saving favorite fabric
10-04-2010, 11:20 AM
#122
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Originally Posted by jprusky
Heck, that's the major problem I have. If I'd only "unlove" the fabric, I might get some quilting done.
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10-04-2010, 06:29 PM
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I have some flour sack fabric that i've never used. When I had to store some of my fabric recently I was going through these pieces & the thought occurred to me that it would probably rot & I wouldn't be able to enjoy it anymore, so it's now in my to-be-used stash. I haven't quite decided how to use it, but something will come up one of these days soon.
10-05-2010, 08:51 AM
#125
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Originally Posted by Margie
I sure do...a lot of them. I just cant seem to cut into them. However, who says you have to? Do stamp collectors use their stamps to pay bills?
10-05-2010, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by mayday
Originally Posted by Margie
I sure do...a lot of them. I just cant seem to cut into them. However, who says you have to? Do stamp collectors use their stamps to pay bills?
He let you live to tell the tale??? I understand his point of view. I used to be a stamp collector too.
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10-07-2010, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by patdesign
Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by jodimarie
I too am a fabric horder....there I admited it!! but one day my daughter came up to me and asked me when I was going to use one of my many favorites. Well, imangine my surprise when she told me....you know when you are gone, I'm having a garage sale and it is all going for a quarter!! That made me stop and think....why am I saving this fabric when I too could be enjoying snuggling up under a beautiful quilt.
I read the posts about people going to yard sales and finding the ''mother load'' of goodies and I don't want my favorites to end up someplace ''icky''....vbg!! but lining my casket is an idea!!
I read the posts about people going to yard sales and finding the ''mother load'' of goodies and I don't want my favorites to end up someplace ''icky''....vbg!! but lining my casket is an idea!!
I WILL have to muster some courage and use it. I can't let it live a wasted life, locked away...somehow, I must find a way...
I have three daughters that like quarters more than quilts!!! :shock:
10-07-2010, 05:31 PM
#129
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Originally Posted by patdesign
Originally Posted by applique
Can you imagine the comments when the undertakers association starts comparing notes and there are suddenly a zillion requests for favorite quilt fabric liners for coffins????
That would be a very fitting send off...sure to be cozy ;)
10-07-2010, 05:33 PM
#130
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Originally Posted by madamekelly
I had a piece of silver and aqua silk brocade that I carried around various moves over ten years, because I could not cut into it. I would just pet it and try to dream up a way to use it that was 'worthy' of such a gem. When I left Texas, to return to Oregon, A lovely Japanese friend was helping me pack, and she found it. She held it and cried in the middle of my floor. It was very old you see, and it reminded her of 'home'. She is happily wearing it as a dress for special occasions. I never knew I was saving it for that moment. I regret nothing. Sometimes, ya just gotta say "What the heck, here!" ( I would probably still be carrying it around anyway, I'm just too timid to risk ruining that much silk. I'm glad she wasn't)
What a wonderful story! :-D
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