Garage Sale...For A Cause

 

Our local quilt shop, The Quilting Season, had their annual garage sale last Saturday here in Saline.

It is such a simple, wonderful concept. Shop patrons and locals donate their unused and unloved  crafting supplies. The shop organizes them all, sets up the sale, and advertises the event. 

Rather than price every item, the shop asks that you give a donation.

All of the proceeds go to Saline Area Social Services, who then earmarks these donations for the needs of local children at the beginning of every school year. New shoes, new clothes, book bags, school supplies...even sports participation fee scholarships...which are very pricey!

After the sale, the shop finds good homes for everything that is left over. They give to art teachers, they give to senior centers, they give to the local resale shop. 

This year, the shop raised over $8000! How wonderful is that?

I found some great items this year! These adorable vintage tea towels and this really nice frame...

...this cute set of Lizzie Kate patterns, along with these sweet mini Christmas stockings...

...some Shepherd's Bush patterns...

...and some Homespun Elegance patterns.

This year, the shop even had donations of quilts, which they had priced and hung for sale on clotheslines. So many beautiful hand-crafted quilts!

I did not take enough photos...big boxes of yarns, table after table of fabrics, sewing notions, books and patterns. It was a lot of fun to sort through it all.

Time to get crafty!