Welcome to Tam's QuiltBlog!
I’m still working out some of the kinks
– I didn’t know that moving the navigation bar to the left would be
such a PITA. It killed tamboblog and it took me most of the day to fix the
upload settings, ARRGH!!! – but we’re up and running and everything
should work. I hope.
I’ve been
sewing since my daughter was a baby, a bit more than 16 years, and I have a lot
of accumulated stuff, much of it just sitting in my fabric cabinet or on my
bookshelves not doing anyone any good. I’d thought that maybe other sewers
and crafters could have use for some of it. If not, that’s cool –
never feel obligated to say you’ll take something if you’re
thinking, “What would I do with
that??”
I’d like to discuss
how to disburse it, first of all, how you’d like to help me decide who
gets what. Do you want random drawings? First come first serve? Any other
method? I just want the stuff to go to someone who might use it. And, I WILL NOT
take any money, okay? I’ll even pay
postage.
Is anyone interested in
scraps? I have a LOT of bits and pieces of things that would be good for
miniatures and paper piecing – that’s why I’ve kept them ;)
lol. They’re mostly 100% cotton, but there’s some lame’ in
there, maybe some satin or velvet, but a lot of the pieces are too small for
regular patchwork. I also have a plastic grocery bag packed with hunks of
flannel. Squares, strips, fat quarters, parts of purchased yardages, all
flannel. Is that something anyone would be interested in? What about
interfacing? Antique Singer sewing machine feet? 2, 3, 4 yard cuts of printed
cottons I bought to make the kid sundresses (but never did)? I have some fat
quarters, pieces of homespuns, some half and quarter yard cuts of solids (one
Christmas my mom and sister bought me a pile of fabric, all solids, but I like
never use solids!!) How about yarn? When I took weaving in college I bought a
lot of really cool yarns and have balls and partial skeins left that I
don’t know what to do with. I also have some balls of crochet
thread.
Printed materials, I have some
purchased quilt patterns in ziplock baggies that I’ve never used
(including a foundation pieced mariner’s compass pattern pack with printed
foundations). I have tons and tons of back issues of Quiltmaker, SewNews,
Quilters Newsletter Magazine and oddball issues of other quilt mags. I also have
some quilting books I don’t use anymore, Most of the printed stuff is in
mint or near mint condition.
Anyway,
that’s about where I am with this. Let me know what sounds cool to you and
how you think it would be fair to disburse the various
things.
And we can talk quilting, too!
Lol
Thanks guys!
Posted: Thursday - March 09, 2006 at 07:40 PM
