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Old 02-27-2013, 06:30 PM
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Friday1961
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Originally Posted by sulyle View Post
Congrats on your find. A lot of time fabrics come from someone who's passed on. The family thinks it's just fabric, not worth anything. Younger people, especially sons, don't have any idea about the value of fabric or sewing machines for that matter. An acquaintance found two sewing machines by the side of the road for trash pickup, one a fairly new Bernina. The young man at the house told her he didn't have time to go through all of his mother's junk, to take the machines if she wanted them. Can you imagine!

Yes, I can imagine! Some people would rather throw or give stuff away than go through it. It makes me sad.
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