My local Wal-Mart has had nothing but cotton fabric for years. The only synthetic items they have are poly batting and thread. Besides, the price for fabrics at places like OWF and Ed Speer are low enough to earn my business.
My local Wal-Mart has had nothing but cotton fabric for years. The only synthetic items they have are poly batting and thread. Besides, the price for fabrics at places like OWF and Ed Speer are low enough to earn my business.
I have two doctors, my left leg and my right. ~G.M. Trevelyan
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. ~Steven Wright
I picked up some urethane coated rip for $.70/yard last week, owf or speer (no offense) can not touch thatOriginally Posted by hiker_DC
...65'' wide!!...digital camo...totally waterproof...$.70/yard..I am sad.
Ambulo tua ambulo.
HA! I found using my stand mixer did a much better job without any more mess! :-) and yes, I cook from scratch, but I don't grow my own beef...Here's my favorite; bread making machine () sales have plummeted the past two years. I think it's because people discovered making bread by hand really isn't that difficult.
I am in agreement, the real issue from a clothing perspective is profit: If the local shops can't sell sufficient volume, they have to make enough profit to make up for it.
I find that I can get decent clothing for less than material costs if I try, but then again there are no indie fabric stores that I can find in San Diego...
I have 5 WW's within a 20 minute drive of me... 1 has no fabric dept as of a year ago. I better start searching the rest.
"Do or do not, there is no try." -- Yoda
OK, 10 yards of green ripstop, 10 yards of gray-green ripstop, and 8.5 yards of silver-tan DWR ripstop for just over $20. I should have enough material to keep me busy for a little while. I'd hoped that the near transparent ripstop would still be there, but it's gone.
I think I'll have enough fabric to make an undercover for my new IX UQ now.
I won't mind if the rest is purchased before I get back. I don't need to spend more on fabric. At least that's what I've just been told...
Mi madre checked her local (Utah) WM for me last week and scored 40 yards of what appears to be 1.1 ripstop, coated in a digital camo print. I've got it under water right now to see if it really is coated. No leaks yet after 4 hours.
$1 per yard. And spools of poly thread for 25 cents each.
That fabric makes a good tarp. A little heavy, compared to good sil. I haven't had any issues with mine.
hoosier hang 001.jpg
Ambulo tua ambulo.
Gargoyle the Grandville Walmart dumped their fabric section a year ago and as far as I know all of the rest of the WM's in the Grand Rapids area have pulled them out as well. Walmart didn't like paying for people to cut fabric seems to be the primary reason that they have decided to pull it out.
The WM closest to me finally marked their remaining stock of fabric at 75% off. I grabbed every bolt of ripstop that was left and walked out with over 30 yards of various shades of green for a bit over $10.00. The clerk actually gave me an even better deal, because the machine that prints the tags quit working and she had to work up one manually on a different machine. She said that she hoped the slight discount made up for the time I had to wait.
I wish that I could always get deals like that when I go shopping.
I have enough material to seriously consider doing a DIY sil tarp project now, along with a few more hammocks for friends, some stuff sacks, some undercovers, etc., etc., etc.
Strapped,
Which Wal-mart was that, Just so I don't go in there this afternoon?
Share files across all your devices with Dropbox (that's where I keep my Hangin' pics)
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTU3OTM3ODc5
Phat, it's the one listed as Store #2154, 2635 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, GA 30096. It's across from Shorty Howell Park.
What brings you all the way out to Georgia?
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks