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@gingerw we could be sisters with the fabric and yarn stash. My sister in law is 6 years younger than I am and will retire at the end of this year (she’ll be 70). She’s a quilter and a crocheter (I’m a knitter). I have her name on the bins with the really good quilt fabric in case I pop my clogs before my husband does and he knows to ship those fabrics to her along with my two Juki sewing machines. I plan to send her all my good cotton yarns when she retires as I knit mostly with wool and she lives in SoCal, so works with cottons and acrylics. The rest of the yarn is to go to the Fiber Arts Guild that I belong to, to sell to members or give as prizes, to raise money for the guild. I have some really fine yarns, including yarns for tapestry weaving which I no longer do. At one time I had a very small flock of sheep and two angora goats, raised for their fleece and I scoured, carded, dyed and spun yarn myself. I have way too much fabric and yarn now, however, for the time I have to work on my hobbies. I’m also not a clothes horse, still pretty much a tomboy at age 75, lol, so purging clothes is not a problem.