{"id":1619433,"date":"2025-07-07T08:52:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/?p=1619433"},"modified":"2025-07-07T18:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T01:23:15","slug":"scrap-rva-finding-what-you-didnt-know-you-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/journal\/scrap-rva-finding-what-you-didnt-know-you-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrap RVA: Finding What You Didn\u2019t Know You Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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When the SCRAP Creative Reuse Center in Richmond advertised their need for a new executive director in 2018, Amy Turner thought it was fate. \u201cIt\u2019s the perfect job for me,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s like I\u2019ve been training for this my whole life.\u201d With a bachelor of fine arts, specializing in fine jewelry design, and a passion for glasswork, Amy\u2019s eclectic background and skills make her well-suited for running Scrap RVA, one of four creative reuse centers across the country. The others can be found in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Baltimore, Maryland; and Portland, Oregon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cCreative reuse\u201d is a recycling or upcycling process where clean, reusable materials are donated so educators, artists, and other craftspeople can turn them into something new. Teachers can find pipe cleaner, paint, scrap paper, and macaroni for pennies on the dollar. Artists may find inspiration in an antique slide box, and quilters will find themselves in a vintage fabric dream. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t

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L-R: Trent, whose been with Scrap RVA for six years, is one of the many ways the team creatively displays knitting needles; the fabric corner of Scrap RVA; because this machine couldn’t be repaired, Amy decorated it with random bits to be used as store decor.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u201cWe never know what\u2019s going to be donated, so it\u2019s always a treasure hunt,\u201d said Amy. Thanks to their recent expansion into a new space, SCRAP RVA now has more room than ever for eager craftspeople to seek their next project. If someone isn\u2019t sure where to start, there are tons of classes: decoupage, knitting, license plate journals, beginning sewing and quilting, visible mending, cardboard sculpture, and the list goes on, and on. Since classes are volunteer run and organized, there\u2019s no end to the possibilities of what someone could create. Even crafters in the middle of an abandoned project have a special place at SCRAP RVA, with the UFO group (Un-Finished Objects) meeting every other Friday to give artists a focused time and place to finish up whatever project they\u2019ve been stalling on. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Amy Turner (right) showing Eva Kihl how to make a journal, using license plates as the cover, with basic bookbinding skills. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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For the quilting-curious and hand-stitch experts alike, Amy points to SCRAP RVA as a special epicenter of possibility. \u201cThere is a huge audience with people coming to shop, but also people letting go of their collections,\u201d Amy said, noting that the history of the city and numerous art schools nearby makes their fabric section especially rich. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Vintage linens, almost-finished-quilt tops, patterns at $0.50 each, and antique machines like Featherweights have all graced the store at one point\u2014and just might again, if you choose to look. \u201cIf you need five yards of pink gingham, you might not find it, but who knows what you will find? And that\u2019s the fun,\u201d Amy said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Whatever you do, don\u2019t hesitate if you see something that inspires you. It may not be there tomorrow\u2014or ever again. Magical places don\u2019t stay in one shape or layout for long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

For Amy, SCRAP RVA is both a job and an inspiration, with her jewelry work always evolving, thanks to the endless possibilities at the store and her enthusiasm for upcycling that drives the nonprofit forward. \u201cNothing is safe from being repurposed, and we appreciate the beauty in things\u2014that almost-lost beauty in this machine-made world,\u201d Amy said. \u201cWe’re trying to bring back handmade and all the care that went into creating things. It’s not a faraway society. We don’t want it to be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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(L-R) Amy Turner, Cheryl Dillard, Oliver Harmon, Lisa Loving, Eva Kihl, Bryanna Holly, and Joy Westkaemper.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Mel Burke is a culture writer in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her husband and dog. When she\u2019s not writing, she loves complaining about hiking and visiting cities with historic libraries. You can find her online everywhere as @melburkewrites.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Azuree Holloway has been photographing for Quiltfolk<\/em> since 2019 and has contributed to many other projects. Check out more of her work on her\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0and her\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Fate brought Amy Turner to SCRAP, the creative reuse center in Richmond, Virginia. But passion keeps her coming back every day. 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