Upholstery Remnants a place to sell them. Feel free to join.

[MinUph]

Stop by and see our trades people cleaning up their remnants. If you have some to sell join in. No fees just a place to sell your remnants. New only.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpringHillFabrics/

[kodydog]

Great idea Paul and I've already joined. Great way to get rid of those fabrics leftover from customers jobs but you just knew they would pitch a fit if you brought any back. But you can't sell it to anyone local for fear the original customer would find out. I'll get some together when I get a chance. How about trading yardage for yardage?

[sofadoc]

Great way to get rid of those fabrics leftover from customers jobs but you just knew they would pitch a fit if you brought any back. But you can't sell it to anyone local for fear the original customer would find out.

I'm always hiding rolls around the shop until after the furniture gets picked up or delivered.

My general rule of thumb is:
If I can't remember what job I put it on, it's time to put it back in circulation.

[MinUph]

Yes it always a hard call to sell something left over from an ID but my fabic sales are my fabric. If I order an extra yard or two to be safe I will sell it when the job is completed.

  Come on guys and gals you all have remnants lets get this rolling. Sofa and me don't want to make all the money. Were willing to share the wealth. LOL! I find it better if someone can use it than sitting on it for years.

[gene]

I would join you Paul but I have no remnants. I do not save any fabric except for tight weave pieces that I use for webbing on furniture.

I've seen a few upholstery shops that have hundreds of tubes with a yard or so of fabric on them and I did not want my shop looking like that, so, I return left over fabrics or throw them away.

If I had fabrics I would join facebook just to participate. I think you've got a great idea there.

Many moons ago before I started throwing old fabrics away I told my IDs that I would give them the fabric for free if they would use my labor for what ever they were going to use the fabric for, unless it was for something like a curtain that I did not want to do, then they could have the fabric for free anyway. I did not have one person take fabric.

Best of luck on you venture.

Gene

[Mojo]

I am watching every post and waiting on a nice burgundy colored remnant to come up. :)

All of our remnants we donate to the Salvation Army or Jericho. No one would want our remnants as they are all outdoor acrylic and vinyl in 18 inch widths. Otherwise I would post there. The vinyl does make great liners for cabinets. :)

BTW Paul, if you need any come over and help yourself. Rick has stopped by several times and took home remnants. Free for the taking if you want any. Rick uses the vinyl as backing on boat seats, etc.

Chris

[baileyuph]

I usually do not have significant remnants - too small, but the tapestries in stock (not remnants) do not get a big demand. 

Times change, I suppose.

Doyle

[sofadoc]

Most of the remnants that I accumulate are leftover COM's. Most customers don't ask for them back.

[baileyuph]

That is the way it is here also Dennis.  Sometimes it can be used but if not and if space is crowded, someone somewhere gets their chance to use it.

Doyle

[RiCat]

On the subject of remnants, I reckon I can be classified as a hoarder. I am in the process of putting up walls in the shop for efficiency. I had a shop in Tampa for over 20 yrs and I had accumulated a lot of left over vinyl and cloth from projects years past. When I order materials for a project, I always order some extra in case I get a brain cramp and mess up (have to be more careful of this the older I get). This extra I do not throw away. When I moved the shop in '08 from Tampa to where I am at now, all of this vinyl was in large garbage bags (by color). This does not include the extra materials that have been accumulated since the relocation. I just got a wall put up that is a little over 7' high and 9' long with cubicles. I just spent over 17hrs getting this vinyl organized to see again what I have. I had been spending money on materials that I did not even know I had.

Case in point on two examples: 1) I have a Ski boat interior to do in March and I have a majority of the main vinyl from a past project that is left over (how I wound up with yards of the off white to be used from a past project I can't remember - oh my) along with a good chunk of the offset red vinyl. 2) I had a customer drop off a set of sun visors for his GM car late last week. He wants them covered in a close matching vinyl instead of the original type cloth. They being a med gray, went to the vinyl shelf, looked at the grays and found the piece I need. Quick $100 with the vinyl in house.

One last example of remnants. Chris was gracious enough to turn me on to his remnants late last year. He gave me a ton of left over acrylics and his vinyl coated polyester he uses. I have a competitor in my area that is a true goof-ball. And does he have some people mad at him. I got a call from some people that he had built patio curtains for and the 30ga plastic had shrunk to the extent they would not fasten any longer to the fasteners put in the concrete wall and the zippers (for the pass through door) would not work. Not only these people, but the neighbors next door he had done the same work for and they had the same problem. The goof-ball bailed on them and would not fix the curtains that had shrunk side to side over 4" on a 15'+ run. They called me. When I examined the job, I suggested, to get them out as cheap as possible, add extensions to the ends and I would try to find some acrylic in the shop that was close without having to spend money on ordering material. Well, hello Chris my friend! Chris had given me these long runs (almost 3yds long and 12" wide) of acrylic that was in the neighborhood of the color and they fit the bill. From Chris' remnants, this wound up to be $600 worth of work. This does not include the vinyl coated poly from Chris that can be used for reinforcement in other acrylic work.

I have seen time and time again a quick $75 - $200 worth of work can be done by going to the remnant shelf and finding the materials to be used.

Rick

Ps. And to see my containers of nuts, bolts, screws, clips and such I have? That is another whole story..

[Virgs Sew n Sew]

I'll be on there once I get this brace off.  I've got some nice stuff left over from a boat.  Guy had me order extra for a seat and hasn't been back for the seat.  Like 18 months, so time to get it out of here.  It's buried in the furnace room which will get tidied once the brace is gone.  I've been wondering what to do with extra vinyl.  Seems like I never get to use it on a small project.

Thanks for the tip!

Virginia