Good suggestions everyone, thanks. I sure would love to see your purse too Dixiedog. I think I got burned on consignment a couple of years ago, so I didn't really want to do that unless you all gave it glowing reviews, saying it was terrific (and I was totally unlucky)!!! I overheard friends at work who have children 3 months-24 months old lamenting how they were trying to get by, so they got the clothes. As to the textbooks, I guess I can try craigslist or free cycle. I can't imagine someone wanting a chemistry book for a purse, just seems icky. Maybe I'll write one of those cute Craigslist entries: "They're a handy four-in-one tool. You can make some purses out of them!!! Use them for your homeschooled college student!!! Tired of all that constant burning from steam irons? Well no more! Iron your clothes the easy way, just set these tomes on top your shirt at night leaving the work to the books, and in the moring it'll be flat as can be! Missing a leg for your table? Use these to prop it up instead!" Only, I'm not witty enough for that. Well, off to find someone looking for outdated university textbooks. Here is a link that might be useful: some book purses, I may have to try one or two.

I just recently found the pattern booklet for sale on an etsy store and snapped it up right away. It is by Qualicraft and has the covered coat hanger pattern, a slipper pattern, a weaving pattern for a lawn chair and a weaving placemat. I updated my pattern page awhile ago with my version of the pattern, based on what someone told me. The previous links I've left were to my old blog but now it is on my own domain site. For those interested, I'm adding a link. You can print the coat hanger pattern from my site. Thanks for visiting. Here is a link that might be useful: braided covered coat hangers

The nicest ones I have seen have been simple wood hangers with crochet over them. You crochet a strip wide enough to wrap around the wood, and then you whip stitch it shut. Then you wrap the hook part or crochet around it too. Tie a ribbon or crocheted flower at the join of the hook and the cross bar to hide any seams or glue joins. I have seen patterns on the internet, so try googling for them. I have just crocheted over a wire hanger too, and that works nicely for holding onto slippery clothes like nightgowns, sun dresses, and scoop neck tops.

Shake outside, then wash. Polyester fleece usually softens up quite nicely after machine washing and drying. If you put the dusty things in the dryer, they'll get dust all over the inside of your nice clean dryer.