Textile Garage Sale

If urban scavenging and crafts are your jam, you’ll love the annual Textile Garage Sale put on by the Textile Center. Nothing is more refreshing than to watch dozens of mostly women flip though patterns, peruse magazines, and forage through mounds of yarn, fabric, and more. It’s even more fun when you are part of that throng. Pluses are spotting patient partners, who are mustering their utmost courage to stand by their beloved and also hold all their found treasures.
You can go early on a Friday, pay $ 25 and first pickings. I thought I was losing out by coming out on a Saturday and paying a buck for entry, but still found AMAZING THINGS. Vintage wool and silks in pleasing patterns and a boss ikat scarf. All for $ 30. Easily would have cost me over a hundred bucks. I’m pretty sure they were putting MORE stuff out throughout the afternoon.
If you do have stashes of fabric, yarn, or patterns, this is the perfect time to unload. Face it, that bolt/​spool/​machine is pretty cool but you’re never going to do anything with it. So why not let someone who would use it come across it? You will be like an anonymous fairy godmother.
You will need to patience and an allergy pill. Also it’s BYOB (bring your own bag). Location varies; last year it was at the Textile Center, this year it was at the UMN ReUse warehouse. But if you are a crafter, it’s totally worth it.