The guild I spend my time with does this at our monthly meetings and it works. One can find fabric, kits from 30 years ago, knitting, garment patterns, crocheting materials, ribbon and books, books and more books. One of our leaders has become the unplanned recipient of mystery bags or boxes of quilting materials from members of the community. She brings this to our meetings so those who need materials can share the gifts left on her front step.
We don't set many rules. #1 is if it has not been taken by your quilt friends, then it is your responsibility to take it away at the end of the meeting. We also do this at our two retreats. I had sorting out fabrics that I knew I would never, ever, ever in a million years use. Took them to the retreat and Ta-Da! gals found "Just what I needed to finish......". Happy all around!
Our give away table is a boon to every one as long as we abide by our one rule. Oh, we have a small sub group that does quilts of valour and we leave red,white and blues for them to look at first. We often hear gals saying, "Oh, this looks like a color you would like, here, I'll take this one instead." Quilters can be such kind people.
Last edited by WMUTeach; 10-07-2018 at 03:28 AM.