Quilting Nana

If it ment losing my stash I would quit watching that show. :-)

Margie

your friend is my IDOL!

c joyce

My stash is almost non-existent. It's only left overs from completed projects for the most part. I love to shop for fabric as I need it. I find it stressful to have fabric and not know what to do with it.

cjmat

I choose not to have a stash. I shop specifically for each project and don't think I've ever bought any fabrics "just because". Mind you, when I buy for those projects I do always buy extra..mainly just to make sure I don't run short for that project. Eventually I find some small project to use the leftovers on. But a stash? Nope, not me ;)

New knee

If she does not have a stash, what does she have in her "worship center"? It is a joy to me just to look at my fabric and feel the texture and dream of all the quilts I might make!!

Crabby Patty

hahahaha That was a joke right? I couldn't do without my stash. That is one of my more fun things just petting it.You can tell I don't have a very exciting life.lol

juneayerza

I don't know if I qualify as a true quilter because I only do foundation piecing and some strip quilting.

My stash is the left-over fabric from whatever project I have finished. I buy 5% more than a project calls for in case I make a mistake. I will use those left-over's in other projects until there is nothing left but fuzz.

The only time I buy any fabric not being used immediately is after Christmas and only if the Christmas fabric is really unique.

My reason for this is past experience. I used to have all these ideas and then I would go buy, buy, and buy more fabric every time I turned around. Nine times out of ten I never got around to doing the projects and often forgot why I bought the fabric a couple of years later because my tastes had changed. I had so much fabric that I no longer really cared about and felt guilty and foolish for spending all that money. I gave all this fabric to a local guild to make charity quilts.

So now, I find a project I really like, either create a pattern or buy one and then shop to that project. I also restrict myself from having more than one project at a time in case I get side tracked and don't get the project done in the specific time I thought I would.

But I do love going over to a friend’s house and drooling over her stash!

rob529

Do Not tel my husband!

OHSue

Crazy talk!

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

I'm in the no stash club. Having fabric around that I have no plan for makes me feel guilty. I buy what I need and use it. Of course, there are scraps but it's minimal.