Archives for : August 2011

Plainfield Patch: Blog: Options Make Reducing, Reusing Easier

Have you noticed the number of resale stores have increased? Habitat For Humanity, Salvation Army, Goodwill and even resale designer clothing stores.

There is a terrific national organization called The Freecycle Network with local affiliates nearby where you can post an item online to be given away — or find something you’re looking for — for free. This is one of the best kept secrets around but maybe not for long. You’ll find it at http://www.freecycle.org.

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Kawartha Media Group: Repair job update

Luckily, my husband had scored a couple of boxes of scraps and nasty fabrics from freecycle.ca in July so I dug into it. Coincidentally, it had pieces of cotton from the same era as the quilt. I was in luck.

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