Hello my name is Luv, and Im a fabri-holic.....
05-12-2012, 06:12 PM
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I was so thrilled when one of my granddaughters got her an apartment and needed a bed...Yep, you guessed it...I volunteered to give her one of mine in a bedroom that I didn't need...Welll I gave her the dresser, bed and nightstand..but I kept the chest...for what you ask?? OH for fabric of course..I moved my ironing board to that room and 2 stackable plastic drawers to that room.. Set up my keyboard in there...and cleaned the closet out for more fabric storage...so now my sewing room is not so cluttered...Now I have 2 rooms for quilting and sewing....I thought that was a pretty good plan...If I have company, there is always the other bedroom. So got to be careful that room doesn't get filled up..When I was moving stuff into the room, I took a lot of fabric and sorted it by colors and it was all in the middle of the floor...DH says.."You sure have a lot of fabric, what do you intend to do with it all???" I just looked at him, and shook my head like "I don't know" he just smiled and went on....but he is very complimentary when I finish a quilt and show it to him..so I guess I have it pretty good...no complaints...He sees how much I enjoy it...we both are retired so life is good...and the chest that I kept...its full now...but I love fabric....that's my story and I'm sticking to it....
05-12-2012, 06:46 PM
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HEHEHE... Well I guess you have those gremilins too ! The fabric gremlins run all over my house-LOL guess they are at your house too ..
05-12-2012, 06:56 PM
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I am just the opposite....I seem to buy (compulsive) fabric that I think is pretty, but it is always just a tad less than I need when I start a project. My husband always asks me "Why don't you buy more???" I guess I should listen, huh, and just get a 1/2 yard more than I originally thought to buy, just in case!.
05-12-2012, 07:21 PM
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My dinning room has become my sewing room..gives me plenty of space and .this way it can spill over into the living room !!!!....and then today he told me to go pick out some fabric for mother's day....well 57 yards of fabric later....i was saying happy Mothers day to me....
05-12-2012, 09:16 PM
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05-12-2012, 09:17 PM
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Cleaning your sewing room?!? Like Dr. Phil says "How's that workin' out for ya?". I need a Bobcat to clean mine with!
05-12-2012, 09:19 PM
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My name is Sharon and I am an enabler 
LOL
I had started the Spring cleaning thing and then went into Fabric overload
Got a lot put into tubs and a few clear spaces so what do I do.... go on a Shop Hop ... Oh my .... LOL yep you guessed it had to buy more fabric , Hey I had some room for it
Luv if you aren't back in time for the next swap we will call in help to find you
LOL I had started the Spring cleaning thing and then went into Fabric overload
Got a lot put into tubs and a few clear spaces so what do I do.... go on a Shop Hop ... Oh my .... LOL yep you guessed it had to buy more fabric , Hey I had some room for it Luv if you aren't back in time for the next swap we will call in help to find you
05-12-2012, 09:22 PM
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I was a card-carrying member of the QB fabric moratorium from December until the end of March. I fell off the wagon in the worse way and can't seem to get back on. I'm newly retired and still not making even a dent in the ever-growing stash. But instead of hours spent in the sewing room, I find I spend most of my time surfing for more fabric. For instance, when I can pick up a yard of fabric at Connecting Threads for $2.00+ why wouldn't I pick up 10 yards at a time?! It's important to be thrifty :0). What a rush it is to tear into a new order of fabric. I'm on a first name basis with the postmaster. So then what do I do, tuck the new purchase(s) with the rest of the stash and start the cycle all over again. I have two tubs of fabric so full, neither will hold another piece of fabric, plus I almost get a hernia trying to move them around. I'll never live long enough to use it all, but I sure am having fun. Everyone needs to believe in something.....I believe I'll shop for more fabric!
05-12-2012, 09:25 PM
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im in the same boat but dont tell
dh he knows i have alot and i show him everything i get new but i dont think he has any idea how much i have i dont think i even know. its not very organized i cant sew in my sewing room theres no room i barly can get in there to cut ive been known to take over the kichen table for that. my go cutter lives beside my couch and my long arm and sewing desk have pushed everything but the couch and china cabinet out off the living room. come to think off it i have a great DH and i should realy reward him.
dh he knows i have alot and i show him everything i get new but i dont think he has any idea how much i have i dont think i even know. its not very organized i cant sew in my sewing room theres no room i barly can get in there to cut ive been known to take over the kichen table for that. my go cutter lives beside my couch and my long arm and sewing desk have pushed everything but the couch and china cabinet out off the living room. come to think off it i have a great DH and i should realy reward him.
I know what you mean about DHs not knowing how many goodies we have. One day mine was looking at my PILES & he said (with a perfectly straight face so I assume he was serious) "I'll bet you have a couple of thousand dollars worth of stuff there". I nearly spit my teeth out... LOL! Uh yeah... in that one pile I prolly do have that much. But shhhhhh... keep it on the DL!
05-12-2012, 09:27 PM
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Hey, as my Mother used to say, it keeps you off the streets! LOL! Unless you're on your way to LQS!
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