MattieMae

I did the same purge a while back. My experience was good except that I donated the items to a local non-profit womens shelter for pick up. Never again.

They sold/shared my name and address. My mailbox is full of donation requests from food banks, homeless shelters, independent leukemia groups, kidney dialysis, you name it. I have to screen my incoming calls because asking them not to call doesn’t work. The government do-not-call list doesn’t apply to non-profits.

My discards are now dropped off at Goodwill. Sorry for the rant. Good luck with your declutter Kay.

Toni C

Wow MattieMae I never thought of that. How awful that they did that. I got rid of my land line just for that reason, and now I get calls on my cell. I don't answer any number I don't recognize,feeling if it was important they will leave a message. One day my vet said my message box was full. I checked and it was all hangups. I give to goodwill because I can drop them off.

pollyjvan9

I have been doing some purging of my own but I just can't seem to get rid of the 'quilting stuff'. I have trimmed 3 closets of clothing down to one fairly small one and may donate even more. I have finally trimmed kitchen items (mine and my moms) down to a very reasonable amount. I have gone through bathrooms and gotten rid of all those hotel samples (they are so desirable when you see them in the hotel, but not so much after you get home), multiple combs, brushes, old toothbrushes, odd bottles of makeup I though I just had to have, thin towels and frayed washcloths. At this point I don't feel like I really have to purge very many quilting supplies...maybe later.

Bneighbor

We dropped off the desk and other things to the young mother of my earlier post. She was so excited, you would have thought we delivered a priceless antique and designer clothes! She is our renter and she was so proud to show us what she has done with the house. (In exchange for cleaning and painting, we cut a huge deal on the rent for her). She has done wonders with the little house. When we got home I started purging my closet, I have put together 3 bags of almost new clothes that have been sitting in the closet, saying" haha you are too fat and I am going to constantly remind you!"
Gone!!!I feel slim now!
I also made note of things that she needs for the house, I may fill the SUV and just play Santa next Sunday.
I feel so good that my " things" are now being used by someone who truly needed them.

BellaBoo

With my memory I have found that if I toss or give items away I forget about them in no time! I never allow myself to feel guilty about tossing items that have no use to me, that causes stress and stress is unhealthy. It's is only stuff.

patski

Don't beat your self up. I take in projects like that and make them into charity quilts. Someone gave me unfinished place mats, I added watermelon and wood like fabric and made a quilt!! So don't throw things away pass them along

kay carlson

I've finished the upstairs closet and rewarded myself with time at the construction zone. :-) It was fun making a quilted trivet and fixing a loop band to a kitchen towel for DD. Of course, I found the perfect fabric in the stash.

Tomorrow, I will unpin the one block wonder from my heavy flannel design sheet in order to pass along the blocks and coordinating fabric Monday evening at guild.

I was discussing some items with DH and said that I had some good quilted purses that I seemed to be warehousing. They are commercially made quilted purses with accessories that I obtained prior to creating my own bags. Yes, they will be donated and/or passed on for someone else to enjoy. As I go forward with your support, this decluttering is getting easier -- and even fun!

Silver Needle

My daughter was here from CA and helped me organize my stash into new drawers by color. Felt really great. its my goal to put them back when I've messed them up searching for just the right thing. One of the posts reminded me my next clear out project is clothes that are too small. First I have to get back on my feet after pneumonia and sinus infections.

sweetana3

My problem is that I buy what others are getting rid of because the price is "right". This weekend hit a rummage sale and got 40+ yards for $15.00. Now, I dont need these yards so I am probably going to either donate or use in charity quilts. But my room is getting more and more crammed full.

I just find it incredibly hard to resist these pennies on the dollar prices and it is going to bite me in the end. I have started to tell all the members of my guild about the sales so they will get there and buy the stuff before me. I do recognize some hoarding tendencies in the fabric that is stacked around me.

chaskaquilter

I had some of those anchors hanging around my neck. I will admit, some I just bundled up, put into a trash bag and into the dumpster. I stood by the dumpster for a while waiting for the end of the world. But quess what? Nothing happened. No one cared. I felt wonderful. I also had a Dear Jane. All the blocks with patterns in little plastic bags I bag a gallon of money for. Gave it all to some one else when I realized I am never going to get one of these things done. Sometimes you just have to take something off your bucket list if it is making your life not as enjoyable. Now I have one unfinished quilt and that is OK with me.