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Posted by on February 23, 2006, 10:30 am
Hi! I bought a really cute pattern for a set of ironing accessories,
such as a sleeve roll, dressmaker's ham, etc. The problem is I cannot
find the required filling material, sawdust, *anywhere*! Of course the
first places I tried were the Home Depot/Lowe's types. I got blank
stares and was referred to humongous bags of chipped wood in the
gardening section. Then I tried craft stores. Then, pet stores. I found
critter bedding material which I was worried wouldn't be fine enough
(it was kinda chunky). I searched online without luck.
Have any of you ever attempted a project like this and if so, what did
you use for filling and where did you find it?
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Posted by Charles Jones on February 23, 2006, 11:02 am
Julia.Sifers@gmail.com says...
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> Have any of you ever attempted a project like this and if so, what did
> you use for filling and where did you find it?
One of my other hobbies is woodworking. If you (or any significant
others or friends) know someone that does woodworking and has a dust
collector then you should be able to get all the saw dust or wood
shavings that you could ever use! I know I have at least 10 cubic feet
of shavings and several gallons of dust in my dust collection system
right now.
I'd be glad to send you some, assuming postage isn't prohibitive. I've
never tried shipping sawdust before ... :-)
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Charles Jones (charlesj@frii.com)
Loveland, Colorado
AIM: LovelandCharles
ICQ: 29610755
MSN: charlesj68@passport.com
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Posted by Julia Sifers on February 23, 2006, 11:11 am
Unfortunately, I don't have any woodworking friends. I would be
thrilled to get a bag of your sawdust, though. How much would you sell
it for? If you could package it and take it to the post office to see
how much postage would be and let me know the total, I could send that
to you however you find most convenient (PayPal, personal check, etc.).
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Posted by Charles Jones on February 23, 2006, 11:27 am
Julia.Sifers@gmail.com says...
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> How much would you sell it for?
It's sawdust! Just the cost of postage. How much does the pattern call
for? When I get home tonight I'll bag the amount up in a double plastic
bag, stick it in a box and see how much it weighs. Then the USPS
website will tell us how much it would cost to ship.
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Charles Jones (charlesj@frii.com)
Loveland, Colorado
AIM: LovelandCharles
ICQ: 29610755
MSN: charlesj68@passport.com
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Posted by Julia Sifers on February 23, 2006, 11:55 am
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> It's sawdust! Just the cost of postage. How much does the pattern call
for?
Charles, thank you soooo much! I will check the amount needed tonight
and email you. I found the pattern online, it's McCall's 2723:
http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M2723.htm
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> you use for filling and where did you find it?