Two years ago we decided that we would retire and move to another state. Like Nona, I made up projects bags/containers to do while waiting for new place to be done- all easy projects and a queen quilt kit, too. Put that in trunk of the car. Then I really got busy packing up contents of dressers, emptied bookshelves in basement and even an old 4 drawer file cabinet. Now I had empty space ...so I filled it with those SpaceSaver vac bags full of fabric. I boxed up patterns, books and other things and put them on garage shelves and the emptied bookshelves. I had an over abundance of fabric but I left the walk-in closet like it was as it was neat and colorful (stacked by color). Even stored a few totes (maybe 10 or less) in my neighbor's garage. I didn't clear it all out just thinned the herd and tamed the strays! If your house is tight on space, I would box or tote it up and put in storage. Storage is much cheaper than your home not selling due to perceived clutter of sewing stuff. One tip if you have carpet and don't want to run vac every time you show house- especially where you are sewing. At Target, you can get a broom size lint roller thingy (
http://www.target.com/p/evercare-lin...&term=evercare) that will pick up pet hair and threads... it was great to tidy up the rooms without hauling out the vac. It is a big lint roller on a stick handle. I have also broom swept my way out of carpeted rooms. Good Luck!