucky to have an orderly shop--I didn't know to be grateful but now I am!❤️ The ones that are overcrowded or disorderly can detract me from going for sure...I generally don't go if I'm hungry, tired or otherwise stressed because that only aggravates the sensory overload. I try to go when I'm not in a hurry or when I just feel like exploring (as opposed to really looking for something specific.) And sometimes I just avoid them because it's not worth it to walk away anxious and frazzled from a thrift store run! 😂
Enjoyed being a silent observer as you worked your way through all the shirts and linens. I must ask: what is the deal with linen? Why do you love it?…..❤️Brenda
It is so soft and textural...and it breathes (ok this is the part where I love wearing it, not quilting with it) and hangs beautifully. For quilts, it crinkles up so nice, and adds a surprising weightiness to the quilt, especially if you use it as a background fabric! The more you wash and dry it, the softer it gets! ❤️🤓
What is the difference in the different types of fabrics: polyester rayon microfiber and linen. Cotton, denim and spandex I understand but not the others. What would be pros and cons of the different fabrics. Also I am hearing a lot about bamboo fabric. I don't buy anything (to wear or sew with) with fabric I don't like the feel and texture of.
Anita, I have done a video on linen (which explains a lot about linen) and a video about cotton-poly (which explains a lot about cotton-poly) -- you can check both of those out! There are too many fabrics to explain in a comment…perhaps a Google search will give you the additional info you are looking for!👍🏻🤓😊
@@TheCatBirdQuilts thanks. I'll look for it. I've only been watching a few days. I haven't come across it yet. I love how you explain things. I love that you have a lot to say. I usually do too. 😄
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Hi Cathy at The Cat Bird Quilts. I have a tip for you. Use a large safety pin to keep your fabric samples together when shopping. I have one clipped inside my purse attached to a carebinner ring.
What a great idea! 🤓 Thanks so much for sharing! ❤
This is a GREAT idea! I already carry a few quilting pins on a key ring just in case. And I actually used them the other day on a dress I am about to hem lol
AWESOME IDEA!! Thank you for sharing!
use a piece that would otherwise be unusable, such as a placket.
@@faintlyartistic7803 great idea! Another viewer (on a totally different video lol) uses the cuffs and threads the cuff buttonhole on a ring and keeps them in her purse. To your point, tho, the buttonhole placket would work like this but isn’t often used for anything else (but the cuffs might be) so it wouldn’t be “wasting” a usable piece of fabric!
Thank you for putting things back so neatly. That’s class.
Recently found 2 great cotton shirts at Goodwill. Great condition. Just the colors and prints that I was looking for. Both XXL.
Brought them home. My husband said "I like those". So now he's wearing them.... and I'm back to looking for fabric!
😂that is hilarious! Thanks for sharing!!
I have stood behind someone in line at the post office and dared to say, “… ah, when you’re done with that shirt … I’m a quilter …” 🤦♀️ 😉🤣
Three linens shirts ….I’d call that a START THE CAR moment 🤪
Lol! Love it!❤
Or a 'Dont tell the husband' moment...😊
@@sarahpengelly8439 hahaha
Ohh what fun that was to watch. What a great way to start my morning with a cup of coffee and you. Made me laugh! I kept yelling....GRAB A CART! LOL 🤣
Lol! And I never DID! Not until the very end!😂😂
Glad you enjoyed the video! ❤😘
Cathy, I loved watching you go through the store picking, choosing, and culling. And the poly-cotton realization is legit disappointment. I was nodding as you did the “measurement“ of the white fabric. Such an easy way to do it. Thanks again for sharing.
Oh thank you, Dedra! 🥰 I feel all my thrifter sisters going, "yep, yep....oh no!" right along with me! ❤
Yes. I go to the thrift store with a clip of snippets of fabric as I wade through a sea of men’s shirts attempting to find a match for various colors. I’m certain that workers wonder what I do with these random shirts I buy. I’ve come to appreciate opening a front shirt placket and seeing the fabric fade from light to dark and I can see it adding new character to the blocks. Thanks for leading me to this corner of the internet- where quilters sew with thrifted fabric.
Debra, oh my goodness, thank you! ❤ and yes, I do the same about the fading fabric…I think, oooh that could be lovely! 😍
Oh my goodness. Your commentary is just like the running commentary in my head as I thrift shop! Great haul! Thanks for another fun video.
Thank you, Michelle! ❤ I think a lot of us thrifters shop this way…and isn’t that great?!? 🥰🤓
I cannot believe the size of this store.
It is huge!
I suppose everything in the US is oursized even the thrift stores😊
Ours are small vut full to the brim, just like the country I live in -
The Netherlands!
Thrift shop hunting is such a fun activity to us natural scavengers.
It's in the genes you know, my Mum was exactly the same.
Sarah---the Netherlands!! 🤩🤓😍 And yes, my word, our everything is oversized which is embarrassing, frankly.
And you are SO RIGHT: thrift shop hunting IS a fun activity for us scavengers! My mom was a shopper (she would hunt for bargains!) but not a treasure hunter like me. I think the genes may have skipped a generation because my grandmother and GREAT grandmother loved the hunt! 😘
Love the video. Great fun to watch your decision making process whilst sorting through the shirts and fabric. The no, nah, nope sounds are very familiar 😀 I'm glad you left the peach linen with the large darts in the back. Having unpicked some in a shirt once, I found that they were still noticeable within the fabric, so I avoid them now. I do hope we can join you on future shopping trips, there's always something to be learned 🙂
Thank you, Linda!! ❤🥰 I don’t regret leaving that peach linen shirt on the rack for exactly the reason you mentioned…too much work! (Although usually the seam lines eventually wash out for me. 😉)
Good to know about the darts. I have not experienced that yet lol
It's so interesting when I watch you shopping😅. My color pallette is fall and not the light blues. I keep saying, "Oh, get it! " And you say no, I don't have a use for that! 😂
LOL! I definitely don't lean toward the fall color palette!
Thrift stores are the happiest places on earth!! Loved watching you shop.
Aww, thank you, Eileen!❤ and I agree! (You never know what you’re gonna find, either, and that is part of the joy!)
This is such fun! I was shouting "just get it!!" to the yellow shirt, but you didn't 😕😁
😂😂 Lana, that is hilarious! And of course I wish I had! 😂🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Me too. Just go back and get the yellow shirt.
@@nicolebeauchamp7622 lol! You know it’s gone now!
Loved this video! I was totally gobsmacked at how neat and tidy that Goodwill is. The Goodwill stores that I frequent in my area (in Indianapolis) are not as pretty and don’t seem to have that many “fabric” opportunities but I still look every time I go and, once in a while, I get lucky. You found so many great ones! Go you!! 🎉 And, you’re lucky, my oldest daughter would be saying, “You don’t need that” if I was on the fence about something. I don’t bring her anymore. 😂 Have a great weekend, Cathy!!
Ok, Rhonda, I laughed so hard about you and your daughter and imagining you in a rundown Goodwill trying to find a diamond in the rough! 😂❤😊 I hope you have a great weekend as well, and thank you for your comment! ❤
I found your Channel 2 months ago & you have TOTALLY INSPIRED ME!! I REALLY ENJOY YOUR CONTENT & LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY NEW EPISODE! Warmest Regards & GREETINGS, Zoe` from Tasmania, Australia 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
That is so cool, Zoe!! ❤ I’m so glad you found me, and I’m thrilled you found inspiration here! Thanks for being with me and commenting! ❤🥰
Yes, get that orange and navy!🐯🦅🧡💙
Happy Friday, another Cat Bird video. This was WONDERFUL. Just like shopping with you. And kudos to your husband for filming!!! Thanks, so enjoyed this!
Thank you, Caitlin! Glad you enjoyed it! ❤
Great haul! I did a quick tour of the linens and craft sections of my favorite thrift store today. I bought 2 cuts of cotton quilting fabric that were 2-3 yards each, and a 100% cotton shower curtain. The shower curtains are a bit heavier, but they make great backings for car/trunk quilts, which is something to have on hand in Midwest winters in case of car trouble. Can’t wait to see all that linen in future videos!
Thanks, Jo! I hadn't thought of shower curtains...what a great idea! ❤️🤓
Great shopping trip
Right?! So fun! ❤
😂I was shouting at the TV when you found the orange linen one. GET IT! ❤😅. Perfect for center squares on log cabins. ! Or with the other one in a southwest design.
14:48 Orange dyed with olive green can make a nice mahogany. 😎 Would bring it out of possibly too vibrant into rich. 💃🧵 It might take two whole separate dye baths to get the desired color or range of colors, and a high quality dye will make a difference. Dharma Trading Company in San Rafael, CA is my favorite source of high quality dyes and info. (aanndd … they sell linen yardage, 54” wide. Just sayin’ 😉)
P.S. You can never have too much Butter Yellow. ☺️
Oohh, what a haul!! I picked up some shirts a few days ago at the local tip shop! 5 the same!! Business branded shirts with a label on the back panel, two pockets each, double stitched, so all a bit dubious. But the color is a steel grey. For $2 each!! So I had to get them all. Will make the background fabric for a quilt with bright blocks. Score! Kinda like the color you picked out at the start of your video but was cotton poly. I got two other neutrals and a blue. $14.50 for 8 shirts. Love that shop. 😍 Now comes the fun part for us all, the processing.❤️
You had a great haul too! 🤩 And I know exactly what you're talking about with the steel gray...hard to pass up all that (matching) fabric, but you'll have some work ahead of you with all those seams and pockets! 😱 Thanks for the comment and have fun breaking down your shirts!! ❤️
A lot of people don’t use the flat sheets so I look for them at thrift stores. I bought a queen light grey sheet that was good quality 100% organic cotton . I loved it. Especially for 99 cents. It look and feels new . Look for those. Sometimes you get lucky.
It's so true! And it does feel like you've won the lottery when you get a good quality sheet for 99 CENTS!! 🤩
My husband’s uncle pasted away last month. He was never married and was an Highly decorated war veteran/pow for 1003 days. He had many shirts and I needed to know what fabric to use on a quilt and your video answered my question. I see you choose either 100% cotten or linen. Now I need to go back through them. Thanks!
You are so welcome, Paula! ❤️ Best wishes on your quilt! 🥰
Yeah for the orange block shirt. Oh my goodness, I could so sit down with you over a cup of coffee😂
Aww, thank you! What a great thing to say! 🥰❤️
Fun shopping trip! Always get a cart.
Yes ma’am! Learned my lesson on this trip! 😱😘🥰
Congratulations Cathy and Paul, very well deserved. I don't think any other Quilt RUclipsr researches the XY axis quite as much as you.
But my favourite is 'Life's too short to match plaid" and "cotton poly"
Best wishes, Maggie from Chester UK.
Thank you, Maggie! And you're probably right---I don't think Ive heard ANY YT quilters say XY axis at all! 😂 And I'm ok with that! 😘 So glad you're a part of my tribe! 🥰❤️
I have that yellow shirt in my closet now. For work I was required to wear long sleeve shirts due to Covid. Men's shirts work really well and I'll probably wear them this winter even though I'm not required anymore. So I have a closet full of men's goodwill shirts that I was going to turn into a quilt (when I'm done wearing them). Had to check. 41 were 100% cotton. Only 4 were cotton poly. Oh and thanks for making me realize how many shirts I've bought. You buy a couple here a couple there next thing you know you've got 45 shirts😬🤫🤔. My husband doesn't need to know😂. It will be my Covid quilt.
Well, I certainly won’t be the one to tell your husband! 😳😱😂 And you’re right, it is amazing how fast you can amass shirts for fabric (which is so awesome and also so daunting!)🤓🤩🤦🏻♀️
I will be watching for any haul videos because you are fun to shop with. I feel like we are long lost sisters or something because we think so much alike! And we both speak at “78 RPM” as my Dad used to say to me! My kids and grandkids are great thrift shoppers and they all try to buy things that reduce our carbon footprint. So Facebook marketplace and Kijiji are our shopping centres. I love to see materials used until they fall apart.
Connie, there will be more for sure! And thanks for shopping with me! 😂❤️ You know we thrifters have a similar sensibility---and appreciate others' bargains and scores nearly as much as we love our own! 🤓🤩
Had fun going along for the ride❤
Oh yay! I had hoped that it would be fun for everyone! ❤
Had so much fun shopping with you! Hope you take us on your next thrift haul!!
Thank you, Mary Beth!
Always love the thrift store haul
I’m pretty sure we grew up not far from each other. You speak my language! All your “sayings” are mine. Not many people I’ve met over our years of moving around know what a bippy is and why you should bet it. Lol! None of our Goodwill stores have cool music nor are as clean so that may be why you found so many cool shirts. I never find more than one or two and absolutely never linen. I had a great time shopping with you. Now get to work “cutting up” those shirts. 😄
Well you must be from Alabama, then! ❤️I’ve been in some real dives of thrift stores…I’m fortunate that the ones nearby are pretty nice!
Hi Cathy. Just caught up with this one. That was fun watching you sort the good from the bad. You got some great bargains in the linens section. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from UK
I thrift store shopped for theatre costumes for 15 years. Use a shopping cart to hold your potential choices while you shop. Keep wet wipes in the car for after shopping. Find smaller thrift stores for great deals ($1 on 1st of month, everything fits into a bag for $5, etc.) Do you have a goodwill factory outlet near you? Clothing stacked in bins and sold by weight. And find senior citizen discount day for 20% off (50 years +).
Raging…I remember you said that! (Theatre costumes) So very cool! And yes, after the camera ran out of juice, we went around back to the outlet…there were quite a few bins but I just didn’t have it in me to sort through it that day! 😆😱😂
Kathy, thanks so much for taking me shopping with you. I learned a lot but more than anything had lots of fun! Thanks 😂
AG I'm so glad you were with me today! Thrift store shopping is always a lot of fun! 😊🤓😘
Here’s a tip for shopping with swatches. Get a loose leaf binder ring. Dollar store sell them. Poke a tiny hole into your swatch and thread it on the ring. I find it easier to thread swatches for different projects on separate rings and link them together. It’s so much easier to pull them in and out of your bag or pocket. I use binder rings for lots of things like grouping zipper sizes together. I have one ring for each size so I just pull out the right sized ring and see if I need to buy or not. You can also use shower curtain rings. The are especially good for hanging things up on pegboard walls. I use the narrow end to hang in the pegboard hook and the big end to thread the thing(s) I want to hang up on the wall. I have a number of rotary cutters and I finally grouped them all by size and hung them that way. I have one with “paper” on the handle in permanent marker and I use blades that are too dull for fabric on those. I also keep on with the pinking blade and one with the scallop blade for when I need those.
Connie, what great ideas! 🤩😍 Thank you for sharing! ❤️❤️
Wow! Nice haul. I must say that I am spoiled by my thrift store that thank goodness does not have as many shirts at any one time, but they are only $2 per shirt. I could never afford them at $5.99 😱🤯. We apparently also have a few guys locally that wear 3X and like to donate their brand new pretty shirts that I've been blessed to snatch up. 😁 You've pushed me down this rabbit hole and now I have about 40 shirts already broken down, pressed and bundled up, ready for some baby quilts 🪡🧵 to be made next year. Thank you
It ended up being quite the haul, didn’t it?!😍 it is amazing how fast and how easily (!) you can collect shirts for fabric! But also so awesome! ❤
@@TheCatBirdQuilts that it is 🥰🤗😍
Love it thank you MS Cathy 🌞🐥❤
Thank you, Neva! Glad you enjoyed it! ❤
So much fun shopping with you.
Thank you, Shirley! I'm glad you came along with me! ❤️
I so enjoyed the ride along with you today! I also appreciate your commentary throughout. You have inspired me to begin looking toward up cycling clothing. I hope you have a blessed weekend. ❤
Thank you, Dana! ❤ I never know if anyone really wants to hear my process…it’s pretty quirky! 😂
That was so fun. Thanks for taking me along with you. One thrift store employee saw me coming and brought me that red hawian from behind the counter.....like anyone else would be shopping for that shirt before I got there....maybe you though. Lol.
Georgia, that is hilarious! 😂 it’s nice to be known, isn’t it! ❤
Loved this video. I started collected thrift store men's shirts 3 months ago. It is already an addiction. I have collected enough for 4 different quilts in mind. In addition to shirts I bought a pair of scrubs bottoms/ pants today because it was a great color I needed and there is a lot of fabric in them. I also bought 2 flat sheets in almost new condition for only $4 each. I am soaking up all of your advice.
Wendy, that is so wonderful! 🥰❤️ And finding fabric this way can definitely be addictive! 😳😂❤️
So fun to start my weekend with you and a thrift store. Just cut a 4x black shirt apart and thought of you. It had I’m sure almost a yard of fabric.
DiAnn, I bet you have MORE than a yard of fabric from that black shirt! 🤩 Thank you for your sweet words-you are always so supportive! ❤
Great haul! Thank you for sharing. 😊👕👖👗💖😊
Thank you❤ And thanks for watching!
I’ve been buying linen pants for sashiko embroidered napkins.
Oooohhhh. I bet they will be gorgeous! ❤🤩😍
I wish I could come ‘shopping’ with you 😊 So looking forward to seeing what you do with it all 🤩🇬🇧
Thank you, Glynis!❤ I wish we could shop together, too!
Thanks ❤
I was at the Goodwill today also. Lots of cotton/poly here too.
I did find a linen/silk blend though!
It was cotton-poly day that day…but it confirmed my theory that people have cleaned out their closets and donated their summer linen, too! ❤😍🤓
I love the speed up parts for it added some chuckle to your always joyful speech.
😂😂 Right?! It's like listening to someone after they've inhale helium!
...the inner cuff of the orange/cream block shirt reminded me of the gorgeous half square triangle blanket you recently made 👍🏾...great selections! I've been waiting for this video to see if we shirt-shop the same LOL 🤣 (pretty much...hahaha)! Blessings 💜
Renee, my husband and I said the same thing about that cuff! ❤ You have a great memory! 🥰🤓
I think a lot of us thrifters/quilters/fabric-lovers shop similarly…and isn’t that so cool?!❤
@@TheCatBirdQuilts I loved the fabric on that cuff. I wish that there had been more of it. You could do something wonderful with it. It is beautiful fabric. I would love to find some yardage of it.
@@romonaelrod7870 it is beautiful fabric and ultimately that’s what sold me on that shirt! ❤️
I went to thé thrift shop Yesterday
This time I found in the bins men shirts.
I took white because I will make christmas quilt.
I ordered in a second hand website xxxl christmas men shirt.
So I am quite ready yo begin!
That’s wonderful! I know you’re excited to get started on your Christmas quilt! ❤️
Had fun watching your haul. I've been liking flannel sheets for backings. They're warn soft fuzzy and 100% cotton. Couldn't buy flannel yardage for price of a sheet.
Thank you so much! And that is so true--flannel sheets are so much more of a bargain than yardage! 🤩🤓❤️
I really enjoyed your trip to the thrift store. It inspired me to do the same sometime.
Hooray! I hope you will do the same-it’s so fun to find great fabrics in men’s dress shirts!
Hi Cathy, you’ve inspired me and I’ve been collecting and repurposing 100% cotton men’s shirts since finding you. My local thrift store has been a huge enabler. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and practical common sense around a hobby/art form that is so well loved. All the best to you! C.
Thank you so much! 🥰 I’m so glad you’ve found inspiration here-and I’m so happy to have you along with me! ❤️
1. When I saw the special fabric on the cuff, I knew you were getting it.
2. You were making me exhausted watching carry all those shirts.
3. Glad to know I am not the only one who has to look at tbe tags for fabric content.
4. Fun to watch:)
Janie---huge smile about #1. It's good to be known. After the camera died, my husband got a shopping cart for me (he's so great!) Yes, I have to look although I can usually tell if it's linen. #4 Thank you thank you! 😘
I so loved this video! I watched this morning while drinking coffee and cheering you on lol. I usually go thrifting by myself (both my daughters live elsewhere) but I know I get that same excited look on my face when I find "the goods" 😁
Oh Sky! You and your coffee and me on RUclips...I love it and it cracks me up!! 🥰😂❤ It's that same feeling as if I have unearthed buried treasure! And you KNOW my face is gonna show it! 😄
I thoroughly enjoyed that video. Thank you for sharing. You certainly are a very tactile person. I picked up a 2xl 100% cotton shirt yesterday, walked around the shop with it then put it back. I decided I probably wouldn't use the colour and print. Someone else can have the opportunity. Please keep posting videos like this. So much fun. I enjoy all your videos.
Thank you, Nicole! So glad you enjoyed the video! ❤️
That was sooooo fun! I was dying for you to get a cart after the first shirt. 😁 it is a rule for me to auto grab a cart even when I am “not going to buy anything”. Also - laughed out loud at the non-endorsement of bippy betting and the Morgan freeman pop up. - we are both STEM women and I can see we share similar habits - check everything, insisting on 100% (99 is not good enough) and a weird perpetual mental chemistry of textiles makeup, cleaning options and colouring. -. Had you not bought the orange shirt with the beautiful lined cuffs, I would have insisted you go back. Well done to your camera man for enabling the linen at the end. 💕💕💕💕💕💕
Thank you, Redparrot! ❤️ I would love to say I have learned my lesson about the cart, but alas, I probably will do it again! And yes, I laughed about bippy-betting and Morgan Freeman too--my husband is the one to thank for all of those fun little tidbits AND the camera work AND the enabling. He's the BEST. 🤩
Such a fun video ! Would love to go shopping with you 😂. Great haul !!
Aww! Thank you, Audrey! I’m sure we’d have a blast!❤
This was so fun to watch!!
Thank you Amanda!! ❤️ I'm glad you came along with me! 😊
Loved shopping with you! Love seeing your process of choosing different shirts! ❤️
Thank you, Amylynn! I'm so glad you went shopping with me! 🥰
I love watching just to see you agonize over one more linen anything.
LOL! Right?! I'm up to my ears in linen and yet I just can't stop myself from wanting to add to my stash! 😂
Finding all cotton gingham yardage has been a challenge for me. Now I’m gonna start searching the shirt aisle 🙂 Thanks!
You’re welcome! I hope you have my luck and find gingham everywhere! 😘😊🤓
ooohhhh…..love the turquoise linen! Also, that color block orange & cream with the awesome yoke & cuffs would have come home with me too!
That turquoise linen is TO DIE FOR. And good to know I'm not the only one that likes that orange and cream one! ❤️
I just bet others have asked you about this, so forgive me for being trifling-(yes I’m a Southern girl-an old Southern girl 🤓). I have noticed GW charges almost $5 for a shirt. Do you get a yard of useable fabric from a shirt? Quilting cotton is around $13 a yard, and if you carefully watch sales, you can get it for $9 or $10, and I have gotten it for less. I wonder if thrifting is truly a significant savings. You certainly know more than I do about it, so I am anxious for your insight.
I do get close to a usable yard (and often far more, depending on the size of the shirt) out of most shirts. I think of it this way, the back is about a fat quarter, the 2 fronts are about a fat quarter, and the sleeves together are about a fat quarter (if it's long sleeved.) Anything XL and over are even more. A fat quarter is typically $3.25 or more---so there is already a savings at $5 for a whole shirt. Is it ALWAYS more cost effective? Possibly, but probably not. But the benefits of having unique fabrics and reusing perfectly good fabric are enough to make it worth it for me.🤓😊
Love your videos!!! Lots of info!! I went for the first time to buy shirts, when I check out I told the guy what I was doing and he said " I was the 4th person to say that" Maybe these people are watching you!! My shirts were only $3.00. :)
Oh thank you so much! ❤️ And WOW! I hope so...that would be so fun and cool! That is amazing that your shirts were only $3!! Lucky duck!
It was illuminating to go shopping with you. I too am finding it difficult to find fabrics that are not polyester or spandex. Despite your having picked out armloads of stuff, you are quite picky, and you know your stash. It would make an interesting video to see you break down those linen capris.
BTW, your Goodwill store is so clean, bright and organized--very different from my local Sally.
It is true...I have gotten quite picky! But as you said, it mostly is because I know my stash, I know what I'm looking for, and it's worth waiting for those 100% cotton shirts and linens. And I know from experience that if they are not there "today"--they will be eventually!! Yes, we are lucky that our Goodwill is kept in really good shape! ❤️🤓🤩
PS I will sometimes use a cotton shirt with a tiny amount of spandex if I REALLY like the color AND pattern AND if it's a reasonably sized (and priced shirt)...basically the stars have to align. 😉😂
Since I found your videos a few short months ago, I have found/bought approximately 100 thrift store mens shirts. I found two huge mens linen shirts (5x tall, I think). I love linen, too. I cut a small piece from the buttonhole placket and put the samples on safety pins by color and put the pins on a ring and carry in my purse. I have mens shirt quilts spinning in my head, but am in the middle of another quilt and will complete it before starting a quilt with the mens shirts. Please get a shopping cart - it made my back hurt watching you in the thrift store! 😅. There are 4 thrift stores in my town and another huge one opening soon. 😂 Thanks for another great video.
Oh my goodness! 100 shirts!!🤩🤩🤩 I bet they are spinning in your head! 😳🤓 I love that idea of using the buttonhole placket as a fabric sample to take to the thrift store! ❤️ Oh and I'm so envious of your linen shirts--5XT just takes my breath away! 😂❤️
Hi Cathy, I’m just so impressed with your second hand shops in the US. They are huge with so much choice. I’m well jell. 😊
We are fortunate here to have so much selection, for sure! Not sure what it says about our original consumption, though. 😒
Thank you for taking us shopping with you! I know you have explained in the past how to shop/look at the shirts, but seeing you in action (brain wheels spinning) helped me understand more. Does that make sense? 😉 It really did help....look out Goodwill!!
I had hoped that it would help...so I'm glad it did! ❤️ I hope you have a super successful trip to your Goodwill when you go!
Thanks for a great time at the thrift store🤗
Aww, thank you Jenna! 🥰 I wish you all could go shopping with me for REAL! ❤️
Always grab a buggy in the thrift! I can't imagine how tired your arm got LOL
I know better... I really do! I was so focused on all that linen that I didn't even notice! 😂
Love how your husband goes around quietly with you, I'm new to sewing and quilts and you got me going to my local charity shops for shirts now.I passed up on a couple of linen shirts but you say to pick them up. Can I ask why? Do you use them with the cotton?
I do! And I have a whole video on linen that explains why I love it so! ❤️
Ps. About my husband, me too! 😂he really is just the best!
I thrift shop as well. Picked up a few shirts last month to repurpose.
That’s awesome!!
Liked this. I get disappointed too when I find out a nice shirt is a cotton poly blend. Nice finds on the linen.
The last time that I was at my local thrift store I bought a shirt with flamingos on it and thought of you so it's funny that you found one too! Ps my " local" salvation army ( it's an hour away) on Sundays will have a 50 % sale on a selected color tag AND a 99 cent sale on a select color tag. Unfortunately I think some one else in the area is also buying shirts as many of the cotton ones are gone. I do find some and the husband still helps. Making a baby quilt for my niece she is due soon and an using some dress shirts in the quilt ( it's yellow and white) very calm colored quilt. Looking forward to the next video. God bless.
The flamingos! What in the world?! 😂 But I love that you thought of me--that is the sweetest! 🥰 And your baby quilt for your niece sounds like it will be beautiful!❤
Oh, I so enjoyed this video! Wish I lived close enough to shop with you. What fun that would be! But we'd have to check out the pyrex shelves, too! 😁 I'm pretty sure the folks at the thrift store I frequent must think my husband is HUGE, since I always buy such big shirts. 😁I hope you do more videos like this one. Of course I love ALL your videos! 😁❤
Robin, you know we'd have a great time! It seems like folks are liking this one, so maybe we'll do more like it! ❤️
What a great haul! Fun to watch you at Goodwill 🦩💜 🌞
Thank you, Susan! It was a fun, successful Goodwill run that day! 🤓😍
I SO would have snagged that blue one!
Oh I was on the fence!! I tend to collect blue shirts, tho, so I'm trying to reign it IN! 😂
Loved the video! You inspired me to go to Goodwill for men's shirts and one is already in a quilt!
Oh yay! So happy on both counts! ❤️
I like the western shirt with the snaps. You could reuse the snap placate and cuffs in Baby activity quilts. That is what I would reuse it for.
Oh what a great idea!! So CLEVER! 🤓
Enjoy your videos, very nice goodwill store.
Thank you, Lucila! ❤️
Just love going shopping with u!!! I noticed the price of the shirts. Glad our thrift store prices mens shirts for $2.00. Makes decision making so much easier.
Thank you, Stacy! ❤ and yes, my goodness, sometimes when the prices are high I have to reeeaalllly think about it! 😱😂🤓
Do you only buy 100% Linen? I love thrifting!
I generally buy 100% cotton, linen-cotton blends, and 100% linen which are all great to use in quilting! 🤓
Can you please show the quilt that has the cotton/poly backing in a video? I'm curious as to why it doesn't work well.
Me too!
I’m actually in the process of binding the quilt with all the cotton-poly shirts in it, so there will be a quilt story video about it soon! 👍🏻
Mostly it’s because cotton-polyester shirts don’t hold a crease well and sometimes crawl under the sewing machine. 🤓
It was a fun trip to Goodwill with you! I feel and say the same thing when I find the cutest shirt print, but, alas and slack, it’s polycotton! Dang!!! Good haul today!
It was a good haul! And yes, the "dang!" in today's video...so many times! 😂
PS it’s Sissie here, not Jon. Just using his account! Haha
Loved shopping with you. I must say that you showed a lot of discipline. I would have bought even more! And what a great, huge Goodwill store!
Thank you!! 🥰I'm glad you enjoyed shopping with me! (and yes, Lord, I had to restrain myself! 😂) It's a pretty decent Goodwill!! ❤
I loved shopping with you!
Please remind me, what’s wrong with the poly/cotton blend shirts?
They don't hold a crease, and crawl under the sewing needle unless you use a lot of pins. Plus they won't shrink (or stretch) which is great for garments but not necessarily great for quilts that also have 100% cotton which WILL shrink and stretch and fade. But you can make them work if you need/want to! 👍🏻
@@TheCatBirdQuilts
Thanks! I got it now. I’m using some material I got “who knows when” and it really frayed.
Great haul! I loved the linen pillow case, great find for $.99!!!!! I had to laugh when you pointed out the pajama shirt. My youngest has been wanting a pair of men’s pajamas a La Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail. Alas I found a great pajama shirt while looking through the Men’s dress shirts! However, no bottoms. but I did find a soft pair in a similar shade looking through the women’s section. They were cute enough to cut up and use but I decided daughter would win out. She was thrilled with my find. One more reason to love the thrift stores ❤️!
P.S. the thrift stores in the South look WAY cleaner than any here in CA 😂
Adrienne...you are like the 3rd person to comment on how our Goodwill is so clean! 😂 Maybe I need to call the manager and brag on their staff! 😊 I laughed when I read your comment about the pajama top!😂 You just never know what you're gonna find in the men's dress shirt section! I also love that your daughter loved the pajamas--you're obviously raising that girl right! 🥰🤓❤️
I thought it was terrific fun. Note that I bet you could sell ones that you change your mind on to your followers for a profit.
Thanks! And maybe so!
You are so good at this!!! I look forward to the clothing industry using natural fabrics again! I really don’t understand how we as a society have gotten to the point of wearing un breathable plastic compounds turned into fabric as clothing. Sorry if you already mentioned this... My Goodwill has dollar ($1.99 now) days on Thursday.
$1.99 days onThursdays you say? *marks calendar for next Thursday* 😂😍🤩And thank you!!
@@TheCatBirdQuilts yes! It is only one color of tag. Basically it is a way to rotate out after being in store for a month.
Hi Cathy, Do you remember about how much you spent for how many items?
I don’t remember exactly. Some of the shirts were $5, maybe $5.99? It turns out that the blue tags were half-off, so that put them at $2.50-$3. The items from the linen section ranged from 79 cents to $1.99 I think!
I’m amazed that your Goodwill has things separated by sizes! Ours are all just crammed in together.😢
One of our stores here (not Goodwill) sorts by color! (which I actually love!) Too bad your Goodwill workers aren't down with the helpful organization!👎🏻
Hi At our Good Will the prices have gone up. Each shirt is $6.00 , They use to be priced $3.95 in Ga.
Linda, I have noticed the same here in AL. Really having to be choosy now, and making sure the shirts I want are marked down further...although sometimes I splurge anyway! (and I tell myself even at $6 it's STILL cheaper than a yard or more of fabric at the quilt store! ❤️
...and another home run!
Thank you, Giselle!❤️
Use a safety pin to keep your swatches together.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻
Heheh that was me today too :) I got 6 cotton shirts in blues (3 medium which I rarely find) and 3 gingham (yeah, I'm team gingham too ) I think I found maybe 30 really nice blues and a couple of greens but all were Poly/cotton :( Still got 2 white sheets and some green pillowcases. I had no idea green was so hard to find in cotton shirts. Don't see many (if any) purples up here in the North lol. I don't think men are as adventurous when it comes to colors (in my area lol) - Also that turquoise linen shirt!! gorgeous!!
Freddie, I didn't know you were team gingham!!❤ I knew I like you!! 😂🥰😘 That is a fantastic haul! And yes, finding good green 100% cotton shirts is quite the feat! Next time I find a purple shirt, I'll let you know and you can message me with your address (FB or IG) and I'll send it to you! Also, yes, my goodness, the men down here aren't scared (fashion-wise) AT ALL. 😂 I love it! ❤🤓
Gingham is just lovely. I will never get tired of that design hehe They are also great blenders - or inbetweens. Very Versatile. Went on a spontaneous trip to "the bins" because I needed a white or light sheet to finish some pillowcases for my youngest to match her new quilt.
That was interesting to see how you decide. I wish our stores looked that clean and organized. It overwhelms me to go shop them because of how crowded things are. How do you handle those type stores? I am just avoiding them.
Thanks, Debra! Apparently we are lucky to have an orderly shop--I didn't know to be grateful but now I am!❤️ The ones that are overcrowded or disorderly can detract me from going for sure...I generally don't go if I'm hungry, tired or otherwise stressed because that only aggravates the sensory overload. I try to go when I'm not in a hurry or when I just feel like exploring (as opposed to really looking for something specific.) And sometimes I just avoid them because it's not worth it to walk away anxious and frazzled from a thrift store run! 😂
Enjoyed being a silent observer as you worked your way through all the shirts and linens. I must ask: what is the deal with linen? Why do you love it?…..❤️Brenda
It is so soft and textural...and it breathes (ok this is the part where I love wearing it, not quilting with it) and hangs beautifully. For quilts, it crinkles up so nice, and adds a surprising weightiness to the quilt, especially if you use it as a background fabric! The more you wash and dry it, the softer it gets! ❤️🤓
What is the difference in the different types of fabrics: polyester rayon microfiber and linen. Cotton, denim and spandex I understand but not the others. What would be pros and cons of the different fabrics. Also I am hearing a lot about bamboo fabric. I don't buy anything (to wear or sew with) with fabric I don't like the feel and texture of.
Anita, I have done a video on linen (which explains a lot about linen) and a video about cotton-poly (which explains a lot about cotton-poly) -- you can check both of those out! There are too many fabrics to explain in a comment…perhaps a Google search will give you the additional info you are looking for!👍🏻🤓😊
@@TheCatBirdQuilts thanks. I'll look for it. I've only been watching a few days. I haven't come across it yet. I love how you explain things. I love that you have a lot to say. I usually do too. 😄