I have found that it's cheaper to go to Wal-Mart and just buy a black flat sheet than to buy fabric by the yard at the fabric store.

 

Yup, black sheet sets at Walmart, thats what I do also.

 

In that regard as well, make sure to check thrift stores for sheets and left over fabric. I've gotten quite a score of black fabric for really cheap.

 

Have you considered using black landscaping fabric? It's the stuff sold in the garden department used to block weeds. You can get a large roll for around $5.

 

^ I may do that. Thank you all!

 

If you have a Joanns Fabric in your town, sign up for coupons. I just bought about 10 yards of black burlap for under 20 dollars.

 

Landscape fabric

 

I picked up some burlap landscape fabric from Lowes yesterday. It was about $10 for a 3 ft x 25 ft roll. It was the cheapest I could find there. I tried Home Depot also but no luck. It actually work really well.

 

I use the heavy duty landscaping fabric, it's thick enough that my wife uses her sewing machine to make outfits for our props

 

I'm hoping to put a set of black curtains around the entrance to my porch this year and the ceiling is so high I know it would take a lot of fabric. Thanks for the recommendation for landscape fabric, that will save me a lot of money.

 

The only problem is you are giving your money to WalMart...

 

I never thought about thelandscaping fabric.Thanks for the idea.

 

Piggybacking on the landscape fabric idea, if you can find it at Big Lots right now it's on clearance. The 3' x 40' rolls are originally $6, but they were marked down to SIXTY FIVE CENTS. The only problem is finding it. I had to go to three stores, and believe me when I say the employees will not know what you're talking about when you ask for it.

 

^ I wish I knew that before. oh well.

 

I just went to Big Lots and they had no landscape fabric. I'm just going to use what I got. I don't feel like spending another $10 on another roll.

 

I tried our Big Lots today in California and the price is still $6.

 

$6 is still a pretty good price for the stuff, but it might be marked down and you don't know it. Both times I've gone the price tag still said $6 but when they rang it up it was 65 cents. The cashier actually had to double check with someone.