A while back there was a discussion about there being a quilting related episode. It is on right now on OWN ( Oprah Winfrey Network ) I live in EST....
Enjoy!

Darn, I wish I got that channel. I know the show would make me feel better about my addiction lol

I'm watching now!

WOW WOW WOW what a start -

TURN IT ON

Thanks for the heads up. I'm tuned in!!!

Watching!

I don't get that channel.

Drat !! I don't get that channel

I am recording it to watch later. My family is watching something else! At least I can fast forward the commercials!

That's the best part of tivo - fast forwarding through commercials.

WOW - through it out or donate - only 2 choices for the garage! YIKES

This daughter can go fly a kite.

OMG - she donated LOTS of stuff without even going through it!

BRAVE BRAVE woman

I could never do it without seeing what was there...

The stuff in the garage was dead organized, though. She probably knew exactly what was in each of those boxes without looking.

Yay.... quilting friends to the rescue to help organize!!!

I was afraid he would just convince her to "give it all away"!!!

I know, me, too! I'm SO glad to see them!

The extra fabric will go to other QOV groups, so that is awesome!

YES!!!! What a relief!

She still has a HUGE stash -- 110 containers..... WOW. More than I will have in my lifetime.

I can't even imagine how much fabric would fill 110 containters.

Me either!

I missed the very beginning of the show. Wonder where she lives?

I would love to have the garage now!

Southern California

Wow!!!! Beautiful!!!

Great show.... loved the way they kept her QOV passion alive... but better.... and regained the space for her family.

Tear jerker!

WOW wonderful ending! glad the 'extra' went to another chapter and the family got the large space for themselves.

The garage was an extra bonus!

I agree! This turned into a happy story...

SO glad to keep the focus on family and still enhance and value the quilting projects.What an amazing space he created for her quilting. having that balance and beauty could/should make one even more productive than you could be in the clutter she had.
Well done, Peter Walsh and Barbara Winkler!

I watched (most of it). A couple times they had me talking back to the tv but wow, she was brave there tossing without looking. Not the biggest quilt stash I've seen though (some here have her beat LOL).

I know this woman...and a lot of that fabric was donated to her for QOV..so it is only normal that she is just passing it on....to me it is just another PLAY by Catherine Roberts to get attention to QOV....

This is my read too. It wasn't her stash, without doubt, the majority of it was donated, collected and "stored" with whomever would take it.
I thought the story was about (one of us) quilters who could not walk past a yard of fabric for sale. Now that would be a good story.
Don't take me wrong, I suport the QOV program and admire her dedication.

Could someone summarize for me? I get the basic gist from reading the 2 pages of posts, but I'd like a little more of a summary, please!

I just finished watching my recording, I was guessing CA, since she will be using the garage and there was not any mention of heating/cooling!

Wonder how long it will stay organized??? Or how many years to use all that fabric??

I think the show honored and respected her and her family. I think she needed to clean up things and get them organized, doesn't appear she was a hoarder or anything; her passion just got out of hand. She didn't see how it affected her husband or family until Peter opened her eyes to the affects her passion had on them. With a less cluttered surrounding, things shouldn't be chaotic, and her Quilts of Valor Chapter will benefit as much as the Veterans who receive their beautiful gifts of handmade love. This has inspired me to get going on a quilt for a soldier I know.

my feeling was that peter didn't provide enough Work Surfaces. There is room for another table, and her quilty ladies gather at her house to make these quilts. Nonetheless, the cabinets he made are wonderful. I didn't notice what he did with the floors... hopefully she is not working on cement.

as for heating and cooling, southern california can be hot in the summer and chilly in the winter. I don't know about that room... Not to focus on the negative, but it just seems unfinished and uninviting. to me.

I thought of that too. My thinking was the show only does so much, and it might have given the wrong impression if they showed being more involved than what they did. I would think she and her husband were responsible to finish up after what the show could provide for her (taking care of the relationship issue-which I think was a clutter problem that got out of hand.) They don't always do everything for the people on the show-they stress the importance of taking care of the problem.

The show was good to point out how her passion had taken over any time she used to spend with her family and finished with how she can do both. Her husband was so quiet!

As for the quilting in the garage - they did insulate the walls, I didn't notice what they did with the floors either. I liked all the storage area she had to be organized with her fabric, but agree that she needs to have more work space for when her group comes to quilt. Also there was not decor in the garage so to me it felt like a storage area with a work table and sewing machine in it.

To compare it to the Extreme Makeover - Home Edition show.... when they do one of those homes it isn't finished at the time of the show. One house they did in PA there were workers still there doing things to the house several months after the taping when we drove by it, but it was before the show aired.

My DH watched it with me and asked me not to have that much clutter. I told him I wouldn't. ( I don't like clutter. She had admitted that she was a clutterer all her life, so I wonder how long she will keep this nice and neat.

Here in Missouri it was on at 7:00 Monday pm , ch. OWN (279)

Well, guess I'm not viewing it.............I'm at work! Darn.

Watched the show last night - not sure how anyone could even produce a final product in that mess - I was totally amazed that when it was all cleared and sorted she only had ONE machine ... maybe the others got lost and donated with the rest of her clutter.

I just wonder where the tools and lawnmower went? C'mon now. There has to be some tools and husband clutter that NEEDS a garage space. Poor hubby.