Fabric Buying Dilemma
12-31-2011, 07:55 AM
#71
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 175
I have a stash that I will never be able to use before I pass. I still buy more and probably should join qa (not AA). When I do buy a fabric that I like I buy maybe 3 yards so that I have enough for any quilt I want to make
12-31-2011, 08:00 AM
#72
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Florida
Posts: 869
I just posted a thread about Missouri Star Quilt company and the daily deals that I can't seem to resist. Sometimes I'll put things in my car at CT or Thousands of Bolts and not continue. I guess I get a rush just putting them in my cart. I really need nothing.
12-31-2011, 08:01 AM
#73
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Queen Creek, AZ.
Posts: 624
I'm like a lot of you! I used from my stash this year, only buying the one piece I needed to finish the project, and it truly was only one piece! This year I am going to do the same until some of this ridiculous amount of fabric is gone! Winter is when I really quilt the most, so hopefully I will be able to see a dent by the end of June. The rise in prices may be right in line with inflation, but it's tooooooo expensive for me!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
12-31-2011, 08:26 AM
#75
Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Chester, NY
Posts: 45
Interesting question - what is the age of the oldest quilter out there? I am 72 and have been experiencing what I believe to be arthritis in my hands and wrists. There are so many quilts I want to do while I am still able.
12-31-2011, 10:15 AM
#77
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 601
SInce I am new to quilting I don't have a large stash. That being said I would like one a little larger then what I have now, but I hate buying things that are on sale just b/c they are on sale with no clear picture as to what I would actually use it for. All I see is dollar signs floating over my small stash of fabrics I have bought and not yet used. I have a cart full of fabrics at CT with some batting, definitely getting the batting but now sure about the fabric.
12-31-2011, 11:03 AM
#78
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Chaska MN
Posts: 353
I was so good this past year and hope to continue next year. Oh, that's right. I ordered from Missioui Quilt this morning. Never mind. Sometimes I put sale fabric in my cart on line then go to check out and when I see the shipping, I empty my cart. Happy New Year to all my quilting family out there.
12-31-2011, 12:42 PM
#79
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: So. Fla now, Va orig
Posts: 1,565
For me this is the year of DE STASH until I see something I absolutely cannot live without. If I need a fabric to fill in on the ones already planned, I will purchase it, otherwise I plan to use up what I have. Unfortunately Uncle Sam thinks my cost of living only rose 3% which of course many things skyrocketed, so I will be watching my expenditures very closely this year. Hopefull if we have a change of Political Parties in this year things might get better, they cant get much worse!! Happy New Year to All.
12-31-2011, 04:45 PM
#80
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 1,980
I usually buy fabric for a specific project but I always seem to buy too much. Always afraid I'll cut and/or measure something wrong and won't have enough to finish. I'm wanting to do a scrappy string quilt so I've been cruising around on Ebay and buying a yard or two of really bright fabric to go along with what I have. I have to buy everything online since our closest fabric store is 80 miles away.
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