Value of your stash - Page 2

> Anyone here ever valued their stash - say for insurance purposes?
> After a friend was here the other day, I realized that ,'why yes, I do
> have a lot of stuff'. I have all of the GAS threads, most of the Splendor
> silks, quite a bit of silk Mori and Au Ver A Soie, boxes of DMC,
> metallics, twenty-thirty different skeins of various Rainbow gallery
> threads, lots of fabric, pattern, kits, and books (including Betty Ring's
> two volume set on American schoolgirl needlework). And, of course, all the
> tools (needles, scissors,s scroll bars, Q-snaps, magnifiers, etc.) Then
> there is the finished and framed stuff hanging on my walls.
> I'm setting up an Excel workbook, but I think I'm about to scare myself
> :).
> MargW

>> Anyone here ever valued their stash - say for insurance purposes?
>> After a friend was here the other day, I realized that ,'why yes, I do
>> have a lot of stuff'. I have all of the GAS threads, most of the Splendor
>> silks, quite a bit of silk Mori and Au Ver A Soie, boxes of DMC,
>> metallics, twenty-thirty different skeins of various Rainbow gallery
>> threads, lots of fabric, pattern, kits, and books (including Betty Ring's
>> two volume set on American schoolgirl needlework). And, of course, all the
>> tools (needles, scissors,s scroll bars, Q-snaps, magnifiers, etc.) Then
>> there is the finished and framed stuff hanging on my walls.
>> I'm setting up an Excel workbook, but I think I'm about to scare myself
>> :).
>> MargW
>
> Oh, you will, you WILL!
>
> Particularly if you`re in the UK!!!
>
> Just the ordinary Anchor and DMC mount up if you have the whole range, plus,
> as I do, several of the ones you use most (say 1000 skeins averaging 60p at
> least each!) and that`s before you`ve even STARTED on the fabrics, stands,
> stretcher bars/hoops etc.
>
> Pat
>
>

> Pat P wrote:
>>> Anyone here ever valued their stash - say for insurance purposes?
>>>
>>> After a friend was here the other day, I realized that ,'why yes, I do
>>> have a lot of stuff'. I have all of the GAS threads, most of the Splendor
>>> silks, quite a bit of silk Mori and Au Ver A Soie, boxes of DMC,
>>> metallics, twenty-thirty different skeins of various Rainbow gallery
>>> threads, lots of fabric, pattern, kits, and books (including Betty Ring's
>>> two volume set on American schoolgirl needlework). And, of course, all the
>>> tools (needles, scissors,s scroll bars, Q-snaps, magnifiers, etc.) Then
>>> there is the finished and framed stuff hanging on my walls.
>>>
>>> I'm setting up an Excel workbook, but I think I'm about to scare myself
>>> :).
>>>
>>> MargW
>>
>> Oh, you will, you WILL!
>>
>> Particularly if you`re in the UK!!!
>>
>> Just the ordinary Anchor and DMC mount up if you have the whole range, plus,
>> as I do, several of the ones you use most (say 1000 skeins averaging 60p at
>> least each!) and that`s before you`ve even STARTED on the fabrics, stands,
>> stretcher bars/hoops etc.
>>
>> Pat
>>
>>
>
>
> Well, to add to stash we had a "city", I call it village, wide yard sale
> today. Some items were fundraisers, and I had knitted dishcloths and
> baked cookies for that one. The rest were basically "cleaning out stuff".
>
> The last one we stopped at , not even a quarter of the way through,
> but we were tired, had a BIG DEEP cardboard box. There were two young
> ladies selling, and an older lady, with a longhaired dachshund on her
> lap. Nothing piqued my interest until I looked in the box. Bags of DMC
> floss...in the floss-bags, all numbered. I asked the young woman what
> she wanted for them, so she said "make an offer". I looked, doing math
> in my head, and she came back with a plastic grocery bag, and said $1 a
> bag. WE filled it full; many are brand new, Apparently Grandma was a
> stitcher before her illness. I COULDN'T in good conscience pay $1...so
> gave the older lady $10.00. The girls were amazed that there was any
> value in this junk.
>
> I made out. Grandma made out....all I have to do is get rid of the
> slight tobacco smell. Probably get rid of the bags will do it.
>
> A good day!
>
> Gillian

>Well, to add to stash we had a "city", I call it village, wide yard sale
>today. Some items were fundraisers, and I had knitted dishcloths and
>baked cookies for that one. The rest were basically "cleaning out stuff".
> The last one we stopped at , not even a quarter of the way through,
>but we were tired, had a BIG DEEP cardboard box. There were two young
>ladies selling, and an older lady, with a longhaired dachshund on her
>lap. Nothing piqued my interest until I looked in the box. Bags of DMC
>floss...in the floss-bags, all numbered. I asked the young woman what
>she wanted for them, so she said "make an offer". I looked, doing math
>in my head, and she came back with a plastic grocery bag, and said $1 a
>bag. WE filled it full; many are brand new, Apparently Grandma was a
>stitcher before her illness. I COULDN'T in good conscience pay $1...so
>gave the older lady $10.00. The girls were amazed that there was any
>value in this junk.
>I made out. Grandma made out....all I have to do is get rid of the
>slight tobacco smell. Probably get rid of the bags will do it.
>A good day!
>Gillian

> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:33:02 GMT, Gillian Murray
>>Well, to add to stash we had a "city", I call it village, wide yard sale
>>today. Some items were fundraisers, and I had knitted dishcloths and
>>baked cookies for that one. The rest were basically "cleaning out stuff".
>> The last one we stopped at , not even a quarter of the way through,
>>but we were tired, had a BIG DEEP cardboard box. There were two young
>>ladies selling, and an older lady, with a longhaired dachshund on her
>>lap. Nothing piqued my interest until I looked in the box. Bags of DMC
>>floss...in the floss-bags, all numbered. I asked the young woman what
>>she wanted for them, so she said "make an offer". I looked, doing math
>>in my head, and she came back with a plastic grocery bag, and said $1 a
>>bag. WE filled it full; many are brand new, Apparently Grandma was a
>>stitcher before her illness. I COULDN'T in good conscience pay $1...so
>>gave the older lady $10.00. The girls were amazed that there was any
>>value in this junk.
>>I made out. Grandma made out....all I have to do is get rid of the
>>slight tobacco smell. Probably get rid of the bags will do it.
>>A good day!
>>Gillian
> Atta girl ! Go to the yard sale to get rid of stuff and come back
> with more lol