Every year while other people are working on their last minute finish up the taxes paperwork, I am working on something else entirely: The Annual Textile Center Garage Sale. It’s always held around tax day; this year it is Saturday April 14. New this year we are moving it to a new location because it has gotten so big that it has outgrown our space and the crowds have outgrown the parking! So we will be at the U of M ReUse Warehouse, which deals with surplus everything from the University – chairs, desks, computers, bowling balls, petry dishes… Working in a new space will be an adventure.
I have found some pretty amazing things at the garage sale over the years. I got a whole sweater’s worth of lovely silk yarn for $35. I have a skein of possum/merino yarn in my stash (no kidding, really possum). I have made skirts and dresses from great garage sale vintage finds. I got a dirndl dress last year that fits like it was made for me. This year, I am looking for lots of Red Heart Acrylic yarn (for the Textile Center youth programs) and hoping for fun piece of vintage upholstery fabric for a new tote bag for me.