You can't take it with you

I have told my husband to give my fabric to a friend of mine who quilts and to give one featherweight to each daughter in case they ever find they have a need to mend something. Other than that, he should sell my machines unless one of the children wants to use them.

L>I spent the morning with a dear old quilter friend. She has an

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:45:53 -0500, Taria wrote (in article ):

Our local chapter of the American Sewing Guild gets a lot of donations of fabric from people (or their families) like this. Some is sold to members and the proceeds used for charity projects and some is kept to be used for charity projects.

Maureen

I've told DH and my mom that my stash should go to mom and one of our friends.

Your friend should decide where her fabrics should go and make her wishes known to several people. If there is a lot of fabric she should specify where it is to go in her will. Debra in VA See my quilts at

My will has a provision that my family is to take any and all craft/ knitting/crochet/tatting/quilting/etc. tools and materials they want, and the rest is to be given to a senior citizens center. (The center has many members who really enjoy doing all these things, but find that materials and tools get rather expensive, and they have been almost gushing about past contributions. Although some of the seniors keep what they make, most donate the finished items to the center, which donates hats, scarves, and mittens to the local school district, and sells others and then donates the proceeds to charity.)

A long time ago I found a for-fun but usable "Quilters Last Will & Testament", I think it was posted on the (now gone) World Wide Quilting Page Bulletin Board. I don't know if the WWQP has a copy. It said, as I remember it, that after family has taken what they want all the quilty friends should be invited over to eat chocolate & go through the stash & divide it up while saying nice things about the deceased. They should pack up anything not wanted by anyone in the group and suggest where it should go, also give advice on the value of items like sewing machines if no one in the family wanted them. For example donate one pile to the "box under the bed project", one to school art class, another to a senior center, one to 4H or Girl Scout groups. They should then clean up the quilt area & leave the family with some good stories about the deceased quilter and a task completed.