I am so ashamed
10-08-2010, 12:27 PM
#51
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: in the heart of the awl
Posts: 1,015
Same here. I love fabric, and I am trying to use my scraps, but then I stop at the fabric store and there is always something new. (sigh) but I figure: I don't drink, smoke, or gamble so this is my hobby.
10-08-2010, 01:46 PM
#52
Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Ontario, NY
Posts: 15
Originally Posted by Craftygirl
I can't believe what I just found. I was so inspired by you all that I went through my huge crate of tiny scraps, ironed it all, sorted into colours and into small plastic boxes. Then decided to put them with the larger plasic boxes that have my larger pieces in. This is when I had my "Oh My God" moment. I have sooooo much fabric. It felt a bit like Christmas, all this lovely fabric that I had forgotten I had. But I also realised just how much I DO NOT NEED TO VISIT A FABRIC SHOP for the rest of my life.
10-08-2010, 05:04 PM
#54
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,162
Originally Posted by Craftygirl
It felt a bit like Christmas, all this lovely fabric that I had forgotten I had. But I also realised just how much I DO NOT NEED TO VISIT A FABRIC SHOP for the rest of my life.
10-08-2010, 06:27 PM
#55
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SW Minnesota
Posts: 1,590
Originally Posted by littlehud
I know just what you are saying. I love spending time getting reacquainted with my fabric.
10-08-2010, 07:36 PM
#56
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,918
Redoing sewing room and organizing fabric I got reacquainted with fabric I didn't know I had. So now I feel like I have new fabric. I also have a couple of ideas for a couple of quilts. What a nice feeling.
10-08-2010, 08:07 PM
#57
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Oak Ridge TN
Posts: 733
My brother just lost his house to foreclosure. He and SIL had a small fabric shop in their garage. Guess who just bought the stock? DH walked into a living room filled to the brim, raised an eyebrow and asked where the wood burning stove was. You can't see it for the boxes of fabric. That was his "kind" way of telling me to get rid of it NOW. Problem is every pc I pick up I "see" another project and want to put it in the keep pile. So as soon as I can "locate" my cutting table and camera I will be posting in the Classified section. Hope I can find the stove before the weather turns cold :)
10-08-2010, 11:25 PM
#58
Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: California
Posts: 1
Gosh! I can't believe that I have found a group who is so much like me. My family has complained for years about all the fabric I have. I would just tell them that if there were another depression, at least we would have clothes to wear. Unfortunately my girls never liked the things I sewed for them, so that argument didn't go over too well, so I turned to quillting I do have more fabric than I will ever use in this lifetime. I bought the majority of it when I was working and didn't have enough time to sew, and now that I have the time I find myself with not enough energy to do all that I want to do. Have found myself in a similar situation that Debbie is in, and just hope that I have the same outcome.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
