I love my stash too much!
#31
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Traverse City, MI
Posts: 405
I have lots of focus fabrics. I would see one that I loved so buy a yard or 2. There it sat. Now my goal is to only buy blenders. So far, so good. After Christmas projects are done, I am going to start using it in between times working on Bonnie Hunters mystery quilt. I saw a Frozen panel quilt kit from equilter today and almost bought to make for my DGD's 3rd birthday in January. stopped myself because have already bought fabric for a big girls bed for her.
#32
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,369
I have this reaction, too, to certain fabric. Not that I don't want to use it, but that it has to used in the "perfect" way, the "perfect" pattern..... which I often can't decide upon. I get so hung up on it sometimes that I will use other fabric instead, because I can't make a decision about the favored fabric. All due to a little OCD, I know, and a huge waste of time!
#36
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,568
Ok, I'm a stasher and a fondler. I'm going to take Terri D's advice and take baby steps and start using the fabric I love. I'm thinking the 10 minute table runners, I can make lots of them and change them weekly so I can see and enjoy what I made with my beautiful fabrics. I am going to make wine bags for Christmas gifts, I'll use some of my favorite fabrics on those too. I hope the recipient of the bottle of wine will like the wine bag. These are small projects to enable me to ease into using my stash. Maybe a quilt could be my new years resolution.
#38
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Chula Vista CA
Posts: 7,402
I love to use my stash - and I love to share it. Most of my stash is done by theme. By this I mean, I have well over 200 Christmas fabrics, and over 100 Halloween fabrics, this does not include the Thanksgiving fabrics and I haven't bothered to count how many kids fabrics I have because then I may have to admit I have a problem and need an intervention. A friend that started sewing with me was making stocking for a new member of her family, she was making the one with the 2inch squares, she was amazed at my variety, and she needed so little of a variety. In exchange, she sewed the binding on a quilt for me.
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