myreda

This issue is very much on my mind right now because I just lost my best friend to lung cancer. I will be one of the people helping with her extensive supply of quilting stuff. Thanks to whomever mentioned advertising the sale as a "quilter's estate sale". This is an excellent suggestion and I will be passing it on to her daughter.

mic-pa

I have two DD and one DIL who all quilt. So they will divide up my stuff and use it or give it away. Their choice. I won't be around to care.

May in Jersey

Not that I plan on leaving real soon but Yes, I've recently thought about it after having to move all the totes and shopping bags filled with fabrics that are in my sewing room and sewing room closet and after going through my stash closet. Wow, my stash isn't a big one but I just have too much stuff!. DH knows my sister gets my Pfaff, and her and my best quilting pal get first choice of my stash of fabrics, supplies, etc. The rest gets donated to my Guild.

KSellers

It's funny, my DH and I just talked about this yesterday. I had an EKG come back questionable that I had for pre-op
for sinus surgery. My husband asked me what I'd want him to do with all my things, should I die. I told him (who doesn't have a crafty bone in his body) oh you will have to learn to quilt -- to finish all of my quilts. LOL

Deanne

This is a great topic! Thanks to all who have contributed! I am now going to ponder this myself. In the meantime, I have a MIL in a nursing home and all she can think of is her stuff, how much she has and what SHE should do about it! She cannot even get out of bed herself, so I just told her it would be there for her and when her time comes, it will be dealt with "respectfully" I am trying to sew up some of her stash, but could do that until my death so I need to find places to donate. I have donated a bunch to Project Linus and to my local quilt store lady to deal with as she has expressed interest for all of the groups she is interested in. gram doesn't know but some of her things are going, (she doesn't remember most of it anyway) but any ideas would be helpful for donation. I don't have time for a garage sale.

Tink's Mom

There is a bright pink envelope with instructions for my husband...in case of my demise...
He has been told that if 1 of my machines or more than a yard of fabric end up in our garbage cans...I will haunt him for the rest of his life.
A friend is in charge of the fabrics and where they will go...although now that I have a DDIL, she might be interested is some of it.

sgardner

Wow, I am only 40 something, but I would hope that one of my 4 children would be interested in it (or their spouses). The old sewing machine could be sold, but I would hope that someone would be interested in quilting enough to want my Avante and frame. Otherwise, I think my husband would be savvy enough to sell it at an estate sell and pocket that money for retirement for himself.

Jennie and Me

I keep hoping and praying that one of my two daughters or three granddaughters will show some interest in quilting. This subject has been on my mind for the past three years since my best friend passed away. It really brings it close to home. Please, God, give some notice so that I can at least get rid of my machines and some of the fabric so that it won't be quite so shocking for my family! But I keep telling Him that He needs to make sure that I understand that notice as I sometimes don't heed his warnings. Right now I am trying to get a handle on my stash of fabric and I hadn't even thought of all my books. Yikes! A Quilter's Estate Sale...I need to tell my hubby about that. Great idea.

TanyaL

It bothers me what my kids will have to do with all of my stuff not just quilting stuff. I even have lots of my mother's things and she died 4 years ago.

Our church is participating in a community wide yard sale. It will be along both sides of a highway about 20 miles long and the our profits will be used to send kids to summer camp for a week. I hope to empty an entire storeroom full of WW1 and older antiques and just plain old stuff - dish sets, Christmas decorations, books, furniture, etc. Everything I consider "extra."

SuzanneG

This is a great thread. I never really thought specifically about who would get my quilting stuff when I die. No one in my family or in my circle of friends quilt, so I'm going to have to give this some serious thought. Perhaps donating it to a group that quilts for charity is a way to go. Hmm . . .