question,,,,,????

Reply Subscribe

Page 6 of 10

« First

Last »

Thread Tools

05-31-2010, 08:56 AM

#51

tryitall

Senior Member

Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Southern Oklahoma

Posts: 687

Don't worry, You"ll get into it eventually!

05-31-2010, 09:24 AM

#52

Clara101

Member

Join Date: May 2010

Location: Michigan

Posts: 58

I buy fabric both ways, for a special project to do right now or for a theme to use in the future, buying as I see something that catches my eye. She/he who dies with the most fabric wins!!!! :)

05-31-2010, 09:57 AM

#53

amorerm

Senior Member

Join Date: May 2010

Location: Des Moines IA

Posts: 525

Oh! How it will change!!!

We NEVER throuw any scraps away and they "just seem to grow on you". :D

05-31-2010, 10:04 AM

#54

Pat R

Member

Join Date: May 2010

Location: Dallas

Posts: 64

I only buy as I go also. I think it's because I'm afraid I will go overboard!

05-31-2010, 10:08 AM

#55

judithb

Senior Member

Join Date: Feb 2008

Location: Dallas, TX

Posts: 368

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaigai

Hmm, you know, it just may be a syndrome: FODS.. Fabric Obsessive Disease. Be glad you don't have it (yet) :mrgreen:

I usually only buy fabric that I have a pattern for or a kit, or fat quarters on sale, or a sale on batiks, or..... Haha. You will get there. the more quilts you make, the more special material you will purchase "for later". Don't even get me started on patterns!! :roll:

05-31-2010, 10:33 AM

#56

horsefeather41

Member

Join Date: Apr 2010

Posts: 55

I here ya'll, i have a bug for fabric, patterens, tool for sewing
you name it and if i don't have it i will down the road and then wonder after i've used it how i ever got along without it

05-31-2010, 10:38 AM

#57

judithb

Senior Member

Join Date: Feb 2008

Location: Dallas, TX

Posts: 368

Quote:

Originally Posted by horsefeather41

I here ya'll, i have a bug for fabric, patterens, tool for sewing
you name it and if i don't have it i will down the road and then wonder after i've used it how i ever got along without it

Do you have "Purple thang"? That is one tool I just got on a whim at a quilt show. I have been using it for about 4 years. It stays on the machine along with my scissors and seam unsewer!

05-31-2010, 11:42 AM

#58

horsefeather41

Member

Join Date: Apr 2010

Posts: 55

what is that purple thang? I just know i'll be sorry or not

05-31-2010, 11:49 AM

#59

judithb

Senior Member

Join Date: Feb 2008

Location: Dallas, TX

Posts: 368

Quote:

Originally Posted by horsefeather41

what is that purple thang? I just know i'll be sorry or not

http://quiltescape.blogspot.com/2009...ple-thang.html

That Purple Thang Tool
What is a Purple Thang? It pushes, pokes, pulls, fudges, turns, stuffs. It makes its own uses! Great for turning appliques, tubes and more. ...
www.everythingquilts.com/.../That-Purple-Thang-Tool.HTML -

05-31-2010, 01:11 PM

#60

Phyl

Senior Member

Join Date: Dec 2006

Location: New York

Posts: 332

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsdralshhadeh

ok,, this may sound like I am an alien that dropped here,, HOW EVER,,, I only have fabric that I know I have a quilt for it... Is this normal? I see all the wonderful pictures of your sewing spaces and see tons of fabric,, I love them,, but I have never had bulk of any one kind. I am fairly new to quilting, so will this change as I get more confident in quilting? May sound like a question from far left field ,, just wondering?lol... :-D

Some time ago, someone used the acronym SABLE. It means .................................................. .................................................. .................................ready???????????? ??........................ Stash Above and Beyond Life Expectation!!!

I thank whomever that was, all of the time!!! I have more stash than JoAnn's I think.....not really...but I am getting there. Friends of mine come to my sewing room to "go shopping" when they can't find something!!!! I love fabric and get as much joy out of imagining I will use it as I do quilting with it. I teach beginnning quilting and when the ladies ask "How much should I buy?", my answer is "If you have about 22 yards of each fabric, it should cover it!"

:lol: :roll: :mrgreen: