Originally Posted by
seasaw2mch
Receipts! I don't want anyone knowing how much I'm spending.
All else can be used or recycled, even down to the lint and tiny threads that's cleaned out of the machines are used by the birds to make nests.
So true about the receipts! Ha ha ha ....
I tend to agree about the seam ripper. Get rid of it when it is dull. Also the machine needles and pins. I tossed a pair of scissors recently that just never worked right. It felt great! I would say that I will get rid of anything that doesn't work anymore or is fabric scraps that are too small to use. Paper from piecing, or old pattern sleeves when I buy replacements.
On the other hand some things that I save would make others laugh. Oh, the thrift shop gets a couple good sized boxes of patterns, fabric and accessories for sewing every year. Why not help feed and house the homeless? Then I don't feel bad about buying something I know I will use.
Same with my clothing and linen closets, kitchen cupboards, coat closet or garage. I learned after my parents passed that I didn't want my kids having to go through these castoffs and wondering why did she keep this?