Non-quilters do not understand
07-07-2012, 03:50 PM
#32
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Location: Southern Indiana
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I know I will never make all the quilt patterns I have, or all the patterns in all the quilting books I have. I will never live to use all the fabric that I have. I still have scraps from where I made my daughters clothes when she first started school and she is 42 years old now. But.... I love all these things, and they please me. I love the look on my families faces when they receive something that I have made. These things bring me joy, and what I make with them brings others joy.
07-07-2012, 04:56 PM
#34
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Location: Dallas area, Texas, USA
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To my way of thinking a stash is all about serendipity: having options that might inspire. It doesn't matter to me in the least that I couldn't possibly live long enough to use it all, I use some of the options nearly every day.
07-07-2012, 05:00 PM
#35
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Location: Standing in front of Walmart begging for fat quarters
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I keep the tiniest of scraps of the spendy fabrics (batiks, etc). The part that drive me crazy is when I am constructing on my design board and I get "what is that supposed to be?" or " wouldn't this color look better over here?" When the quilt is done and I have endured all the suggestions/criticisms/questions, then the oooos and ahhhhs! Let me alone in my creative process, please!
07-07-2012, 08:46 PM
#36
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Location: Mechanicsville, IA
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Ultimately this is the conclusion I reached for myself. I don't have to feel guilty about any of it...the fabric, our APQS Millenium & Intelliquilter for ourselves and longarm business, the tools, the Berninas or the vintage machines. We use them to help other quilters finish their projects to bless their world with love and comfort and we do the same with our finished projects. If there is one thing our world can use right now it's hope, encouragement, comfort and love to wrap itself in. Keep on building that stash and use it to bless others. That's my new motto! (stepping off soapbox now 
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07-07-2012, 10:13 PM
#37
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Location: S. W. Indiana
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Yesterday I was showing a friend my 3000+ yards of fabric from Iowa. I was commenting on how hard it was for me to decide what I wanted to sell. I love every piece. She casually said that's easy all these you have marked less than on yard just pitch them. I nearly fainted!!!! I told her those are some of the best, they will make great scrappy quilts. Then I escorted her away from the fabric.
Pitch if it's less than a yard?
Pitch is for baseball, not for fabric collectors!
07-07-2012, 10:14 PM
#38
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
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Ultimately this is the conclusion I reached for myself. I don't have to feel guilty about any of it...the fabric, our APQS Millenium & Intelliquilter for ourselves and longarm business, the tools, the Berninas or the vintage machines. We use them to help other quilters finish their projects to bless their world with love and comfort and we do the same with our finished projects. If there is one thing our world can use right now it's hope, encouragement, comfort and love to wrap itself in. Keep on building that stash and use it to bless others. That's my new motto! (stepping off soapbox now )
)Hubby has a barn for his hobbies! I have a room (and one wall of his barn!) Don't bug me about my stuff!
07-07-2012, 10:18 PM
#39
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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My house is messy ... with fabric piles all over the place and lots of bits of scraps .... but I wouldn't have it any other way. On the bad days I can sit in my "squalor" and dream, plan, and process. And on the good days I can sew up a storm! It's a beautiful life I have!
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