What do you want to do with your stuff?
#81
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
My first husband had a passion for comic books. THOUSANDS of them. So speaking for someone on the receiving end, one who has to dispose of the stuff, I would have preferred not to have had that task. As it is, guess what, I've still got them!! Not out of sentimentality, but the fact that I couldn't get anyone to come to the house to look at and buy. They all wanted me to tote it all to them. THOUSANDS of books in DOZENS of comic boxes. I know enough about them to know not to stick them on a table in a garage sale - quite a few are worth far more than that.
As fate would have it, my current husbands son is 16, just got interested in comics AND is coming here for a visit in May. I made him an offer, sort them, catalog them, and he can 1/2 of whatever we sold them for. He jumped at it. I'll even let him "cherry pick" it ... to an extent.
So thanks for the post, as I would hate to saddle my husband with the chore of sorting out and finding a home for all my sewing stuff. Nobody in my family quilts, and I only have one friend in another state who might be interested. Knowing my husband, I suspect he'd chuck it all!!
As fate would have it, my current husbands son is 16, just got interested in comics AND is coming here for a visit in May. I made him an offer, sort them, catalog them, and he can 1/2 of whatever we sold them for. He jumped at it. I'll even let him "cherry pick" it ... to an extent.
So thanks for the post, as I would hate to saddle my husband with the chore of sorting out and finding a home for all my sewing stuff. Nobody in my family quilts, and I only have one friend in another state who might be interested. Knowing my husband, I suspect he'd chuck it all!!
One of my very first mentors had a fabulous hand made quilt that literally had appliqued hands of all the members of her family on it with signatures. It was so beautiful and very close to her heart and she asked that when she passed she wanted to be wrapped up in it. And that's what her family did. Sad to see this piece of history go but so happy her wishes were fulfilled by her family.
#82
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Originally Posted by willferg
I think I'd be okay with my stuff going in a yard sale...I'd be happy for someone like you to come along, appreciate the bargain, think a little about me, and then go home excited to start quilting!
Great idea.........will put that in the "will"
Judy
#83
I have three girls, two of them might want a thing or two. My DIL will probably get most of it, she is Olivia's mom so that will be a doubly good thing. Olivia is our only granddaugter. Also, most of my friends sew and I belong to ASG. I am not worried, I trust all my things will go to a new home.
Several years ago DH happened upon a yard sale where the woman had died. He filled our garage with everything sewing related. What fun and saddness it was going through all the sewing things.
Several years ago DH happened upon a yard sale where the woman had died. He filled our garage with everything sewing related. What fun and saddness it was going through all the sewing things.
#84
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Your story was sad to me. It brought back so many memories about me going through my grandmother's things after she passed away. She didn't have my love for quilting, but she had a lot of pretty things she had collected over the years, especially dishes. I was her only grandchild, so I inherited it all. I have 4 grandaughters, 3 in the state of Utah, and one here with me in Ohio. She does start quilting projects, but she never finishes them. She will be 20 years old in March, my husband and I adopted her when she was a baby. She works and goes to college full time, so she doesn't have much time for sewing. She and my daughter-in-law will be the ones going through my stash of fabric, a lot I inherited from a friend when she passed away, she was the one who taught me to quilt and the love of it. I often wonder why her daughter sent it all to me. Boxes of it arrived from the state of Washington. I had a ball going through it all. I wish I would find a yard sale like that. I would have a ball. I have been married to my dear husband 43 years, and over the years he has helped me plan my quilts and choose the colors. He always encourages me to make all that I want. I have given a lot away. I make one for every pastor who comes to our church to be our pastor. Deanie
#85
I often think of this also...I have no kids, and being sixty, by time I get closer to end of life, I don't know who I will have left in my family to leave it to. None of my three sisters sew, and none of them have kids either...so I will probably leave it to charity, as will the rest of what we own.
#86
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I have been down-sizing all but a few hobbies (quilting, knitting), because I came to the realization that I can't possibly do it all! Especially, after going to estate sales and watching the families struggle to liquidate items that only a few understand the value. On the other side, those who do understand the value will apreciate and use these items, and carry on the traditions. When I buy quilting items from an estate, it makes me feel like the new caretaker, and am very reverent of the gifts.
#87
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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I have 7 daughters and 1 daughter in law and 5 grandaughters 2 of my girls sew no grandaughters so far do. I told them to take what they want and give the rest away but they can't do this until I am gone We laugh about this subject alot when we are all together
#88
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Learn from my Mom about which fabrics to buy and which one not to buy while I'm working at the quilt shop.Trying to soak up all the knowledge I can from her so I can pass it on my daughter.I go to the fabric shop with her and everybody teaches me so much about quilting and the tools and the tools I need and the tools I don't need. She says that there's no hurry and to take my time to learn but then she turns around and tells me that I need to know all the steps of quilting in time to teach Ssmmi.Kinda worries me.
#89
This is a thought-provoking post. I have a list of instructions for some things in case something happens but hadn't really thought about the machines and the fabric stash. My daughters all love what I make but they don't do much themselves and the granddaughters are too young yet....I like the idea of donating all the fabric to some kind of charity quilt group. Definitely something to think about.
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