Would love to go to this one, but I'm on the southwest side of Houston and this is on the NW side

QUILTERS ESTATE SALE (Houston)

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Date: 2011-08-28, 1:18PM CDT
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A full blown lifetime quilters estate sale. The picture shown doesn't depict 1/100th of the fabrics, tools, books, magazines, videos. Also a quilting frame and surger, most bought from Quilters Expo in Houston annually, rest from Houstons most awesome quilting shops. 281-260-8729. Call for appointment to browse.


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Oh, I wish, I WISH!!!!

Jan in VA

Jan, I am right with you on this one!!
:D :D :D :D

any one for a road trip? ;)

Sigh. Pick me up on the way by...?

I live in the general area. Just called and left a voice message as no one was at home. WISH ME LUCK !! Will report back if I can arrange to browse.

Woo Hoo - they just called me back and I am going to look after I get off work tonight. This blog is AWESOME !!

let us know what goodies you get! I am in the Galleria area :(

Man, I'd be there!!!!

Wow, wish I could see the pictures they included. Sounds like a dream! Too bad you can't go. I would love to hear about your trip!

sounds like an awesome sale. Too bad I don't have the money to spend and I'm too far away.

I guess the road trip starts here. What fun. Wish I was there. :D

All - I was able to purchase some needed tools, some reference books and a few pieces of fabric. A few other quilters had been through the lady's stash and removed the higher quality cotton before I got there. She had several unquilted tops. Her family had no idea what the value of anything was and it was heart breaking to see folks walking off with the hand-pieced tops for $10 ea! I don't think this lady EVER threw away a quilting magazine or scrap of fabric. She had several books on redwork and Sunbonnet Sue so I passed along the Quilting Board address as I've seen interest in that here. She knit and crocheted too so there was also LOTS of yarn. Don't exactly need that in Houston these days!!

BTW - they also had an unquilted muslin top, with some smaller colored pieces of fabric (probably cut from clothing), all hand-pieced by family members in the 1940's. I think it was originally made as a utility quilt, but I asked them to hang onto it and not sell it for $10 !! The Quilt Show will be in Houston in November and maybe they can get a professional opinion on it's value.

These were blue collar oil-patch folks. The lady had travelled around the world with her husband who joked if he made $50,000 in a year, she spent $75,000 on fabric! Told him it was an "affliction" all quilters had. We just have to find the right men to love us anyway!