Libster, how interesting that your brother owned a quilting business! A quilt store? Fabric and machines? I'd work for a brother like that just for fabric! I'm sorry your brother and sister are gone.
Joan, I go through and "purge" every once in a while. I have given a lot to a lady in our quilting group who was trying to build a stash... a new quilter. If the fabric is 1 yard or more, and suitable for little girls' dresses, I put it aside for making donation dresses. You can also group it by colors and use it in scrappy quilting. Cutting it smaller and grouping it with lots of other fabrics, you might like it better.
Pet shelters are always looking for pet mats. You could make those out of unwanted fabric. Right now what I'm doing with some is making big practice sandwiches, to learn FMQ. Once I get them all covered with practice stitching, one of our local quilt shops wants them to bind and take to a pet shelter. Much better than throwing them out!
Last edited by sewbizgirl; 07-26-2018 at 05:15 PM.