I have bought most of my clothes at thrift stores my whole adult life due to not having much money; but now they all smell so awful by the time I’ve washed them 10 times and hung out on the clothesline for 6 months to get the odor out, the’re worn out! Many thrift stores spray the stores with horrible fragrances and probably lice killer. I can’t get it out.
I used to sew and am going to have to re-start doing that.
I sew but I’m not very good at it. It’s more expensive to make your own clothes and good fabrics are getting more difficult to find even in garment districts.
At least, according to the supersewers on patternreview.com, which is a very good, very active sewing forum.
I make quilts and such but usually out of thrift store/estate sale fabrics because fabric is so expensive now.
They have exterminator treat for bed bugs once a month.