Originally Posted by
Judith1005
bearisgray, a lot of people use Ebay, Etsy and Facebook to sell items they are ready to part with. I'm sure when you are ready to pare down or completely destash, possibly have a pre-estate sale or auction. I don't think you'll ever get close to what you paid. but, you could try. Even a "garage" sale specifically for the sewing enthusiast would do the job.
You don't have to donate or give away your stuff. It is possible to sell anything you want to.
This last summer I did just this. A couple women from my guild were having personal garage sales as well as our guild had one. I sold a great deal of fabric at the guild. Cleared several hundred dollars. At one garage sale I clear another $150. At the last one I did not make any sales. I made enough to buy the Featherweight I wanted with $$ to spare. I put all the $$ back into quilting projects or sewing equipment. I will do it again