I’ve often joked with my online knitting friends about who gets the stash in the event of my unfortunate demise.  I’ve also worried about poor Jim having to deal with all that stash if I’m gone…the fights, the pushing and shoving amongst greedy yarnistas.  Forget any jewelry…where are the Addi Turbos, the Viking sewing machine, for gosh sakes, the alpaca?  Maybe I even need a yarn/craft will?  Silliness, I know.  But going to an estate sale made me think about it again.

A girl has to do something to keep busy when away from her business and family…in between meeting with insurance adjusters and contractors, of course.  So I browsed Craigslist and found a tasty estate sale where a sewing machine was pictured in the sale preview.  I saved the picture.  I enlarged.  A Pfaff Creative 1471?  After some research, I discovered it was one of the first computerized sewing machines, has the exclusive Pfaff IDT technology that people love and after closer inspection…a price tag of $45.  I know.

I arrived when the sale started at 7 a.m. and it was already very busy.  It was in cute little house near downtown Phoenix.  I didn’t stop to look at anything on the way through, hoping someone hadn’t already scoo0ped up the machine.   The very last room in the house contained not only the machine, but the remains of a woman’s crafting life.  I immediately plugged in the machine and ran it.  I couldn’t believe how smoothly it ran.  I was absolutely giddy1.  I was then able to focus my attention on the rest of the room.  Fabric cuts of at least two yards each for .50, sewing and craft magazines for a quarter, tool, rulers, thread and other notions at bargain prices.   You can see I went a little crazy (forgot to picture the sleeve board and wooden collar point) but at those prices?  How could I not?  I didn’t take any pictures of the fabric but it was mostly suiting type stuff …even if the color isn’t my taste will be great for muslins.

Which brings me back to what happens to our craft stuff after we pass on.  I can only hope that where ever this woman is, she is happy knowing that someone who apprecitates and loves her things is putting them to good use.

1. It’s quite abnormal just how happy craft stuff makes me…I was especially delighted that an “ebay” lady that came into the room after me tried to snatch up the machine that sat right at my feet.  Apparently she had known about it ahead of time too [↩]