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You mean just general information? Or do you want me to look for magenta/fuchsia/really-dark-pink 100% cotton velveteen? If they will let me do you want pictures of the store? Of the fabric?

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I understand all this; I've been helping DS go through the things he brought from his DA's home. When I say "help", I look through everything first, toss anything I know he doesn't want and then ask him whether to keep, donate or send to one of his siblings. He works a lot and his job requires some traveling. On weekends, we spend several hours going through photographs and deciding which to keep-anyone he knows-and what to toss. All we keep, I scan, and he makes CDs for his siblings. When I get tired, I get online and do as you do, Joanne, when I really should be sewing, since finally one of the sewing machine cabinets is clear of all photos, cards, etc. Emily

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CypSew

Yes, THAT'S IT, all my stuff is treasure/valuable/collectible stuff!

;-}

Boy howdy, we really are sisters! I always think to myself in the morning, "Now TODAY, I'm going to tackle [....]".

By the time I have my coffee, and read the paper, it's time for lunch. So then "after lunch I'll do it".

After lunch, I get a couple of phone calls, answer some e-mails, read and reply to the newsgroups, and IT'S TIME FOR DINNER! Well surely I can get an hour of sorting in after dinner.

After dinner, I watch the local news, Jeopardy, walk the dog, fold some laundry, and SUDDENLY it's bed time! WHERE THE H__L did the day get to???

For *SURE*, tomorrow I'll......

Beverly, MoP (Master of Procrastination)

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BEI Design

Precisely! I have a size 10 (probably a 2 by today's standards) knit dress my mother made me in 1966. No way I'm ever going to wear it again, but I CANNOT throw it out or donate it. Same with my mother's wedding dress. Ditto with all the wool shirts I made DH. And with my cup and saucer collection. Ditto with ......

I do not foresee a time when either of my DDs will move back here, but I might make room for a grandchild. ;-)

You better duck! ;-) Yes, they did, but unfortunately the four-hour consultation was three hours of interview, one hour of actual tackling a pile of stuff I had *already* decided to donate. Mostly, they want to sell expensive "organization" products, I had no interest in adding MORE stuff.

Beverly

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BEI Design

Yes! That's it! And the worst of it is that I don't even feel guilty about it. Oh....wait....maybe that's not so bad......

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Pogonip

I forgive you. ;-)

My guilt-trip is mostly self-imposed. Although I know the girls are going to be cursing me if I die without getting

*some* of this stuff disposed of.

Beverly

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BEI Design

Yes, just a general "looks like a going concern" will do.

Not necessary, but thanks. I will send for swatches if I decide to go that route. I struck out locally at both of the large fabric stores, so I may give Dharma Trading dyes a try.

Thanks,

Beverly

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BEI Design

Trust me...away is a good thing!!

LOL

Be sure too that you dump any unused water out when you are done with the steamer for the day. They can build up hard water deposits the same way a water heater can. Gross stuff!! And it causes the steamer to not work as well....spits like an angry cat. (Learned this all the hard way of course... *sigh*)

Sharon

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mamahays

yep...One of my favorites. ;)

"your stuff always expands to fill the space you have....when you go somewhere else, even for a little while, you have to take your stuff with you..." George must have had someone in his life who sews. ;)

Sharon

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mamahays

DGD does not want to match the blue (way too easy). :-} Her teacher actually brought back a lovely piece of purplish-bluish velveteen, but the problem is that from a distance the dark pink is by far the predominant color, and picking out one of the minor colors just looks like "What were they thinking?". We have seen girls with what appear to be very mismatched skirts and vests, up close you discover one of the minor parts of the tartan is actually the vest color, but it just doesn't "work".

No these outfits are wool (the tartan for the skirt) and the velveteen vest is interlined with hair canvas and lined with silk satin, not something I would relish washing as it would be very difficult to press. I'm pretty sure most of the families use dry-cleaning. The vest is always worn over a washable cotton blouse, so I don't think they require cleaning very often, barring a major food spill. The parents's frown severly on eating while in costume.

Beverly

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BEI Design

I really have to go through this entire house

This is why my mother has said for years she is going to back a concrete mixer truck up to the house, run the chute through the family room window to the basement door, and pump the basement full of concrete. This is if she and Dad ever sell the house. She said doing that and telling potential buyers the house is built on a slab would be easier than cleaning out the basement. lol

(my sibs and I are not sure if she's kidding or not!! HA!!)

Sharon

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mamahays

ROTFLOL! May I borrow that? ;-) On the other hand, the water heater and furnace are in the basement....

Beverly

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BEI Design

OK, right, so memo to self....

Our water is exceedingly soft, but I'll remember that tip anyway, I'd just as soon not have a Spitting Steamer, TYVM.

Beverly

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BEI Design

BEI Design wrote:

In complete seriousness, my parents, both being the youngest sibling on either side, had to do the big clean out for more than one of their relatives. The worst was my mom's cousin. She was a dear lady, but she was a COLLECTOR. Mostly music boxes. Some were pricey gifts from other people in the family, but not many. Most were just pretty, or played a song she didn't have in her collection, or played a song that 10 more of hers played but she happened to really love. She had a few hundred when she passed away. She was widowed many years before her own death and she had no children. Mom was her closest living relative and executor of her will. So the cleaning out really fell to Mom. (I have several music boxes, BTW.) After that, Mom and Dad sat down and talked to all 4 of us. (me, my two sisters and our brother) They told us that they absolutely did not want us to have to do any of that. They also told us that they didn't want anyone fighting over any of their stuff when they were gone. (as has happened with other parts of the family.) So they told us to think about what we would like to have of theirs. When we knew what all we wanted, we were to give them a list privately. That way if the same thing was on two lists, they could figure out what to do about that. So we all did. Then Mom and Dad decided that some of the things could easily be parted with now, while they could have the joy of seeing us actually use the stuff. That's why I have my grandmother's writing desk and her Hoosier cabinet. I have her treadle too, but Mom didn't ask who wanted that she just gave it to me. :) She knows her kids.

They also went through the rocking chairs. There happened to be 4 of them that are family pieces, and at one time or another Dad has caned the chairs. Each of us got one. (well my brother didn't, they gave it to his daughter instead so she could rock the great-grandbabies in it.)

Other things, they want to go to specific children or grandchildren. Those things are listed in the wills. And they've told me which things they want my children to have. I'm sure they did the same with my siblings.

Maybe you could do that with your girls? By all means, keep the things that are really precious to you, like the shirts you made your husband. But the "just stuff" that the girls might have a use for? Let them come get it. :)

Sharon

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mamahays

I yelled at my mother -- she had moved a few months before she died, and never really unpacked, plus she was a packrat - runs in the family. It did no good at all. She never answered. No phone calls, no letters, not even email or a text message. I don't think she heard me.

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Pogonip

We did this with our four. Three of them said they couldn't think of anything they wanted. The youngest thought for a minute, then said, "I want the house." I fell on the floor laughing. We're working on a way to make sure he gets it.

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Pogonip

Good grief! We have the furnace, a 250 gallon storage tank for the solar water heater plus a backup for cloudy days, a 3/4 bath, a sauna, my husband's office (including his piano), a guest room, a room filled with yarn, knitting machines, sewing machines, fabric, patterns, etc., a "cold room," a weight room/workshop, and a garage down there. No way would I fill it up. The few times we've had to have the drains cleaned, the look on the roto-rooter man's face was worth it -- I don't think they enjoy going under houses.

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Pogonip

I use distilled water. No problems.

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Pogonip

Borrow away! ;) And their hot water heater and furnace are down there too. Along with 52 - 57 years of accumulated stuff. (they've been married 57 years; lived in that house 52 years.) Knowing Mom, she'd be smart alecky enough to point out the woodstove in the family room as the furnace and water heater. LOL She's a pistol!!

Sharon

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mamahays

When my mother died, my sister and I flipped a coin to see who would choose first, then alternated selecting favorite things of Mom's. Worked well for us. When my DMIL was so ill and we had to close her house, I gathered her two step-daughters, my two DDs and me, and we did the same thing before the estate sale people were allowed in. DMIL had made copious notes about who got what, and we respected her wishes on those items.

I have asked the DDs to start gleaning favorite things here. The difficulty is, they are the only grandchildren on my DH's side (and he was an only child), so they already have treasures from a long line of ancestors. What has come to me will someday go to the two of them and (so far) just the two of my grandchildren. It's a lot of stuff.

And what to do with *thousands* of pictures, slides, albums....

Beverly

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