I gave away 5 trash bags of fabric today.....

[TBM]

...and I was only sad about one piece.  I didn't see it in the stack until it was kind of late, so I let it go.  I probably wouldn't have used it anyway, but it was so pretty.


I still have a lot more than I gave away, but it felt good to give so much away.  My H had seen a post on Next Door from a woman who teaches sewing to kids and does a lot of charitable sewing.  She was looking for donations and I decided that forcing myself to go through stuff was a good thing, so I contacted her.  I even offered this afternoon on purpose, to really force me to get to work.  Someone else gave her a serger that had been a gift and the giftee didn't know how to use it.  I thought that was pretty cool. 

The woman was great.  We actually have a lot of things in common besides sewing, and she volunteers with a local organization that I had been considering working with.  She took most of what I was offering, and I was so grateful to her for getting all of the stuff that I know that I won't use out of my house and putting it to good use.   Besides teaching sewing (both group and private lessons), she makes wheelchair and walker bags, crossbody bags for rest home residents to carry their cell phones and whatever, tote bags that are filled with sundries to give to people at a shelter, and she makes dresses that she donates for little girls.  I'm sure that I have forgotten something.

It really felt good to go through the boxes that I have been avoiding. It was like Christmas...every box was a surprise. lol I found some old friends in those boxes and have some new ideas of what I want to make with them. I found some things that I am not ready to part with yet, but probably will never use. Maybe I will be ready to let them go someday, but not now.

I'm kind of excited to go through the rest of my stuff and see what else I have to donate.  I am sure that I will be more productive if I can actually fit in the studio with my stuff. lol   my interests have changed a lot over the years, so I am willing to be a little more objective and purge more stuff.

[So_Fetch]

That is very cool! I have a ton of yarn to get rid of and I hope I can find someone like this who needs it.

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Mar 16, 2017 12:24:36 GMT -5 So_Fetch said:

That is very cool! I have a ton of yarn to get rid of and I hope I can find someone like this who needs it.

 


Here are some ideas for donating yarn... www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/04/donating-yarn/