This is how you add to your stash (or acquire one)!
02-22-2014, 06:02 AM
#31
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Yes that is how you get a stash. I have been trying to sew mostly from my stash since last year. I believe my stash will outlive me by many years. My problem is that I will be digging in my stash for something for the back of a quilt (I quit buying those too, I piece them) and the next thing I know I have also pulled out and cut another quilt. I am trying to get rid of my UFO's not create more.
My guild had a sew in day last week where we mde 14 quilts of valor. I was telling a friend and she gave me a bag of fabric for backs. I added some to it and we got backs for 8 of them. We are doing ROnald McDonald sew day next month. Someone else gave me a huge bag of fabric when they heard I make donation quilts. It was one of the blue Ikea bags full. I could hardly lift it. My SIL swiped all of the purple. THere was Kaffe fabric and batiks in there. SHe told me to keep it all for my quilts. I took some and added some hopefully it will be enough for the backs.
My guild had a sew in day last week where we mde 14 quilts of valor. I was telling a friend and she gave me a bag of fabric for backs. I added some to it and we got backs for 8 of them. We are doing ROnald McDonald sew day next month. Someone else gave me a huge bag of fabric when they heard I make donation quilts. It was one of the blue Ikea bags full. I could hardly lift it. My SIL swiped all of the purple. THere was Kaffe fabric and batiks in there. SHe told me to keep it all for my quilts. I took some and added some hopefully it will be enough for the backs.
02-22-2014, 06:26 AM
#32
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I have not been quilting that long so I don't have a huge stash. BUT I have a sister who has been at this 30 some years and she is a bargain hunter. All I need to do is call her with what I am looking for and she will find it in her huge very organized stash. I just call and tell her I need to shop. She never visits without bringing a bin or two in her trunk. I'm blessed.
02-22-2014, 08:54 AM
#33
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You've counted your fabrics?! I'm amazed! If I need a small amount of something, I can't find, I might paint it.
02-22-2014, 08:56 AM
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02-22-2014, 08:51 PM
#37
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Not a dumb question at all. I use a 6 x 12 ruler, fold my fabric with selvedges together, then fold again. This makes the piece approximately 10 inches wide by however long the fabric is. Place your ruler over the short end and fold until all the fabric is wrapped around the ruler. You can easily tell how much fabric is in each folded piece. Just multiply each edge times 6. There is a great tutorial here on QB -- you will really like ruler folding once you start it.
02-22-2014, 09:43 PM
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02-23-2014, 12:28 AM
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I don't know how many times I've said, while shopping, something like "if I don't use this for xxx project I'll use it for something eventually". A LOT of my stash was bought with "something eventually" in mind.
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