grangerist

Don't give your mag.and material to goodwill. Find your local quilt quild. Donate it. It will make you feel better and it will go to a good cause. Our guild takes scraps for stuffing things. material for making baby quilts, place mats for elderly, and pillow cases for the homeless shelters or womens abused centers. They make kits and the ladies or gentle men take home and bring back finished project. Also the Mag. could go to quild and ours has a library or free table for people to borrow or keep.

jimsjunque

Hey ,I live in Wisc, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR QUILTING MAGS AND BOOKS. Linda

gramarraine

I too have been cleaning out again. I usually give to our church and then in turn they make quilts, cloths etc. for humanitarian purposes. Much of what they make goes to places like Japan or other places where there has been terrible disasters. Even thou I spent money on it and am now giving it away I don't feel bad. It is a very good way to help those in need. Sometimes we don't have money to give but giving in other ways helps those in need. I envy those of you who make charity quilts. I don't have the time to make for my own family and charity both but I hope by giving cloth it can help.

arimuse

I am terrible for collecting printed materials: books, mags, bits of papers w/ notes on them. I went to a tv shopping site and finally bought a wand copier. Best thing I ever spent money on! I started wanding books, and things in mgs I wanted to make and then downloading to the computer so I can give away the print stuff and free up room in my space - sharet

K.P.

How about donating the quilting magazines to a quilting group or senior center, sometime those kinds things are greatly appreciated.

ncredbird

If you have a local quilter guild I am sure they would appreciate having the quilting magazines. Our local guild places them on a table and lets the members take what they would like to have. I would take them if I lived close enough to come get them but NOT. Ann in TN

sylviasmom

I kept 2 of childhood dolls, and for some reason, people think I collect dolls, but no, I'm only keeping my 2 dolls. The rest are out of here. Hubby has decided if we are not using it, it is out. For him this is a big step. He likes to keep things, working or not.

oma66

I think this habit developed from over 20 years in the Air Force ...but we always "purge" our home every six months. While in the military they will only ship a certain amount and pay for it. Anything over that alloted amount we had to pay for so like most military folks we kept our household goods under that set weight. Now it is a habit - if we have not used it in 6 months we probably don't need it and we purge it by giving it away, selling it or donating it. Sure keeps the house neat and I have never found (yet) that I got rid I something I went looking for at a later time.

Ramona Byrd

My daughter married an Army guy, and got tired of paying over weight for moving all kinds of stuff that lived in the garage in boxes. She got rid of his woodworking mags but got the same thing on Disks, he never even looked for them again. Then when he objected to her getting rid of other stuff they'd moved from one base to another, she said that if he missed it she'd buy another just like it. He could not remember what he had that she'd donated!!!!
I suspect we're a a little like that. It belongs to ME and I'm gong to KEEP IT FOR MYSELF. And then when it's gone we can't remember what the heck it was!!

Call it de-cluttering. Call it Feng Shui. Call it keeping a place neat and open. Call it anything, but it's easier to keep clean when you have fewer things around.

desertrose

Purplemem, I'm with you I collect remnants from everywhere I can find them and use them for charity quilts. When I run low or out of fabrics I start the yard sales and help sites and obtain more fabrics and start charity quilting again. Recycling someone elses cast off fabric into something usuful for someone who needs cheering up is a good feeling... :-D :-D :-D