If you read my blog every day you might remember my bookcase shelves collapsing about a week ago. Now I'm going through the books to find at least 50 to pass on to other people and/or to a library.
In the mid 1990s That Patchwork Place did a quilt shop series of books. This is one I will pass on.
Here is another view of the quilt on the cover. It is very similar to Kaffe's Seed Packet quilt with all of those fussy cut flower fabrics.
This is another book in the series. I will probably pass this one on too.
Maybe..........
There is a photo of the front of the quilt shop in the book.
It brings back memories to me of a beautiful autumn day......
....when I visited my daughter's family in England 26 years ago and my son-in-law was game to drive to any nearby town that had a quilt shop. This photo shows my daughter and me and 2 of my grandchildren in front of the quilt shop. It looks like this was after shopping because I'm holding a bag.
What a wonderful memory!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely photo to have....;)))
ReplyDelete49 here this morning and sunny--leaves beginning to flutter down here...
I got a bit more pin basting done and tried out The Old Italian Block...
hugs, Julierose
that is a nice memory to find. Yes that is a lot of books on your shelves I really need to go through mine too there are some I haven't looked at in years and no I would no longer use
ReplyDeleteMy success rate at reducing the number of books doesn't seem to be worth my time/effort to try. It's not only the quilting books. There's also the garment/home decorating sewing books, knitting & crochet books, needlework books, all sorts of craft books, garden books, cook books, etc.
ReplyDeleteAdvice articles on how to weed out the books seem to focus on fiction, out-dated reference books, or books from your college days. Guess which I had no problem moving on years ago? :-)
Good luck with the books! Not only with the sorting, but with getting them out the door to new homes.
When I go through quilt books with an eye to downsizing I always find patterns that I'd like to make someday. And someday hasn't come yet! When that quilt shop series was published I couldn't justify buying them. Over the years I've acquired a couple from destashes or book sales.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun post today Wanda. AND photo of you, Vicki and grandchildren was the best ! Such a wonderful memory and photograph. I had to enlarge and get a closer look, you were a few years younger way back when (*._.*). And to see how far you have come and knowing you for years before your blog, my memory of you is ~ you were born with your passion for creating and quilting.
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I agree with others who commented this was a fun post!
ReplyDeleteI didn’t have a shelf collapse, but had one near the point of collapse. I didn’t want to donate them to a thrift store because I still wanted access to them, so I donated them to local library. That was many years ago…. It was the best choice… got rid of the clutter in my small sewing room, and, if I needed one of the books, I just went to the library and checked it out!
So glad you discovered that photo from the past! Wouldn’t you love to know what you had in that shopping bag?!
Sandra B
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I have several books from that quilt shop book series and I, too, need to donate many of my 100+ quilt books to the library since most of my quilts are made from favorite blocks and not book patterns.
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Great photos! Hard to go through books without getting lost in the ideas. I am dealing with a torn up kitchen- cabinets in but no counter or water or sink until the 16th, so all my thoughts and time are scattered. I think I missed some posts, will go back and read about the shelf collapse.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great memory! Books are a storage issue, that's for sure, but I can never resist some of those old ones that I find at rummage sales and library book sales. Still a lot of great ideas!
ReplyDeleteSomehow I think that particular book should stay with you - if for no other reason than to give it to Vicki and/or one of your grandchildren. Otherwise, I wish you well in the culling of your book collection. I have donated many, many of mine for sale to benefit a variety of local groups. I have promised myself if a new one comes in and won't fit on my shorter shelf unit, then an older book has to go. So far so good . . .
ReplyDeleteSadly The Quilt Room in Dorking has recently closed down. It had moved a few years ago from the shop shown in your photo. Pam and her daughter Nicky intend to continue designing patterns and writing books.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of books to go through. What a great picture!
ReplyDeleteIs that a denim coat you are wearing in the older photo? Very cool!
ReplyDeleteTHAT PHOTO IS GREAT GLAD TO SEE YOU ARE DOWNSIZING IT IS ON MY BUCKET LIST
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