Hand Quilting Frame

[Pauline]

Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She told
me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago. It's in
mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to ask too
much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give me.

Pauline
Northern California

[J*]

http://westernmass.craigslist.org/art/1766937501.html
heres one for sale on craigslist, fwiw.
no idea bout their price but they're making money at that price for sure.
still looking for a link to the manufacturers.
j.

"Pauline" wrote ...
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She told
me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago. It's in
mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to ask too
much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give me.

Pauline
Northern California

[Pauline]

Thanks Jeanne - that is much larger than the one we have. Ours is probably
about 18" & it is round. Thanks so much for checking.

Pauline
Northern California

Post by J*
http://westernmass.craigslist.org/art/1766937501.html
heres one for sale on craigslist, fwiw.
no idea bout their price but they're making money at that price for sure.
still looking for a link to the manufacturers.
j.
"Pauline" wrote ...
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She told
me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago. It's in
mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to ask too
much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give me.
Pauline
Northern California

[Ross]

Post by Pauline
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we
don't have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members
donated hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not
been successful in locating any information on the internet about it.
She told me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years
ago. It's in mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we
want to ask too much money for it. Thanks for any information that you
can give me.
Pauline
Northern California

The World Wide Quilting Page, under the heading "Quilting Frames and
Hoops" at:
http://www.quilt.com/Tools/HoopsAndFrames.html shows:

Norwood
Box 167 HP
Fremont, MI 49412
[phone]
Hoops &frames, Send SASE for new color brochure

HTH
Ross

[Pauline]

Hi Ross,

Thank you so much. I neglected to say, in my original post that I did find
the same information as you have, however, when I called the number, I got a
recording that the area code had changed to "269" & when I try dialing the
number with the new area code, I get either a recording to try my number
again, a busy signal or no answer at all - very strange!!

I'm open to any other suggestions!

Pauline
Northern California

Post by Ross

Post by Pauline
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She
told me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago.
It's in mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to
ask too much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give
me.
Pauline
Northern California

The World Wide Quilting Page, under the heading "Quilting Frames and
Norwood
Box 167 HP
Fremont, MI 49412
[phone]
Hoops &frames, Send SASE for new color brochure
HTH
Ross

[J*]

it cost $300 ten yrs ago for an 18" hand quilting hoop?
whats it got 24k gold parts on it?
that seems ridiculous price to me
good grief.
i'd price it by comparing the size/type and good quality wood to another
good brand.
j.


I'm open to any other suggestions!

Pauline
Northern California

Post by Pauline
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She
told me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago.
It's in mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to
ask too much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give
me.
Pauline
Northern California

[Marcella Peek]

Have you tried calling information for that area code?

It's likely they are simply out of business though. What do other frame
makers - Grace, Hinterberg etc. charge for something similar?

At any rate, the guild wouldn't likely sell it at it's original price or
even very close to it. There aren't all that many hand quilters out
there (sadly) and most of them seem to already have a hoop or frame they
like if they even use one.

marcella

Post by Pauline
Hi Ross,
Thank you so much. I neglected to say, in my original post that I did find
the same information as you have, however, when I called the number, I got a
recording that the area code had changed to "269" & when I try dialing the
number with the new area code, I get either a recording to try my number
again, a busy signal or no answer at all - very strange!!
I'm open to any other suggestions!
Pauline
Northern California

Post by Ross

Post by Pauline
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She
told me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago.
It's in mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to
ask too much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give
me.
Pauline
Northern California

The World Wide Quilting Page, under the heading "Quilting Frames and
Norwood
Box 167 HP
Fremont, MI 49412
[phone]
Hoops &frames, Send SASE for new color brochure
HTH
Ross

[Sandy E]

Howdy!

Y'all keep saying "there aren't that many hand quilters out there".
Yeah, only about 5 or 6 million, maybe a few more. <g>

Hand quilting frame: no, thanks.
Hoop, yes.
Price for the frame: whatever anyone offers to take it off your hands.

R/Sandy - handquilter


On 6/7/10 9:52 AM, in article

Post by Marcella Peek
Have you tried calling information for that area code?
It's likely they are simply out of business though. What do other frame
makers - Grace, Hinterberg etc. charge for something similar?
At any rate, the guild wouldn't likely sell it at it's original price or
even very close to it. There aren't all that many hand quilters out
there (sadly) and most of them seem to already have a hoop or frame they
like if they even use one.
marcella

Post by Pauline
Hi Ross,
Thank you so much. I neglected to say, in my original post that I did find
the same information as you have, however, when I called the number, I got a
recording that the area code had changed to "269" & when I try dialing the
number with the new area code, I get either a recording to try my number
again, a busy signal or no answer at all - very strange!!
I'm open to any other suggestions!
Pauline
Northern California

Post by Pauline
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She
told me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago.
It's in mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to
ask too much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give
me.
Pauline
Northern California

[Pauline]

Well, maybe that's my problem - this is a hoop, on a stand. Sandy - can you
give me a more accurate description of what that is called, so I can do more
research on it? It is beautiful & we were thinking of putting a $50 price
on it, but maybe that's too high - maybe it's too low!!

P

Post by Sandy E
Howdy!
Y'all keep saying "there aren't that many hand quilters out there".
Yeah, only about 5 or 6 million, maybe a few more. <g>
Hand quilting frame: no, thanks.
Hoop, yes.
Price for the frame: whatever anyone offers to take it off your hands.
R/Sandy - handquilter
On 6/7/10 9:52 AM, in article

Post by Marcella Peek
Have you tried calling information for that area code?
It's likely they are simply out of business though. What do other frame
makers - Grace, Hinterberg etc. charge for something similar?
At any rate, the guild wouldn't likely sell it at it's original price or
even very close to it. There aren't all that many hand quilters out
there (sadly) and most of them seem to already have a hoop or frame they
like if they even use one.
marcella

Post by Pauline
Hi Ross,
Thank you so much. I neglected to say, in my original post that I did find
the same information as you have, however, when I called the number, I got a
recording that the area code had changed to "269" & when I try dialing the
number with the new area code, I get either a recording to try my number
again, a busy signal or no answer at all - very strange!!
I'm open to any other suggestions!
Pauline
Northern California

Post by Pauline
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She
told me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago.
It's in mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to
ask too much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give
me.
Pauline
Northern California

[Julia in MN]

Is it like one of these? <http://tinyurl.com/2v98ekg> or
<http://www.google.com/products?q=quilting+hoop+on+stand&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=--kOTKGHDM2InQeU-9GxDQ&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQrQQwAw>
This could also give you some ideas on how to price. $50 may be too high.

Julia in MN

Post by Pauline
Well, maybe that's my problem - this is a hoop, on a stand. Sandy - can
you give me a more accurate description of what that is called, so I can
do more research on it? It is beautiful & we were thinking of putting a
$50 price on it, but maybe that's too high - maybe it's too low!!
P

Post by Sandy E
Howdy!
Y'all keep saying "there aren't that many hand quilters out there".
Yeah, only about 5 or 6 million, maybe a few more. <g>
Hand quilting frame: no, thanks.
Hoop, yes.
Price for the frame: whatever anyone offers to take it off your hands.
R/Sandy - handquilter
On 6/7/10 9:52 AM, in article

Post by Marcella Peek
Have you tried calling information for that area code?
It's likely they are simply out of business though. What do other frame
makers - Grace, Hinterberg etc. charge for something similar?
At any rate, the guild wouldn't likely sell it at it's original price or
even very close to it. There aren't all that many hand quilters out
there (sadly) and most of them seem to already have a hoop or frame they
like if they even use one.
marcella

Post by Pauline
Hi Ross,
Thank you so much. I neglected to say, in my original post that I did find
the same information as you have, however, when I called the number, I got a
recording that the area code had changed to "269" & when I try dialing the
number with the new area code, I get either a recording to try my number
again, a busy signal or no answer at all - very strange!!
I'm open to any other suggestions!
Pauline
Northern California

Post by Pauline
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She
told me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago.
It's in mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to
ask too much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give
me.
Pauline
Northern California

[Pauline]

That's a huge help Julia. I think ours is more like the Hinterberg at $200,
so we'll see. I'm also asking a couple of hand quilters to take a look at
it, to see if they can evaluate it. Good detective work Julia!!

Pauline
Northern California

Post by Julia in MN
Is it like one of these? <http://tinyurl.com/2v98ekg> or
<http://www.google.com/products?q=quilting+hoop+on+stand&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=--kOTKGHDM2InQeU-9GxDQ&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQrQQwAw>
This could also give you some ideas on how to price. $50 may be too high.
Julia in MN

Post by Pauline
Well, maybe that's my problem - this is a hoop, on a stand. Sandy - can
you give me a more accurate description of what that is called, so I can
do more research on it? It is beautiful & we were thinking of putting a
$50 price on it, but maybe that's too high - maybe it's too low!!
P

Post by Sandy E
Howdy!
Y'all keep saying "there aren't that many hand quilters out there".
Yeah, only about 5 or 6 million, maybe a few more. <g>
Hand quilting frame: no, thanks.
Hoop, yes.
Price for the frame: whatever anyone offers to take it off your hands.
R/Sandy - handquilter
On 6/7/10 9:52 AM, in article

Post by Marcella Peek
Have you tried calling information for that area code?
It's likely they are simply out of business though. What do other frame
makers - Grace, Hinterberg etc. charge for something similar?
At any rate, the guild wouldn't likely sell it at it's original price or
even very close to it. There aren't all that many hand quilters out
there (sadly) and most of them seem to already have a hoop or frame they
like if they even use one.
marcella

Post by Pauline
Hi Ross,
Thank you so much. I neglected to say, in my original post that I did find
the same information as you have, however, when I called the number, I got a
recording that the area code had changed to "269" & when I try dialing the
number with the new area code, I get either a recording to try my number
again, a busy signal or no answer at all - very strange!!
I'm open to any other suggestions!
Pauline
Northern California

Post by Pauline
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it.
She
told me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago.
It's in mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to
ask too much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give
me.
Pauline
Northern California

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[Sandy E]

Howdy!

Oops, beg pardon.
I meant I prefer to quilt in a hoop, not on a frame.

Yeah, I think Julia showed us what you're talking about,
a hoop on a floor stand.
http://www.planetpatchwork.com/ek-pp.htm

They can be kinda' pricey, new:
http://www.hinterberg.com/cat-Floor_Hoops-20.aspx

or not:
http://tinyurl.com/2dmdf9q

And just to throw this in (mercy!),
a small frame:
http://secure.cartsvr.net/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=369263&showprevnext=1

Even at 10 yrs old, in mint condition & made of oak, your price of $50/OBO
is a good starting point. You can always lower the price, but don't have
to give it away.

Again, good luck, Pauline!
Your Fabric Follies & More sounds like fun! I'd enjoy some details.
Our guild does a "garage sale" in June, those who wish may rent a table
for a small fee and sell whatever they please (mostly quilt stuff,
sometimes jewelry or candles, other crafts, no food); this is combined
w/ a potluck dinner & door prizes. Mild fun. ;-)

R/Sandy- just plugging away w/ my 12" round wooden hoop

Post by Pauline
Well, maybe that's my problem - this is a hoop, on a stand. Sandy - can you
give me a more accurate description of what that is called, so I can do more
research on it? It is beautiful & we were thinking of putting a $50 price
on it, but maybe that's too high - maybe it's too low!!
P

Post by Sandy E
Howdy!
Y'all keep saying "there aren't that many hand quilters out there".
Yeah, only about 5 or 6 million, maybe a few more. <g>
Hand quilting frame: no, thanks.
Hoop, yes.
Price for the frame: whatever anyone offers to take it off your hands.
R/Sandy - handquilter

[Pauline]

Thanks a bunch Sandy! Yes, I feel comfortable with a starting bid/price of
$50.00. If it doesn't sell, we'll slash the price 50% during the last hour
of the sale.

Fabric Follies & More is a fundraiser for us. We did this about 5 years ago
& raised about $5,000.00, so we're going to give it a go again. Since this
is a fundraiser (in a non-quilt show year), we are asking the members to
donate all those fabrics, patterns, books, magazines, notions, quilt tops &
UFO's they no longer need or want, for us to sell. We accept pretty much
anything that is craft related, so we have received LOTS of yarn & lots of
cross-stitch patterns & supplies as well. We also have received some
non-quilting fabric, which we price at $1 & if we don't sell it, it goes to
the thrift store. We have received a couple of "higher priced" items, such
as the quilting hoop, an Alto Quilt-Cutter, (retails for about $200),
various quilt tops & some other kind of a quilting frame that I don't even
know how to research. The higher priced items we are putting in a silent
auction & they will be available to view at our website & we'll have a
running slide show of those items at our June meeting. The sale is in July.
I'm co-chairing this event & so I'm seeing most everything that has been
donated. Some great stuff - some not so great stuff. If it's really,
really bad, we are either trashing it (seriously flawed fabric, etc.) or
taking it to a thrift store (out of the area, so as not to offend anyone).
We want to put on a good show & not sell anything that is junky, cause we
want people to have a good shopping experience & come back the next time we
do this. So far, the most bizarre donation we have received is a light
fixture!!!! That isn't going to make it into the sale - it's already made
it's way to the thrift shop.

We are sending flyers to other local guilds, we will post an ad on Craig's
List & put an ad in the Penny Saver. This is my first time co-chairing the
event, so learning lots as we go along. We price LQS quality fabric at
$4/yd & other cottons at $2/yd. We are also going to have grab bags with a
$1 off coupon for a local quilt shop, plus a notion or fat 8th or pattern.
We sell these for $1. We want to partner with the LQS, as well, so we can
help to promote their business as well.

We did do a "member's garage sale" a couple of years ago. Unfortunately,
when we planned it, we did not expect to have the response from the members
that we did. I think we did it in April & we ended up overflowing to the
patio area. Even with renting construction lighting, the lighting was poor
& the members did not have a great experience with it. I tried to promote
that this year, but didn't get enough interest. I was going to rent a
larger facility & do it on a weekend, to take advantage of the daylight.

Let me know if I can give you anymore details!

Pauline
Northern California

Post by Sandy E
Howdy!
Oops, beg pardon.
I meant I prefer to quilt in a hoop, not on a frame.
Yeah, I think Julia showed us what you're talking about,
a hoop on a floor stand.
http://www.planetpatchwork.com/ek-pp.htm
http://www.hinterberg.com/cat-Floor_Hoops-20.aspx
http://tinyurl.com/2dmdf9q
And just to throw this in (mercy!),
http://secure.cartsvr.net/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=369263&showprevnext=1
Even at 10 yrs old, in mint condition & made of oak, your price of $50/OBO
is a good starting point. You can always lower the price, but don't have
to give it away.
Again, good luck, Pauline!
Your Fabric Follies & More sounds like fun! I'd enjoy some details.
Our guild does a "garage sale" in June, those who wish may rent a table
for a small fee and sell whatever they please (mostly quilt stuff,
sometimes jewelry or candles, other crafts, no food); this is combined
w/ a potluck dinner & door prizes. Mild fun. ;-)
R/Sandy- just plugging away w/ my 12" round wooden hoop

Post by Pauline
Well, maybe that's my problem - this is a hoop, on a stand. Sandy - can you
give me a more accurate description of what that is called, so I can do more
research on it? It is beautiful & we were thinking of putting a $50 price
on it, but maybe that's too high - maybe it's too low!!
P

Post by Sandy E
Howdy!
Y'all keep saying "there aren't that many hand quilters out there".
Yeah, only about 5 or 6 million, maybe a few more. <g>
Hand quilting frame: no, thanks.
Hoop, yes.
Price for the frame: whatever anyone offers to take it off your hands.
R/Sandy - handquilter

[Marcella Peek]

Wow, this sounds like a fun and huge event! Let us know how it turns
out.

When we had our fabric sale last year I was totally surprised at how
much of those old 70's calicoes (in about 6 colors and three different
prints) went out the door. One lady was picking through that area
looking for every bit of the bright yellow. Who can predict what will
be unpopular?

Do you have places lined up to take any leftovers? We've had good luck
with SCRAP in S.SF taking odd fabric and things. Our local libraries
were willing to take any leftover books for their sale as well.

marcella

Post by Pauline
Thanks a bunch Sandy! Yes, I feel comfortable with a starting bid/price of
$50.00. If it doesn't sell, we'll slash the price 50% during the last hour
of the sale.
Fabric Follies & More is a fundraiser for us. We did this about 5 years ago
& raised about $5,000.00, so we're going to give it a go again. Since this
is a fundraiser (in a non-quilt show year), we are asking the members to
donate all those fabrics, patterns, books, magazines, notions, quilt tops &
UFO's they no longer need or want, for us to sell. We accept pretty much
anything that is craft related, so we have received LOTS of yarn & lots of
cross-stitch patterns & supplies as well. We also have received some
non-quilting fabric, which we price at $1 & if we don't sell it, it goes to
the thrift store. We have received a couple of "higher priced" items, such
as the quilting hoop, an Alto Quilt-Cutter, (retails for about $200),
various quilt tops & some other kind of a quilting frame that I don't even
know how to research. The higher priced items we are putting in a silent
auction & they will be available to view at our website & we'll have a
running slide show of those items at our June meeting. The sale is in July.
I'm co-chairing this event & so I'm seeing most everything that has been
donated. Some great stuff - some not so great stuff. If it's really,
really bad, we are either trashing it (seriously flawed fabric, etc.) or
taking it to a thrift store (out of the area, so as not to offend anyone).
We want to put on a good show & not sell anything that is junky, cause we
want people to have a good shopping experience & come back the next time we
do this. So far, the most bizarre donation we have received is a light
fixture!!!! That isn't going to make it into the sale - it's already made
it's way to the thrift shop.
We are sending flyers to other local guilds, we will post an ad on Craig's
List & put an ad in the Penny Saver. This is my first time co-chairing the
event, so learning lots as we go along. We price LQS quality fabric at
$4/yd & other cottons at $2/yd. We are also going to have grab bags with a
$1 off coupon for a local quilt shop, plus a notion or fat 8th or pattern.
We sell these for $1. We want to partner with the LQS, as well, so we can
help to promote their business as well.
We did do a "member's garage sale" a couple of years ago. Unfortunately,
when we planned it, we did not expect to have the response from the members
that we did. I think we did it in April & we ended up overflowing to the
patio area. Even with renting construction lighting, the lighting was poor
& the members did not have a great experience with it. I tried to promote
that this year, but didn't get enough interest. I was going to rent a
larger facility & do it on a weekend, to take advantage of the daylight.
Let me know if I can give you anymore details!
Pauline
Northern California

[Pauline]

Tell me about SCRAP Marcella. Otherwise, we just take the leftovers to
thrift stores & donate them.

I was at your sale last year, because we brought our quilt on that day - &
your members were very generous in purchasing tickets!

My friend was on the hunt for homespuns & she found a lot. I think she made
a rag quit for her husband - or the cat - can't remember - maybe it was for
the husband, but the cat loved it!

Pauline

Post by Marcella Peek
Wow, this sounds like a fun and huge event! Let us know how it turns
out.
When we had our fabric sale last year I was totally surprised at how
much of those old 70's calicoes (in about 6 colors and three different
prints) went out the door. One lady was picking through that area
looking for every bit of the bright yellow. Who can predict what will
be unpopular?
Do you have places lined up to take any leftovers? We've had good luck
with SCRAP in S.SF taking odd fabric and things. Our local libraries
were willing to take any leftover books for their sale as well.
marcella

Post by Pauline
Thanks a bunch Sandy! Yes, I feel comfortable with a starting bid/price of
$50.00. If it doesn't sell, we'll slash the price 50% during the last hour
of the sale.
Fabric Follies & More is a fundraiser for us. We did this about 5 years ago
& raised about $5,000.00, so we're going to give it a go again. Since this
is a fundraiser (in a non-quilt show year), we are asking the members to
donate all those fabrics, patterns, books, magazines, notions, quilt tops &
UFO's they no longer need or want, for us to sell. We accept pretty much
anything that is craft related, so we have received LOTS of yarn & lots of
cross-stitch patterns & supplies as well. We also have received some
non-quilting fabric, which we price at $1 & if we don't sell it, it goes to
the thrift store. We have received a couple of "higher priced" items, such
as the quilting hoop, an Alto Quilt-Cutter, (retails for about $200),
various quilt tops & some other kind of a quilting frame that I don't even
know how to research. The higher priced items we are putting in a silent
auction & they will be available to view at our website & we'll have a
running slide show of those items at our June meeting. The sale is in July.
I'm co-chairing this event & so I'm seeing most everything that has been
donated. Some great stuff - some not so great stuff. If it's really,
really bad, we are either trashing it (seriously flawed fabric, etc.) or
taking it to a thrift store (out of the area, so as not to offend anyone).
We want to put on a good show & not sell anything that is junky, cause we
want people to have a good shopping experience & come back the next time we
do this. So far, the most bizarre donation we have received is a light
fixture!!!! That isn't going to make it into the sale - it's already made
it's way to the thrift shop.
We are sending flyers to other local guilds, we will post an ad on Craig's
List & put an ad in the Penny Saver. This is my first time co-chairing the
event, so learning lots as we go along. We price LQS quality fabric at
$4/yd & other cottons at $2/yd. We are also going to have grab bags with a
$1 off coupon for a local quilt shop, plus a notion or fat 8th or pattern.
We sell these for $1. We want to partner with the LQS, as well, so we can
help to promote their business as well.
We did do a "member's garage sale" a couple of years ago. Unfortunately,
when we planned it, we did not expect to have the response from the members
that we did. I think we did it in April & we ended up overflowing to the
patio area. Even with renting construction lighting, the lighting was poor
& the members did not have a great experience with it. I tried to promote
that this year, but didn't get enough interest. I was going to rent a
larger facility & do it on a weekend, to take advantage of the daylight.
Let me know if I can give you anymore details!
Pauline
Northern California

[Marcella Peek]

Scrap is a place where they collect all kinds of things and creative
people come and put it to use as art materials. Like a thrift store,
it's a donation - you aren't paid for your donation. But, the quilter
people who frequent Scrap are always happy when a fabric delivery is
made. http://www.scrap-sf.org


We've also been able to donate things to RAFT which is similar to scrap
but for teachers. Clever people who work there often look at the
donated goods and turn them into kits to make board games to teach math
concepts or cool science projects. http://www.raft.net

I don't know if there are East Bay equivalents, but it's nice to know
donations are really being put to good use.

However, just getting the stuff donated and not back at your house is a
wonderful thing.

Ticket day was that sale day? I didn't even remember that. Our guild
ladies do like to shop though - raffle tickets, fabric, speakers stuff...

marcella

Post by Pauline
Tell me about SCRAP Marcella. Otherwise, we just take the leftovers to
thrift stores & donate them.
I was at your sale last year, because we brought our quilt on that day - &
your members were very generous in purchasing tickets!
My friend was on the hunt for homespuns & she found a lot. I think she made
a rag quit for her husband - or the cat - can't remember - maybe it was for
the husband, but the cat loved it!
Pauline

[RollingWoodFarm]

You might consider also listing on Facebook. Marketplace. Craigslist is not used much anymore, but eBay is still popular. I finally managed to sell a mint condition Norwood 10-foot quilting frame for $100

[d***@q.com]

Post by Pauline
Is anyone familiar with the Norwood Hand Quilting Frame. I know we don't
have a lot of hand quilters around, but one of our guild members donated
hers for our upcoming Fabric Follies & More sale & I have not been
successful in locating any information on the internet about it. She told
me it is made out of oak & she paid about $300 for it 10 years ago. It's in
mint condition & we don't want to give it away, nor do we want to ask too
much money for it. Thanks for any information that you can give me.
Pauline
Northern California

Here's an answer for you on craigslist: (north Phoenix...they are asking $50)

mailto:ffvcb-***@sale.craigslist.org?subject=Quilting%20Frame%20-%20%2450%20%28North%20Phoenix%29&body=%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fphoenix.craigslist.org%2Fnph%2Fart%2F4159506284.html%0A

[b***@gmail.com]

I have been looking for a Norwood quilting frame. Please let me know if it is still available - cheryl

[s***@gmail.com]

If you go to the internet and just type in Norwood hand quilting frame, you will get information. You don't have to put the www in front.
Sandy$

[RocketScientist]

If it’s the original Cranberry Quilt frame by Norwood Looms, it’s not oak. It’s cherry. I paid $600 for mine in the 1980’s and wouldn’t part with it for anything. Extremely well made. My only caveat is that the original octagonal pieces that screwed onto the ends of the bars and were tightened by an ingenious method did not have set screws. Eventually they slipped. Corrected about ten years later in the early 90’s. They sent me a complete new set of four for free with the set screws. It’s still operating like brand new after 40 years, so you cannot find a better deal

[RollingWoodFarm]

Can you post a picture of your Norwood Quilting Frame? I have a 10-footer made of OK with the twist knobs on the rollers. It has the Norwood Fremony MI plaque on an upright.

[JoNell]

I have a Norwood frame and need instructions on putting it together. Do you have any?
Sincerely,
JoNell Smith
757-846-4715
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[virginia]

I know you posted this ages ago, but I have one with literature. They’re solid cherry and last forever