Thread: Sadness on Craigslist =/

I went to a tag sale at a quilters house, awhile back.. She had passed away four years previous. Everything in her upstairs rooms were just the way she left them. She was a hoarder of things for quilting.. She was in her fifties, and she couldn't possibly have used up all of what she had. It was very upsetting to say the least. She had no children, and the husband's girl friend was not interested in quilting.. Women from the woman's guild came over to help the husband with selling her stuff.. but they couldn't possibly have sold it all in the two days, and he had sold the house. I don't have a clue what became of the rest of it..

I'm looking at this from another viewpoint after talking with a quilting friend this morning. She brought me two quilt tops to be quilted. I was looking forward to doing them, as she is a wonderful piecer and has a great eye for color. We laid them out, and she told me she hadn't made either one - she had bought them from a lady whose mother had passed away and had all sorts of tops made up (the ones she brought me are very nicely pieced, too). I don't know the "rest of the story." Perhaps the family members all had enough quilts to last them for centuries. Maybe they didn't like the colors in these tops. Maybe the mother had instructed them to sell all of her quilt tops, etc. Maybe they simply do not like quilts (yes, it happens) or did not want to invest money into having them quilted and bound. Regardless of the reason, the tops ended up in the home of someone who truly will enjoy and appreciate them and is willing to spend time and money to have them finished. So even though the family did not want them, they are going to make someone else very happy. The family could very well have thrown them out or used them for dog beds or grease rags, but they didn't. I thank them for that!

Aww, this makes me so sad! If I were closer, I would scoop it up!! I don't have anyone in my family except my MIL who sews or quilts. I can only imagine where my stuff will go. I do have an Art major daughter who would likely take it all to keep her memories of me close-I hope so, anyway. I can't imagine letting something like this go! I pray that this goes to someone who will appreciate it!

I will keep an eye on it . . . hopefully he'll delete the listing, because it sells!

This is exactly one of the reasons that I don't feel guilty that I have 2 big plastic boxes of quilt tops and more in the works. I have 2 daughters, neither of whom sew (altho' the oldest is a wannabe sewer ... just never seems to get started). Anyhow, they both love my quilts, so if I die with lots of just tops, they can pay someone to finish them. BUT ... if I don't get the tops made that I want to make and for for which I bought fabric, etc., it is my wish that whatever fabric and equipment my girls don't want will go to ladies who make a lot of quilts for charity.

I garage sail. Sometimes I find a garage or estate sale that has quilting fabric and notions. It makes me sad because there probably were a lot of quilts, given more time, that would have been created. Then I think a little longer and realize that I would be happy to contribute to the ongoing art of quilting. Kind of like being a part of the future.