Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She told me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago. It's in mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to ask too much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give me.
one for sale on craigslist, fwiw.no idea bout their price but they're making money at that price for sure.still looking for a link to the manufacturers.j.
"Pauline" wrote ... Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She told me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago. It's in mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to ask too much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give me.
Thank you so much. I neglected to say, in my original post that I did find the same information as you have, however, when I called the number, I got a recording that the area code had changed to "269" & when I try dialing the number with the new area code, I get either a recording to try my number again, a busy signal or no answer at all - very strange!!
I'm open to any other suggestions!
Paul>> Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
it cost $300 ten yrs ago for an 18" hand quilting hoop? whats it got 24k gold parts on it? that seems ridiculous price to me good grief. i'd price it by comparing the size/type and good quality wood to another good brand. j.
Have you tried calling information for that area code?
It's likely they are simply out of business though. What do other frame makers - Grace, Hinterberg etc. charge for something similar?
At any rate, the guild wouldn't likely sell it at it's original price or even very close to it. There aren't all that many hand quilters out there (sadly) and most of them seem to already have a hoop or frame they like if they even use one.
Well, maybe that's my problem - this is a hoop, on a stand. Sandy - can you give me a more accurate description of what that is called, so I can do more research on it? It is beautiful & we were thinking of putting a $50 price on it, but maybe that's too high - maybe it's too low!!
That's a huge help Julia. I think ours is more like the Hinterberg at $200, so we'll see. I'm also asking a couple of hand quilters to take a look at it, to see if they can evaluate it. Good detective work Julia!!
Oops, beg pardon. I meant I prefer to quilt in a hoop, not on a frame.
Yeah, I think Julia showed us what you're talking about, a hoop on a floor stand.
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They can be kinda' pricey, new:
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or not:
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And just to throw this in (mercy!), a small frame:
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Even at 10 yrs old, in mint condition & made of oak, your price of $50/OBO is a good starting point. You can always lower the price, but don't have to give it away.
Again, good luck, Pauline! Your Fabric Follies & More sounds like fun! I'd enjoy some details. Our guild does a "garage sale" in June, those who wish may rent a table for a small fee and sell whatever they please (mostly quilt stuff, sometimes jewelry or candles, other crafts, no food); this is combined w/ a potluck dinner & door prizes. Mild fun. ;-)
R/Sandy- just plugg> Well, maybe that's my problem - this is a hoop, on a stand. Sandy - can you
Thanks a bunch Sandy! Yes, I feel comfortable with a starting bid/price of $50.00. If it doesn't sell, we'll slash the price 50% during the last hour of the sale.
Fabric Follies & More is a fundraiser for us. We did this about 5 years ago & raised about $5,000.00, so we're going to give it a go again. Since this is a fundraiser (in a non-quilt show year), we are asking the members to donate all those fabrics, patterns, books, magazines, notions, quilt tops & UFO's they no longer need or want, for us to sell. We accept pretty much anything that is craft related, so we have received LOTS of yarn & lots of cross-stitch patterns & supplies as well. We also have received some non-quilting fabric, which we price at $1 & if we don't sell it, it goes to the thrift store. We have received a couple of "higher priced" items, such as the quilting hoop, an Alto Quilt-Cutter, (retails for about $200), various quilt tops & some other kind of a quilting frame that I don't even know how to research. The higher priced items we are putting in a silent auction & they will be available to view at our website & we'll have a running slide show of those items at our June meeting. The sale is in July. I'm co-chairing this event & so I'm seeing most everything that has been donated. Some great stuff - some not so great stuff. If it's really, really bad, we are either trashing it (seriously flawed fabric, etc.) or taking it to a thrift store (out of the area, so as not to offend anyone). We want to put on a good show & not sell anything that is junky, cause we want people to have a good shopping experience & come back the next time we do this. So far, the most bizarre donation we have received is a light fixture!!!! That isn't going to make it into the sale - it's already made it's way to the thrift shop.
We are sending flyers to other local guilds, we will post an ad on Craig's List & put an ad in the Penny Saver. This is my first time co-chairing the event, so learning lots as we go along. We price LQS quality fabric at $4/yd & other cottons at $2/yd. We are also going to have grab bags with a $1 off coupon for a local quilt shop, plus a notion or fat 8th or pattern. We sell these for $1. We want to partner with the LQS, as well, so we can help to promote their business as well.
We did do a "member's garage sale" a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, when we planned it, we did not expect to have the response from the members that we did. I think we did it in April & we ended up overflowing to the patio area. Even with renting construction lighting, the lighting was poor & the members did not have a great experience with it. I tried to promote that this year, but didn't get enough interest. I was going to rent a larger facility & do it on a weekend, to take advantage of the daylight.
Let me know if I can give you anymore details!
Pauline Northern California
"Sandy E" wrote in message news:C8347DD9.45930% snipped-for-privacy@tx.rr.com...
Wow, this sounds like a fun and huge event! Let us know how it turns out.
When we had our fabric sale last year I was totally surprised at how much of those old 70's calicoes (in about 6 colors and three different prints) went out the door. One lady was picking through that area looking for every bit of the bright yellow. Who can predict what will be unpopular?
Do you have places lined up to take any leftovers? We've had good luck with SCRAP in S.SF taking odd fabric and things. Our local libraries were willing to take any leftover books for their sale as well.
Tell me about SCRAP Marcella. Otherwise, we just take the leftovers to thrift stores & donate them.
I was at your sale last year, because we brought our quilt on that day - & your members were very generous in purchasing tickets!
My friend was on the hunt for homespuns & she found a lot. I think she made a rag quit for her husband - or the cat - can't remember - maybe it was for the husband, but the cat loved it!
Scrap is a place where they collect all kinds of things and creative people come and put it to use as art materials. Like a thrift store, it's a donation - you aren't paid for your donation. But, the quilter people who frequent Scrap are always happy when a fabric delivery is made.
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We've also been able to donate things to RAFT which is similar to scrap but for teachers. Clever people who work there often look at the donated goods and turn them into kits to make board games to teach math concepts or cool science projects.
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I don't know if there are East Bay equivalents, but it's nice to know donations are really being put to good use.
However, just getting the stuff donated and not back at your house is a wonderful thing.
Ticket day was that sale day? I didn't even remember that. Our guild ladies do like to shop though - raffle tickets, fabric, speakers stuff...
If it’s the original Cranberry Quilt frame by Norwood Looms, it’s not oak. It’s cherry. I paid $600 for mine in the 1980’s and wouldn’t part with it for anything. Extremely well made. My only caveat is that the original octagonal pieces that screwed onto the ends of the bars and were tightened by an ingenious method did not have set screws. Eventually they slipped. Corrected about ten years later in the early 90’s. They sent me a complete new set of four for free with the set screws. It’s still operating like brand new after 40 years, so you cannot find a better deal.
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