A necessity from the past,
years in collecting dust,
is humming to life again these days.

For people like Laura Ogden, it is a way to save big bucks.
“I should be a millionaire because of all the money I’ve saved.”
Though times or not, Laura says she’s always been an Arts and Crafts kind of person.
“Whether it’s painting, taking photographs, sewing”
or taking on bigger projects like with this old chair, and giving it a makeover.
“I had an upholsterer come in and give me a price which I think is a fair price, $300. to recover a chair.” but Laura says she knew she could do it herself for a fraction of the cost. A little know how and fabric.“It will probably end up costing $100. at the most to finish recovering it”

“It’s normally the craft people who know how resourceful a fabric store is.”
Ryan Safady owns J&O Fabrics in Pennsauken, NJ, and says business is booming.
“Instead of rushing to a store to buy something new, they’re trying to freshen up what’s old.” Ryan’s store offers every type of fabric you can imagine, which sells for as little as 99 cents to as much as 40 dollars per yard.

To give you a sense of the kind of money you could be saving by shopping here, some Designer home interior fabrics run upwards of 75 to 90 dollars a yard. Even with small projects, take this children’s apron for example you could by it for 10 bucks, or make it for 99 cents. It’s one remnant of fabric.“Whether little project or big, Laura says it’s worth it, sewing one dollar at a time.”

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