Letting Go: Quilting & Sewing Things
Mar. 17th, 2007 05:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosWhen my daughter was an infant, 11 years ago, my mother and I took a hand quilting class together. A friend of mine built a fairly nice wooden chest to store my supplies. In this chest I have several (8?) 12"x12" finished squares. I also have the backing, the batting, the thread, the patterns, the rolling cutter, and etc. I have a sewing box too.
I also have one square, quilted and edged, hanging on my wall.
It would be nice to finish the quilt someday, but after 11 years I think it's time I admitted defeat. But I don't want to let go of the completed squares.
So here's the deal -- a couple of deals, actually.
First: I would happily compensate any quilter or other fabric artist on my flist (I know many of you are textiles-oriented and/or handy with a needle) for putting my finished squares into some kind of nice blanket or fabric wall hanging.
Second: if anyone wants my supplies, I'll give them away free. If no one here pipes up, I'll take them to Value Village.
Third: The chest is solid, but the white paint is dirty and one of the strips needs to be pounded back in. It has leather lid joints that are in good condition. It might make a good SCA tourney chest. If any local person wants it, he or she can have it once I get rid of the contents. If someone wants the chest and the supplies, all the better!
One thing is sure: I don't intend to move this stuff into a new apartment in a few months.
I also have one square, quilted and edged, hanging on my wall.
It would be nice to finish the quilt someday, but after 11 years I think it's time I admitted defeat. But I don't want to let go of the completed squares.
So here's the deal -- a couple of deals, actually.
First: I would happily compensate any quilter or other fabric artist on my flist (I know many of you are textiles-oriented and/or handy with a needle) for putting my finished squares into some kind of nice blanket or fabric wall hanging.
Second: if anyone wants my supplies, I'll give them away free. If no one here pipes up, I'll take them to Value Village.
Third: The chest is solid, but the white paint is dirty and one of the strips needs to be pounded back in. It has leather lid joints that are in good condition. It might make a good SCA tourney chest. If any local person wants it, he or she can have it once I get rid of the contents. If someone wants the chest and the supplies, all the better!
One thing is sure: I don't intend to move this stuff into a new apartment in a few months.
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Supplies. :D
Date: 2007-03-18 02:21 pm (UTC)Re: Supplies. :D
Date: 2007-03-18 03:33 pm (UTC)I hope you'll understand when I say that I would rather entrust my squares to someone I know.
However, if there's no one locally who wants the supplies,I'll put you on the list for donations.