suzeq

:-P May I suggest to every one, not to wait until retirement to start on their stash. When retirement comes, your body may not be able to do it! Guess how I know? I find that my body will no longer do the eight hour a day thing. However, I'm blessed as I can at least do the necessities. Silvia

Oklahoma Suzie

lol, love it. I think you should stay put.

Oklahoma Suzie

Now, now, I don't have that much.

raptureready

I do. When my two sisters come down from Michigan they go "shopping" in my upstairs. :lol: I'm serious. They leave with yards and yards of fabric. Plus, every now and then I mail them some. Can't ever tell any is gone.

raptureready

Thanks for the explanation. My "nest egg" of fabric could hatch a fabric store. My 'backlog' of 'reserve' 'inventory' that's taken years to 'stockpile' is getting hard to 'store'. The 'cache' that I 'hoard' is a 'treasure' though. I think I need to take 'stock' of it.

Olivia's Grammy

My DIL used to shop my fabric room. That was before Olivia. All her time is now spent with Olivia, as it should be. She'll get back to sewing one day. They are moving into a new house and even though she isn't sewing right now she is planning her new sewing studio.

yourstrulyquilts

I 100% agree!! No way can I spend hours in the LQS shopping now. I'm happy to be able to shop my stash, sometimes. LOL
And on another note of retirement, don't wait until then to start making quilts. My DAunt collected all the years she was working, setting it aside for when she retired. She passed away before she could retire and never made one quilt. If there's a will, there's a way, to start now. Maybe just some applique as it doesn't take a lot of room, and can be picked up when you have a few minutes. It's amazing how many of those "few minutes" can quickly produce a quilt! Go Ladies, and gents, and get those quilts started, or finished, and put a tag on them so someone after you will know from the quilter her/himself, what and who that quilt was for. And most importantly a date. Now get goin'!!! :lol: :thumbup:

raptureready

I agree and would like to add this: Never limit yourself when it comes to trying new things. I didn't think I would like hand sewing anything but I bought a small 4' sq. TATW and a whole stack of small blocks at a yard sale. It was all hand pieced. I tried adding more blocks and couldn't so I decided I would just baste hem the edges then applique them onto a strip of white. I sat and by hand did the hemming around the small quilt top and every singly one of the little blocks (somewhere around 200 of them). I loved it. It was a totally different type of relaxation. Not that I'm going to take up hand piecing or anything that crazy but it was fun to do something out of my comfort zone. I also tried Y seams and half seams recently and conquered them both.

watterstide

i tell my husband to just think of the fabric as tools..he just bought another tool for the motorcycle (180.00).He really never bothers me about my fabric purchases. except when he was laid off for almost a year...i quit buying totally. it was so hard.
i have given alot of fabric and scraps away here,some i have sold. there are others that just can't afford to buy anymore,a sign of the times...

..i really try hard not to buy any fabric on a whim..seems like i am sticking to baby panels or fabrics..clearance bins and coupons for joanns and hobby lobby.

mjsylvstr

My hubby always makes sure that the Sudoku puzzle book is in the car.and then he is as happy as can be....sits there for as long as I want to shop.
Lucky me !!!!!

MaryJane