I found the BEST stuff while thrifting at the Scrap Exchange || Vintage sewing thrift haul
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.พ. 2022
- I spent the last month in the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina, and one of the hidden thrifting gems is The Scrap Exchange in Durham. This thrift store is half regular thrift store and half art and sewing supplies thrift store. Needless to say, I was in sustainable sewing heaven! I found some of the BEST vintage fabric and some "interesting" vintage patterns in this thrift haul. So sit down, and hang out while we look at my haul of vintage fabric, vintage sewing patterns and vintage notions.
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The Scrap Exchange:
2050 Chapel Hill Rd
Durham, NC 27707
website: scrapexchange.org/
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I’m one million percent certain she didn’t look that shocked when I asked her to marry me… apparently border prints have something I don’t…. 😂
Well, yours wasn’t as spontaneous as me thinking this fabric was 80’s repro. 🥰
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You are a gem, glad you two have each other!!
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I wish border prints were more widely available modernly. They're so much fun!
Me too!!! They are so pretty!
The border print is mine! I'm glad I was able to help you earn your costs back! It'll be a skirt as soon as I get my hands on it.
YES to the zipper question. Finding good zippers in Central Kansas is a bear.
Heard. I just need to get those photos going.
(Waves her hands wildly) Hey, Hey, come to Portland. We have Scrap PDX which is Very similar to the place you went to. complete with Zoom crafting sessions and special deals. We also have Pendleton woolen Mills and their associated outlets.(Not that you need wool in Florida, they sell more than wool). If you ever get to the "left" coast I'll be happy to host you and show you around Oregon/Washington which is HEAVY with crafting goodness. We could do a lot of damage here. Just sayin'
Ooh I’ll have to remember that place the next time I get to the West Coast! (Because Portland, OR is one of the common stops on any west coast trip I take.)
We used to have a Scrap store in Denton, Texas. Unfortunately it closed due to the pandemic. We miss it so bad!
What fun finds! I too love to find belting and buckles in the wild. I found an entire roll of belting in the original box, for $5.00, at an antique store last month. My husband just stood there staring at me while I jumped up and down squealing like a little school girl, and then actually asked if I was going to buy it. Gotta love him. I also received McCalls 8199 in a box of patterns given to me recently and yes it is scary.
Dang girl! You scored!
I have to admit that I started to hyperventilate when I saw the old sewing machine section. They are my thing.
Love your blue dress, btw.👍
OMG! I too like the border fabric. I can image a full skirted summer dress with a cream bodice.
OMG that McCalls pattern with the Christmas tree pattern, if you look at the lower right corner there are crayons. One Halloween a few mothers got together and made all our kids wear that pattern in different colors. IT WAS AWESOME!
I loved the emotional damage causing costume. Also enjoying watching your videos (recently found you through another person posting for your walkaway dress challenge), so entertaining.
I wish I had a big 2nd hand fabric/sewing shop around me I’d go weekly! I did have one very VERY lucky thrift find of fabric a few months back. My local thrift store has a very small section for craft stuffs, usually they taped bundles of fabric and slapped a price on, no measuring or anything and you’re not allowed to open it up until you pay. Well one time I went in and there was a HUGE bundled fabric that some kind soul put the measurements on the tape "400” long x 42” wide, $8" I figured it was still cheaper than muslin so even if there are stains etc it was ok. The store had a $5 off sale (that I ddin't know about 'till I was at the register) so instead of $8 it was only $3! I got it home and burned tested: 100% cotton!! Woot love natural fiber! Then I got to open it up measure and analyze it further…. It turned out to be 12 yards of about 44” wide yarn dyed before woven gingham, no damage or stains though a few spots near the salvage had glue residue from tape used to hold the bundle together for decades in someone’s stash, I’d only loose about 2” off the width on 1/2 a yard so not bad. And the salvage edge is very thin, not a different color/thickness than the rest of the fabric, there is no label or color sample on the salvage either. If I cut a piece out I really have to look closely to see which side is the salvage. I guessing it’s from the late 50s to60s from the width...THREE.FREAKING.DOLLARS! I’m still hoarding the fabric trying to figure out what to make with it.
I used to live in Durham and this was my FAVORITE place for shopping/thrifting for almost anything.
The Paris flower market fabric has me SPEECHLESS.............My Gawd today that is stunning............
I may have packed 3 extra bags AND room for said bags once full on a trip to Raleigh. And all three bags were cram jammed full. I still have 90% of the fabric left from that trip. Since we went in October 2019 and I’ve been working 60+ hour weeks since January 2020 (ICU nurse) I will eventually return to normal.
I live in Raleigh and go to Durham once or twice a month to have lunch with a friend; afterward I GO TO THE SCRAP EXCHANGE. You were a month or two early, but I found four rolls of silk for $3.00 per yard! I don't sew silk, but I bought two yards of each color. Also, I sew with a Singer 500, which is a slant shaft machine. Over the years, I've found many specialty feet for my machine there, including an adjustable hemmer foot and a circle stitcher attachment. Also, did you know that Spoonflower, the custom fabric printing company is in Durham?
Oh nice!! I did find some silk on my last adventure too! But no I wasn’t aware they are there.
My favourite dress when I was in high school in the 90's was actually an unfinished object bag that I thought was just forest green 60's paisley fabric, but was an already cut out but not sewn sheath dress. I sewed it up and wore the heck out of that thing
That border print is sensational. Paris is my spiritual home, I love being there and this is so Paris in style. Great find. xxx
Love your broader print, it is just
lovely. Would make a great gather skirt.
I'll be in NC in May for my daughter's college graduation. Maybe I'll be able to make a side trip!
You absolutely should!!
One of the coolest places in my home town. Also conveniently in the same run down shopping center as Freeman’s Creative, an amazing independently owned yarn and fabric store.
I live an hour away from Durham and never heard of these places until now. Can't wait to go visit.
my mom made me a dress when I was in second grade of the green plaid in the 70s.
Thank you for sharing you joy with the Parisian flower market border print.
I wish so badly to know why you are so happy about the border print fabric. Is it rare? Old? Just plain beautiful? I've absolutely no clue but I'm glad you're so happy
All three! Rare and old and gorgeous!
What Frances said. This fabric is from the 1950’s, a rare print with gorgeous coloring and had very minimal damage which I was able to remove. And since my computer broke I am EXTRA glad it came clean because now it needs a new home.
Being 36” rather than 45” means it’s *probably* 1930s-1960s.
It cool as hell.
What a fun and slightly dangerous place to shop! Seeing that Paris print makes me think I'd better drag out my tub of vintage home dec fabrics inherited from hubby's grandma. There are a few really weird pieces that are a single ginormous print motif on what I think is rayon. Haven't looked at them in years and have no idea what their original purpose was. They have some kind of maker's tag on them if I recall. My guess is that they are from the 40's or early 50's. I'll have to photograph them and send them to you to see if you have any ideas on what in the world they were intended for.
Omg thank you for this I live in NC not far and didn't know this existed! Oh! Please look up a place called painted tree there will be a booth within the store featuring vintage fabric, patterns ranging from 50's- after y2k, and buttons! Opening this Sunday in Cary!
Ooh, good to know! I'm right near Cary, in Apex! I collect vintage patterns too. I'll definitely check it out.
HOLY CRAP! I come back in March and will definitely add this to the list of places to go. Thank you!
You remind me of an anthropology professor I had. You seem to have little in common but very similar enthusiasm, mannerisms, language and disposition.
Ohhh I've got to pop over there again sometime!
Wish we had places like that in South Africa. Second hand stores/thrift stores doesn't even have fabric etc.
I went to Durham back in the fall for the first time ever, for my dear friend's wedding. (Sidebar: she sewed herself a GORGEOUS vintage wedding dress.) My friend told me I absolutely had to go to Freeman's Creative and I literally spotted the Scrap Exchange from across the parking lot and spent a delightful hour pawing through patterns. I ended up not buying any fabric because of luggage space constraints, (also I had already spent most of my budget at Parker and Otis) but Durham is a charming city and I definitely plan to visit again!
In Lancaster PA we have Lancaster Creative Reuse which is just like this store except a lot smaller. The prices are a lot cheaper too! They just added a sewing machine rental service as well which is really neat for beginner sewists.
That border print would make an absolutely gorgeous fifties skirt
Yes the Scrap Exchange is AWESOME!!
I had no idea you were in NC! The Scrap Exchange is a wonderland of neat stuff!
I sure was! And actually I head back for a brief time in March/April too!
We'll go back for the thrift part when I'm in town!
Heck yeah!!!
YESSSSSS.
Going to Scrap Exchange today and thinking of you...send me good sewing shopping juju!😊
I hope you found some goodies!!
I’m gutted I live in the UK 🇬🇧. We don’t have a lot of charity shops that sell sewing things or if there are any they aren’t near me. We don’t have estate sales either.
Traditionally things in the UK got handed on to others when it was outgrown because almost nobody has storage for stuff like they do in the US, sadly a lot of it now just gets binned :-( going to try a kilo sale nearby soon to see if it has better options.
It is wonderful to simply laugh out loud while watching this! The scary Halloween costumes and your comments had me rolling!
Omg I’d love to go shopping with u
HECK YEAH! I wanna come visit and see what I can find near you.
Woah what an amazing place!!!
I love the Scrap Exchange! I've gotten some awesome silks and wools, and vintage notions scores.
I did make one more trip out there and I think I scored some silk (still need to burn test to be sure). It is such an amazing place!
I had to stop myself from drooling. What a dream! I would need hours!
We have a small-ish craft thrift store here, in Iowa, called Create Exchange. It’s run by 2 sisters & hardly anything has a price on it! Sometimes they ask me how much I think I should pay (sometimes I guess too high) & then sometimes they ask me if I think a price is acceptable. Recently bought 2 medium sized cardboard boxes of fabric for $84!! I’ve gotten lace, fabric, yarn, sewing books, a serger sewing machine, little storage containers, plastic with the inside divided into little squares, like for holding beads. They also have a section where crafters can sell their created items! They also have art supplies.
Durham 2hr 57mins, 100 percent checked after the video haha
Fabrics, patterns and scraps oh my lol
"Follow the fa-bric road"
@@StephanieCanada Tell me if you wouldn't take on that and sew a fa bric dress so to speak 🤔
OOH! You always find the best places! I'm not sure when I will ever been in North Carolina - but it will be a stop for me for sure. As for zippers - I tend to only buy them in lots - not individual.. usually a bunch in one size in a variety of colors is my preference.
I actually made the Christmas tree for my granddaughter it’s not so bad especially for the kiddos
That Laura Ashley pattern looks exactly like the dress Princess Diana wore right after she gave birth to Prince William
This was a lot of fun. I dont think there are any charity shops that big in the uk
Fun!
Thank you Dannie!
I actually have a photograph of my sister and I wearing the 3501 McCalls dress ourMom made for us to be flower girls in a wedding. Happy to share it with you if you’d like. (Sondra Jones -Apopka)
Good to see you again and that was a great surprise when you opened that print fabric. Thank you and see you soon
RIGHT! I am now SUPER glad that I waited to open it. Even though the waiting about killed me.
I have the 7194 pinafore and the Laura Ashley
I like the green and blue checkered fabric. I I remember that loopy finish. Definitely a dress up fabric. Thanks for scouting this store out for us.
Happy to help Linda!
In VA, we have 4 scrap creative reuse centers, and another opening in Charlottesville. I'm a beginner sewist, and watching your videos make me feel bad because I've realized I've just been cluelessly cutting through precious fabric and patterns. I've gotten stacks of vintage patterns for free.
Wish I had a thrift store like this near me!
Right, I'm here in Orlando and we used have something vaguely like it. However, it closed due to the pandemic.
You made my day with the border print 🥰
Yes please yes to zippers! Also actually laughed right out loud at the child tramatization section.
Oooh I'm so excited to go visit this shop soon. Had no idea it existed until watching this video. Thanks!
When you pulled out that glorious border print 🤩
RIGHT! All I thought is that I had an 80's reprint of a 50's fabric. Not an ORIGINAL! I was quite actually speechless (which for me, doesn't happen all that often).
That border print fabric is awesome!!!
Loved your haul! The girls dresses brought back memories of dresses and pants I made for my girls in the 70s . Thank you.
The same here. I made my girls dresses like that too. My eldest was my tomboy but my youngest was my prissy one.
WOW, that looks like an AMAZING place!
Oh Nicole! It really was!
The border print 😱❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I hope you’ll make yourself a skirt with that border print!
Sadly, my computer died so this time I couldn't keep the pretty fabric. I am still working through buying parts or a new one.
And now I have learned that I need to watch your videos as soon as they come out. Because I had a great quilting idea for that Paris flower market fabric so of course it is sold out. I was thinking a medallion quilt with the fabric as the centerpiece. So no I would not have cut it up.
Aww! Sorry you missed it, but yes, I am going to do better about listing things on my website that I am willing to part with. And that quilt sounded lovely!
born and raised and still living in Durham NC here and I AM LAUGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW and this is surreal. that is where I donate everything, and have to go shopping a bit every time :D
still watching, REALLY HOPING you went across the street to Cocoa Cinnamon for churros and coffee.
How cool! And yes, it is super handy for donate/buy things you will use.
And sadly NO, I did not know about Cocoa Cinnamon, but needless to say that when I go back in March I will NOT make the same mistake twice.
@@StephanieCanada oh yay more thrifting AND CHURROS!
Thrift Gold 😍😍😍
Yes to the zippers. Do I have zippers yes. Just not vintage. I need them for the all the patterns I just bought from you...🤣
Omg the fabric and thing's all of those sewing machines
Right!!! SO PRETTY!
I would be framing that .
Noooo, you've exposed my neighborhood secret.
Also, Durhamites hate being called Raleigh. Hope you stopped at Cocoa Cinnamon for delicious churros and coffee.
Oh dear! My bad, that was my first time there and I was not aware there was a Jets/Sharks thing happening.
And NO!!! But I WILL NEXT TIME!! (I come back in March/April)
Oh my goodness. I would love this store! Unfortunately we don't have anything like this here in Germany. 🙁
Amazing piece of fabric! I’ve doing decent selling vintage or out of print fabric on eBay, especially it shipping overseas!
What date do you place for the border print. I was thinking 50’s. Mt great grandma had a couple skirts in the 60’s but she never got rid of anything. Cleaning her house out after her passing was like finding buried treasure. She had every tiny nook and cranny packed with stuff. God I wish I had some of that stuff back.
Semi maniacal laughter=my confused face wondering why... Lol
Screaming Goat worthy. Great haul!
Thank you!
I don't think it is a goat but a lamb.
Thanks
7:07 its two panels of a panel repeat.
That is a nice print...SCORE!! Oh and um no I can't go to Raleigh NC I'm snowed in Missouri. Oh and 2 questions! 1 is do you have a sister and 2 if you do , did you ever live in Missouri when you were little with your mom and dad? I knew a Stephanie Canada with her big sis and they were friends of my 2 turds Kim and Craig in Stonebridge Eureka Mo
😵🥰🤤🤤🤤😵😵🤤 it just so happens my oldest nephew lives in North Carolina now.yeah
Did you ever get to do anything with that amazing boarder print?
I want that last dress pattern with the cut out back! It's my size. Asked I swear that machine you showed was my Kenmore that just died.
That pattern is actually up on my website now. And there were SO many beautiful machines there! backroomfinds.com/products/1970s-simplicity-one-piece-gathered-bodice-and-cut-out-back-dress-midi-or-maxi-length-bust-36-no-7806
@@StephanieCanada Woot! Scored it! And maybe a few other things…I think I might be stuck in my teenage years, they’re pretty much all 70s stuff 😂
I've been wondering- what's the best way to store my patterns? Plastic tub fine? Cardboard box any better? Wooden drawer? Metal drawer?
Cardboard is acidic, so not a good idea!
46.52 plus gas and hotel 😭🤣😘
in UK we have not shops like that
They mad a plaque for the shot put runner up???
apparently~!
Stephen He shout-out!
I love Stephen He!!
Dont leave us hanging. Did the paperwork get done? Lol.
Just out of curiosity what was the other place that you didn't get to go to?
It was The Scrap Exchange Thrift portion (which is more of a normal thrift store).
Uh oh, last time you had a haul my bank account hurt for a bit….
America is full of interesting thrift stores and what nots...I am in the wrong country!!!!!!
"Moar" fabric?
Only five hours from me
Okay, for those of us who are hobbyists and not as knowledgeable as yourself, what the heck is so special about a border print fabric?
Tell me you will be making something with that border print? And filming it? It needs to be something, stat! And the costume patterns...yikes
Unfortunately my computer totally broke so it had to find a new home. If I don’t have a computer I can’t keep running my business. 😞
@@StephanieCanada Makes perfect sense to me. :)
*Friends.* We're in downtown Ottawa. If someone could please pass this message along to *Enchanted Rose Costumes*, I'd be appreciative:
Enchanted Rose is a fellow Canadian. Many of you might remember that within the past year she compared mask mandates to the Holocaust. She said she would donate money to a Jewish Shoa Charity. She has not done so.
Dear Miss "Rose", APPOLOGIZE. You helped to foster the hate and bigotry and abuse we in the city of Ottawa, capital of this country have had to endure every second of every day. You fostered an environment that encouraged your neighbours to come to this city to harass and intimidate the people who actually live here. Yesterday there was a Nazi in my convenience store - he had the right tattoos.
And then, on Thursday, Feb 3 - you dropped a video about making underwear. Are you absolutely kidding me. You have a responsibility to the harm you have caused.
Apologize.
NOW.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Hey there, as much as I understand the frustration, I am not associated with that creator. I do NOT approve of what she said or did. Please take your frustration to her page, not mine.
@@StephanieCanada Got it. Sorry. It's been a week and I'm sleeping 4 hour a night. The terrorists are double parked outside of our building. I get harrased every time I leave the building. We all are. They have guns.
@@StephanieCanada Unlike the rest of this city, I was born in this town. Tomorrow is going to be counter-protests to the, I think we're still officially calling them "Protesters".
The "Protesters are calling for "blood in the streets" and "hang Tudeau from the crane". I have so many reports into police and bylaw that I've had to start recording them all in my calendar for the eventual rounds of lawsuits that will follow this debacle.
@@StephanieCanada In short. I am exhausted and I overstepped my mark as a member of your Community. My apologies. My town is about to become a battleground.
Actually. It is already a battleground. Pray for us, eh.