Betty, I moved from Long Island to PA 2 years ago. Our previous place was home for 23 years. I started purging two years before our move so I had lots of time to really decide what was going away and what I couldn't part with. As for my fabrics, I touched each and every piece (saying goodbye, perhaps?). If it brought me no joy, it went in the donate box which grew to three large donate boxes and nearly 200 pieces of fabric no smaller than a half yard and up to 3 yards. The recipient was a local quilt guild that made and donated lap and baby quilts to a local nursing home and nearby hospital. I also gave them my beloved Rocketeer but kept my new Janome, my serger and my three featherweights. I have a sewing room in our new PA retirement home.