Has anyone thought about this?
02-17-2012, 09:13 AM
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They will pass out fat 1/4 and yardage at the service.... anything left will be used for "fill" in the casket. I leu of flowers fabric will be draped or bunched into nice colors, all for attendees to take with them.
02-17-2012, 09:22 AM
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At first, when I read this I was thinking that it was so sad that there was no one who wanted to take your things... and then I realized that I am in my mid 50's. There is no one who would want my quilting stuff. My (brand new!) DDIL might take some of the materials, but our tastes, too, are very different. Still she's very resourceful and I have afeeling that most of it would wind up on ebay or craigslist... But, the truth is I didn't buy it for anyone else. I bought it for me to enjoy and to share the end products so that they could enjoy. So, if I die and leave a "bunch" oh well. It served me well! and made me very happy...
02-17-2012, 09:23 AM
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I've thought about having a backhoe dump my fabric in on top of my casket as fill. I know too wasteful but I'm trying to find a way to take it with me! My daughter and daughter-in-law are both crafty so they will get first pick. After that, they can sell it or donate it. I won't care because I won't be there.
02-17-2012, 09:37 AM
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Gaga, There is an "Estate Sale" in our area tomorrow that belongs (d) to someone just like us. Check out "Estate sales" in the Syracuse Post Standard. It's just south of the village of Skaneateles. One sewing machine and tons of fabric, quilts, quilt squares, etc. I plan to attend, needless to say.
Originally Posted by GagaSmith
I don't have nearly as much as you do, but I told my DH to call my friend Deb, a member of this board, and llet her take whatever she wants. Then maybe she could sell or donate the rest here on the board. If you read this Deb, I don't plan on this happening any time soon!!
02-17-2012, 10:08 AM
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When my Mom passed away my sisters and I split her stash and nothing went to waste. My stuff? Who knows - hopefully I have at least one DIL that has a head on her shoulders and will make the right decisions.
Speaking of funerals & such: When Mom passed, I called family/friends and asked them to bring the quilts she'd made for them. We draped the quilts on the pews at the funeral home - there were over 30 quilts. The funeral director said he'd never witnessed such a colorful funeral in his 30+ yrs. in the business. It was nice to see all her quilts together at the same time.
I often think it would have been a honor for her if we'd had the quilts together for a birthday party for her - something we'd never thought of when she was living.
Shari
Speaking of funerals & such: When Mom passed, I called family/friends and asked them to bring the quilts she'd made for them. We draped the quilts on the pews at the funeral home - there were over 30 quilts. The funeral director said he'd never witnessed such a colorful funeral in his 30+ yrs. in the business. It was nice to see all her quilts together at the same time.
I often think it would have been a honor for her if we'd had the quilts together for a birthday party for her - something we'd never thought of when she was living.
Shari
02-17-2012, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by jcrow
Has anyone thought about what would happen to all you quilt "stuff" if you died? I was talking to my husband yesterday and told him that if I died, to call my quilting friend, Nettie, and have her come over and go through all my quilting items and price them and then to advertise a sell as "Quilter's Estate Sale". I found that I had 56 FQ of asian fabric plus yardage of it also. And that was just the beginning. I have so many FQ, kits, jelly rolls, charms, layer cakes, yards and yards of fabric, every notion you can imagine, tons of thread, two sewing machines, all kinds of containers for my FQ and fabric, pins, needles, rulers, ruler holders, patterns, quilting books, buttons, embroidery thread, batting, mats, all kinds of different containers to hold all my little gadgets, gadgets, irons, ironing boards, fusible web, spray starch not even opened, glue, binding machine, storage units, bookcases, dressers, cutting tables, lights, serge protectors, safety pins for quilting, tons of stash, etc. Lots of things my husband would have no use for but quilters would want. I have so much as I'm sure all of us quilters do and I don't want it to be boxed up and given to Salvation Army or sold at a yard sale. I want quilters to have first pick. So my husband knows now what to do "if" I die tomorrow. I'm only 57 but you never know.
02-17-2012, 10:59 AM
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My daughter (an only child) gets everything I own at my death. I have a few machines and a little fabric. She has a good idea of what everything is worth so I imagine her selling anything she doesn't want to keep for herself.
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