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10-09-2010, 11:26 AM

#131

GrannieAnnie

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Originally Posted by Skyqueen30094

I know we talk about our fabric stash how big it is, organizing it etc but does anyone else also have a problem collecting patterns? I keep seeing patterns I like and buying them or saving them but never use them :roll:

Yeah, but aren't they fun to look at?

10-09-2010, 11:26 AM

#132

Farm Quilter

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Sounds like this is an epidemic too! Patterns, books, magazines...fabrics, notions, this and that! If you know the cure (other then a totally empty bank account!) please let me know!

10-09-2010, 02:53 PM

#133

fishnlady

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Originally Posted by nativetexan

yeessss. that is one reason i've been selling some here.

I looked at your photo's on photobucket. Oh my goodness, your mother is so beautiful in those pictures of her when she was young. I just love old photos and you have some on there that are really great. Thanks for sharing the site.

10-09-2010, 02:56 PM

#134

fishnlady

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Originally Posted by Stitchnripper

I buy some patterns and look on line, but as soon as it says "cut 100 strips/squares or whatever out of Fabric A, 100 out of Fabric B, etc." I get swirly in the head! So like cjomomma I use the general idea.

Stitchnripper, that is exactly what happens when I see a pattern that has all those hundreds of pieces. My head starts spinning and I feel overwhelmed by the very thought of it. LOL I think I am going to be one of those make your own design type quilters and I can assure you it will be a few hundred less pieces.

10-09-2010, 03:40 PM

#135

CoriAmD

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Raising my hand in agreement. :)

10-09-2010, 03:57 PM

#136

kjym

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I know what you mean. I have boxes and boxes of patterns. I always start out saying this pattern would be great for this fabric.
But then when I finally get to making it I end up using a different fabric.
So I keep going around and around trying to make up my mind on what to use.
I just have to get my act together and use the fabric and the patterns I already have. Oh did I say i go through the different patterns on the internet and guess what I print them out. so i have about 20 3" binders full of patterns.
Oh well it is fun and like all of us I love it.
Back to work on sewing room. bye for now kjym Kathy
Good luck to all of us at least it beats bar hopping right?

10-09-2010, 05:38 PM

#137

stichinglady

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yes forever quilter...you are not alone out there...lot of us have the very same problem :-)

10-09-2010, 06:16 PM

#138

Bev

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Originally Posted by auntiehenno

Have spent a small fortune on patterns I have never, or will probably now,never use. Should take pics and sell them on here, but don't know how to do it. :) :roll:

Me too. And I bet if we all put our unused patterns up for sale we'd ALL end up buying as many as we sold. We might just as well swap them. Then we'd all simply put away the "new" ones we got and never use them either. But at least they'd have found a new home. :-)

10-09-2010, 06:32 PM

#139

hazel brady

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Not only do I collect material and drool over the ones I don't like to cut into you know they are the ones we are saving for a special project but I confess to saving receipe books and the receipes I use are usually cut out from mags etc.