jackiesmith

I am in my 70's and trying to downsize. I have a Lot of quilt books and crochet books. I simply don't know what to do with them. there is no one in my family who is interested in them. My daughter tried to sell a few of them on line with no interest. It will break my heart to just throw them away, which is what I will have to do if I can't find them a home. I already have thrown away 20 years of magazines. I cried, it seems like such a waste. Anyway, I am hoping that you will have some answers for me of what to do. Thanks.

dublb

What about donating 'em to your local library?

WANNABEE

Or a local guild?

Tartan

Take them to a charity shop like Salvation Army, st. Vincent de Paul etc..

LavenderBlue

You can offer them here.

QuiltE

Or a Seniors Group/Club?
Or Retirement home? etc.
Or an LQS as freebies for their customers?

CookyIN

We have several local charity shops that welcome such things, perhaps you do too? Our library also has sales through the year and take donated books, maybe yours does too? If not, you could look into selling them or giving them away for postage cost here on the forums -- there's a section for that.

nativetexan

my library disappointed me. i took a stack of Louis La'Mour western books that looked like leather to my library only to be told to call the woman who accepts old books and then sells them in the corner of the library. i never got her to answer her phone. took the books to a charity shop.

toverly

Find a Quilt Guild and put them on the free table. That way you know they will be passed on to people that share the same interests and will get equal enjoyment out of them.

Jingle

We donate anything we don't want or can't use any more to Goodwill or Salvage Army. My Husband took old VHS movie tapes to our Library and they were thrilled to get them.