Tuesday, April 24, 2018

JUST OVERCOMMITTED & FEEDSACK SALE

I've been tasked with disposing of a lifetime of quilting supplies for an elderly longtime friend.  It's the GOOD stuff.  Lot's of vintage 1930's bocks, tons of scraps, 3 tops all needing love or could be used as cutter quilts, 1 finished yo-yo quilt that has a backing which needs to be removed....cause it's pink!!!  Also have a dozen real good resource books, including the original Barbara Brackman Encyclodeia of Pieced Quilt Patterns....it's signed in loose leaf binder weighs nearly 5 pounds...new runs about $126!!  Selling this one for $40, plus #13.65 USPS priority shipping. (Because it's a binder, it doesn't qualify for media rate.)

So....you can see why I've been silent...it's taking hours and hours to go through bins, separating and organzing into sensible amounts and putting the same style blocks as a bundle, along with fabric to completed them if necessary.  Then there's the photographing, creating the text, posting them, figuring out postage, packing, sending.  I'm sure my friend has no idea the time commitment involved....after all she lives with these treasures.....and to her the amount might not be overwhelming but with over 50 boxes of fabric 8 huge bins, 80-100 quilts, 20 boxes of books, plus, plus, plus....yikes....

Yesterday I ran across a small bin of feedsack material....some whole, some smaller cuts, and two units of blocks that had been rescued from a quilt or quilt top.  I'm attaching a photo where you can see the measurements.  If anyone is interested contact me directly.  Fits very snuggly in a $13.65 medium size flat rate Priority box, usually ships the next day after payment if possible. Pay Pal, I know this fabric can go for big money, but my friend really wants her treasures to be used and wants to be pratical about the cost.....so this is being sold as 1 bundle for $75.
 Largest piece - 70"  x 78"
Click on photo to enlarge to see text - top row left to right # 3 & 4 are TWO pieces each.

4 comments:

Nancy said...

Those are treasures for sure! And a ton of work is going into this. It boggles my mind, because I know there is already a lot of stuff in my sewing room that could use its own sorting- and then all this on top of it. Phew!

The Idaho Beauty said...

Are you only posting these items here or have you found other sites where people can go look at what you have on offer?

Robbie said...

Glad you are keeping busy..hate when you slack off! HA HA HA

Kathy said...

What a monstrous task you have! Good luck and I hope you find many buyers, quickly!