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Old 02-28-2011, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by donnajean
My sister lived for her fabric & had to pay for storage facilities when it took over her 5 bedroom house. It became a real problem when she was losing her battle with colon cancer. She died in 2001 with no $ in the bank & when no longer able to work, no income to purchase food, etc. Unfortunately, a lot got trashed as there was just too much to deal with. I was able to move most of the over 2,500 quilting books 300 miles to my side of the state & have sent them all over the world to new homes.
Wow, someone should have helped her have a big quilter's sale so she could at least eat! It sounds like she could have sold a lot and still had plenty left for herself. Poor thing. I'm sorry to hear she lost the battle with the cancer. :-(
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