My sister has so much quilty stuff when she lost her battle with colon cancer that it became a nitemare & unfortunately much of it got trashed. I was 300 miles away & still working/teaching when she passed. I tried mainly to deal with the over 2,500 quilt books & have been sending them all over the world. Because of this experience & not having any family or relatives interested in quilting, I try to keep my quilt items under control by finding good homes for things I don't think I will use in my lifetime.