Estate sale gold mine!

I hit the most amazing estate sale ever! It was a quilters/crafters paradise to say the very least.The former owner of this stuff was a home ec. teacher at BYU for 30 years and also had a craft supply business.  This woman's basement was chock full of patterns, quilt, cross stitch, and craft books, too numerous to even guess how many were there. It was in the THOUSANDS. There were shelves and shelves and shelves of books, supplies and materials. I found some completed work as well, as you can see in the photo. It was fun and sad at the same time. I felt bad that this lady who made these beautiful pieces will have strangers owning them. However, there was so much stuff and I know the family already went through it all, I am sure they got to the point where they just couldn't take it all. The quantity of what was in the house was completely overwhelming. I scratched 1/1000th of the surface.   I made away with 14 quilt books that I can't wait to try out.  For the whopping amount of 80 bucks, I felt like I got a pretty great deal!