Update on the quilter's estate auction haul...
07-18-2011, 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by MZStitch
My husband has no idea about the value of my stash!! I can see him just going in there with a large Hefty bag, but gee, if I tell him now will he make me stop buying? lol.
Note to Family - Go to LQS and price fabric & supplies before throwing or giving away my stash.
07-18-2011, 06:11 AM
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Anyone that has strong opinions where their stash ends up after death better get directions in a will right now. When family members are left with a chore of sorting and packing feelings change. It comes down to just getting it over.
I would never leave my DDs the chore of deciding what to do with mom's stuff. What they don't want to keep will be packed up by movers and donated. Over and done with. I don't see why anyone would care what happens to stuff after they die, it's for certain you won't know a thing about it.
I would never leave my DDs the chore of deciding what to do with mom's stuff. What they don't want to keep will be packed up by movers and donated. Over and done with. I don't see why anyone would care what happens to stuff after they die, it's for certain you won't know a thing about it.
07-18-2011, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by sandyo
Looks like fun, How much did your spend totally?
that included the Viking 936 Huskystar and table...
4 rolls of queen batting...
6 pair of scissors...2 of them Gingher...
3 sewing baskets...one of them Longaberger...
totes full of patterns and a few magazines...
3 Ott lites...
56 spools of Mettler embroidery thread...
lots of Aida cloth and other cross-stitch notions...
lots of quilting notions...
a rolling machine tote...
a box full of wool yarn...
and 345+ yards of MEASURABLE fabric!!! (Not including the tops that were already made or partially made or the fabric that was already cut into strips.)
And this is only what I have gone through so far. There are still some boxes to go through...
07-18-2011, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by MZStitch
Your comments at then end of your blog about shopping your stash for a good while so that when you pass away your family doesn't have to deal with it made me think. My husband has no idea about the value of my stash!! I can see him just going in there with a large Hefty bag, but gee, if I tell him now will he make me stop buying? lol.
Congrats on your haul, I'm sure that quilter is looking down happy her stash went to someone who will use it!
Congrats on your haul, I'm sure that quilter is looking down happy her stash went to someone who will use it!
Fortunately, for me, my DH is very involved with my quilting hobby and finds great bargains for me. In fact, if he was going to bid on the sewing machine for me if I wasn't able to get off of work to go to the auction myself. He knows the estimated prices of quilting fabric and supplies...so he would never just go in with a garbage bag and toss it.
However, that said, it was a little depressing for me to be going through this woman's stash and realizing how much she had "planned" and "hoped" to do, but never got around to it. It is that part of the sorting, etc., that I don't want to put my family through. I'd like to get my stash down to a small amount.
Use it up, make do, or do without!...my new motto!!
One day a couple years ago when Walmart was clearing out the sewing dept., they had all their batting on the clearance aisle. DH was there and saw it and called me to ask if I wanted it...he read each package to me and then told me how much it was marked down to. He bought all 8 rolls that were there. He said that in the checkout line the two women behind him were talking and one said to him "your wife must be a quilter!" He's good about picking up bargains for me like that.
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