Harriet Vane Posted July 16 Posted July 16 A friend of mine has both frontotemporal dementia and ALS. She was an avid crafter her whole life. Her husband asked me to help sell some things. I am not sure how to handle this. I have never sold craft supplies before. —Aida cloth —Zillions of cross-stitch magazines as well as a smattering of other needle craft magazines that all include patterns and instructions. Years and years of subscriptions all carefully kept. —So much embroidery floss —A couple craft books similar to the magazines Thanks for any advice. Quote
Katy Posted July 16 Posted July 16 Honestly I probably wouldn’t sell it, but the easiest way is probably Facebook marketplace. 4 Quote
regentrude Posted July 16 Posted July 16 Facebook marketplace. Even if you can't sell, you can give away to people who really want it. 1 Quote
mlktwins Posted July 16 Posted July 16 I’m an avid cross stitcher. There are quite a few cross stitch destash groups on FB. I’m not feeling the best tonight, but will PM you some links to you tomorrow. FB Marketplace is another place and might provide for local pickup. 1 Quote
Bambam Posted July 17 Posted July 17 I bought some Aida cloth NIP from a garage sale. $0.50 for each piece (good brands, big pieces, still NIP). She probably spent a lot, but it is not going to go for much. 1 Quote
gardenmom5 Posted July 17 Posted July 17 you're not going to get much for it, if you want to maximize the totals, - ebay or etsy. You can do as "a lot" on either. or FB market place. just know, you're not likely to get much for the amount of work it would take to sell it. 2 Quote
stephanier.1765 Posted July 17 Posted July 17 14 hours ago, gardenmom5 said: you're not going to get much for it, if you want to maximize the totals, - ebay or etsy. You can do as "a lot" on either. or FB market place. just know, you're not likely to get much for the amount of work it would take to sell it. Agreed, Ebay or Etsy is the best place to sell but you're probably not going to get much. She could still have some home runs in her stash, though. Almost anything cross stitch by Teresa Wentzler can go for some money. Her fantasy collection vol. 2 can go for $200, so you might want to use the ebay search and scan the bar codes of a few things just to check before you under sell it. 1 Quote
gardenmom5 Posted July 17 Posted July 17 40 minutes ago, stephanier.1765 said: Agreed, Ebay or Etsy is the best place to sell but you're probably not going to get much. She could still have some home runs in her stash, though. Almost anything cross stitch by Teresa Wentzler can go for some money. Her fantasy collection vol. 2 can go for $200, so you might want to use the ebay search and scan the bar codes of a few things just to check before you under sell it. not to derail the thread, but I did a project by her. . . during the time I had my super nasty eye infection. - it took 18 months just to do the border (I did "three trips" around to do it). Incredibly detail. My mom had it framed for me for my birthday the year I finished it. 12 Quote
stephanier.1765 Posted July 17 Posted July 17 1 minute ago, gardenmom5 said: not to derail the thread, but I did a project by her. . . during the time I had my super nasty eye infection. - it took 18 months just to do the border (I did "three trips" around to do it). Incredibly detail. My mom had it framed for me for my birthday the year I finished it. Just beautiful! I'm working her mermaid one with so many blended threads that progress has been slow. Very slow! LOL If I can match your 18 months, I'll honestly be thrilled. Your mother framing it for you was a truly thoughtful gift. It really shows off all your hard work. 2 Quote
gardenmom5 Posted July 17 Posted July 17 3 minutes ago, stephanier.1765 said: Just beautiful! I'm working her mermaid one with so many blended threads that progress has been slow. Very slow! LOL If I can match your 18 months, I'll honestly be thrilled. Your mother framing it for you was a truly thoughtful gift. It really shows off all your hard work. that was for the BORDER. 1 Quote
stephanier.1765 Posted July 17 Posted July 17 Just now, gardenmom5 said: that was for the BORDER. My mouth literally just dropped. Oh my, my project might take a bit longer than I thought. At least, I'm enjoying it. LOL 1 Quote
gardenmom5 Posted July 17 Posted July 17 1 hour ago, stephanier.1765 said: My mouth literally just dropped. Oh my, my project might take a bit longer than I thought. At least, I'm enjoying it. LOL I was dealing with a severe eye infection that cased me to have to periodically put it aside. And I had a baby and little kids 2 Quote
catz Posted July 17 Posted July 17 Is he insistent on selling them? I might encourage him to donate them to a crafting group or a non-profit. Like we have a textile center that operates as an educational non-profit with classes, etc that will take donations for class use or their fundraising crafty garage sale. I doubt the time it would be to sort through and sell things seperately would yield much. 1 1 Quote
Harriet Vane Posted July 17 Author Posted July 17 3 hours ago, catz said: Is he insistent on selling them? I might encourage him to donate them to a crafting group or a non-profit. Like we have a textile center that operates as an educational non-profit with classes, etc that will take donations for class use or their fundraising crafty garage sale. I doubt the time it would be to sort through and sell things seperately would yield much. I wouldn’t say insistent. Just trying to be prudent, handle something she always loved with care. He’s the most amazing caretaker ever. Fell in love with her in first grade because she was such a tomboy on the playground and said he was definitely going to marry her. Caught up with her again in nursing school and that was that. There was never anyone else for him. 1 Quote
City Mouse Posted July 17 Posted July 17 5 hours ago, gardenmom5 said: not to derail the thread, but I did a project by her. . . during the time I had my super nasty eye infection. - it took 18 months just to do the border (I did "three trips" around to do it). Incredibly detail. My mom had it framed for me for my birthday the year I finished it. I thought I recognized the name. I dd this one back in the early 1990’s. It took me a couple of years to finish, and that was back before having kids. 7 Quote
gardenmom5 Posted July 18 Posted July 18 2 hours ago, City Mouse said: I thought I recognized the name. I dd this one back in the early 1990’s. It took me a couple of years to finish, and that was back before having kids. She did amazing designs. I remember there were something like 45? 50? different colors of floos - then . . . she'd take one thread from one color, and another thread for another color to make a new color . . . and beads.. . OP- TW stuff does have some value if it's part of your stash. She didn't use aida cloth, she used even count linen. 2 Quote
mlktwins Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Out of Print TW designs are worth something, especially any dragon ones because she decided (for religious reasons) to stop printing them or designing any new ones. 3 Quote
katilac Posted July 18 Posted July 18 The first thing I would do is tell him that it's going to take a very long time just to inventory and look for anything of value. And honestly it's going to be hard to do that unless you're in their house, going through the stuff. I'd probably start by joining a couple of Facebook cross stitch destash groups to learn a bit. 2 Quote
Beth S Posted July 18 Posted July 18 We live in a small town, and we have a "Makers Space"---a place where you can do all kinds of arts and crafts. Call first, but it's an easy "one stop" donation place. 2 Quote
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