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Posted by juffie on October 11, 2009, 11:46 am
Hi all - I've been reading the conversation for a while now via Twitter,
and look forward to being around. But here's the deal for me right now.
I'm disabled and have found a way to give back for the past three years by
selling books on-line for charity. A charity's supporters give me their
old books, I sell them if they're worth anything, and the charity gets the
money. About the same time a friend introduced me to quilting and, well,
you know, it was love. Now I want to give back by quilting instead, but
still have 1700 books listed for sale on-line. Am working sooooo hard to
get them sold or discarded if not worth enough (some even cost more to
send than people pay for them and I am out money instead of in). But need
encouragement to see it through. Any welcomes for a newish quilter trying
to focus?
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 11, 2009, 12:04 pm
juffie wrote:
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> Hi all - I've been reading the conversation for a while now via Twitter,
> and look forward to being around. But here's the deal for me right now.
> I'm disabled and have found a way to give back for the past three years by
> selling books on-line for charity. A charity's supporters give me their
> old books, I sell them if they're worth anything, and the charity gets the
> money. About the same time a friend introduced me to quilting and, well,
> you know, it was love. Now I want to give back by quilting instead, but
> still have 1700 books listed for sale on-line. Am working sooooo hard to
> get them sold or discarded if not worth enough (some even cost more to
> send than people pay for them and I am out money instead of in). But need
> encouragement to see it through. Any welcomes for a newish quilter trying
> to focus?
Indeed! Welcome to the best quilting group. Ever. :)
As for the books... Just keep listing all you can, and let us know if
there are any quilt related ones via the rec.crafts.textiles.marketplace
group.
Oh, and you might like to try a bookshelf quilt. ;P
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> http://www.knoblin.com/qb-pattern-bookshelf1.shtml
> http://www.knoblin.com/qb-pattern-bookshelf2.shtml
> http://www.knoblin.com/qb-pattern-bookshelf3.shtml
> http://www.knoblin.com/qb-pattern-stackofbooks.shtml
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Edna Pearl on October 11, 2009, 1:59 pm
Hi there! I'm newish too, and I am enjoying the heck out of quilting. It's
amazing how quickly I've gained confidence with piecing. Now I'm going to
focus on quilting skills, both by hand and by machine.
Can't you charge s&h on your books?
ep
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> Hi all - I've been reading the conversation for a while now via Twitter,
> and look forward to being around. But here's the deal for me right now.
> I'm disabled and have found a way to give back for the past three years by
> selling books on-line for charity. A charity's supporters give me their
> old books, I sell them if they're worth anything, and the charity gets the
> money. About the same time a friend introduced me to quilting and, well,
> you know, it was love. Now I want to give back by quilting instead, but
> still have 1700 books listed for sale on-line. Am working sooooo hard to
> get them sold or discarded if not worth enough (some even cost more to
> send than people pay for them and I am out money instead of in). But need
> encouragement to see it through. Any welcomes for a newish quilter trying
> to focus?
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Posted by juffie on October 11, 2009, 11:41 pm
juffie had written this in response to
http://www.sewgirls.com/quilting/Re-encouragement-needed-140676-.htm :
I do charge shipping and handling, but even then a lot of books are too
heavy - the web sites limit what we can charge for s&h - and it's just
tooooo time-consuming. Quilting is better! Thanks for the encouragement!
Edna Pearl wrote:
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> Hi there! I'm newish too, and I am enjoying the heck out of quilting.
> It's
> amazing how quickly I've gained confidence with piecing. Now I'm going
> to
> focus on quilting skills, both by hand and by machine.
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> Can't you charge s&h on your books?
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> ep
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> message
>> Hi all - I've been reading the conversation for a while now via
>> Twitter,
>> and look forward to being around. But here's the deal for me
>> right now.
>> I'm disabled and have found a way to give back for the past three
>> years by
>> selling books on-line for charity. A charity's supporters give me
>> their
>> old books, I sell them if they're worth anything, and the charity
>> gets the
>> money. About the same time a friend introduced me to quilting
>> and, well,
>> you know, it was love. Now I want to give back by quilting
>> instead, but
>> still have 1700 books listed for sale on-line. Am working sooooo
>> hard to
>> get them sold or discarded if not worth enough (some even cost
>> more to
>> send than people pay for them and I am out money instead of in).
>> But need
>> encouragement to see it through. Any welcomes for a newish
>> quilter trying
>> to focus?
>> -------------------------------------
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
>> Delivered via http://www.sewgirls.com/
>> Sewing Community of the Net
>> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
>> rec.crafts.textiles.quilting - 138123 messages and counting!
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
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Posted by Roberta on October 12, 2009, 12:27 pm
Welcome Juffie! Lots of us make quilts for charity, and people always
seem happy to get them. Most of mine go to charity raffles or
auctions. I always make far more quilts than I will ever use!
Roberta in D
On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:46:13 +0000, revjwrnm_at_yahoo_dot_com@foo.com
(juffie) wrote:
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>Hi all - I've been reading the conversation for a while now via Twitter,
>and look forward to being around. But here's the deal for me right now.
>I'm disabled and have found a way to give back for the past three years by
>selling books on-line for charity. A charity's supporters give me their
>old books, I sell them if they're worth anything, and the charity gets the
>money. About the same time a friend introduced me to quilting and, well,
>you know, it was love. Now I want to give back by quilting instead, but
>still have 1700 books listed for sale on-line. Am working sooooo hard to
>get them sold or discarded if not worth enough (some even cost more to
>send than people pay for them and I am out money instead of in). But need
>encouragement to see it through. Any welcomes for a newish quilter trying
>to focus?
>-------------------------------------
>##-----------------------------------------------##
>Delivered via http://www.sewgirls.com/
>Sewing Community of the Net
>Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
>rec.crafts.textiles.quilting - 138123 messages and counting!
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> and look forward to being around. But here's the deal for me right now.
> I'm disabled and have found a way to give back for the past three years by
> selling books on-line for charity. A charity's supporters give me their
> old books, I sell them if they're worth anything, and the charity gets the
> money. About the same time a friend introduced me to quilting and, well,
> you know, it was love. Now I want to give back by quilting instead, but
> still have 1700 books listed for sale on-line. Am working sooooo hard to
> get them sold or discarded if not worth enough (some even cost more to
> send than people pay for them and I am out money instead of in). But need
> encouragement to see it through. Any welcomes for a newish quilter trying
> to focus?