Took inventory, so to speak
#121
Originally Posted by PattyS
I am a FABRICHOLIC!! It makes me happy and a Happy Mom is good to have around!! I figurie it will be my kids problem trying to get rid of my stash. Ha! Ha! Kids, remember those teenage years I told you I would get you back?
#122
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Big Rock
Posts: 220
I feel I should have my DH read this blog. May then he would quit teasing me about my being able to open my own store. Yes I have a lot of fabric. Some given to me by people that know I sew, others purchased. Very seldom do I pay full price. I always check out the sale area of the LQS. They have some great bargains and that is when I purchase. My daughters and daughter in law love to shop my studio. Once my DD #1 needed something she had run out of and was willing to find something close. Well I had the exact fabric she needed. Needless to say she was happy. They all give me a hard time for my collection but guess who they ask when they need something. Love the board.
#123
Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 25
I started quilting because of a block of the month class and figured it was a very affordable way to quilt. I didn't know how to finish it but I started again the next year. I have finished 3 quilts out of ten years and about 30 or so blocks of months. I am very behind and have acquired a fabric stash because I was going to finish those quilts. Some of you really look like you know what you are doing. I have enjoyed reading this thread. I don't feel quite so abnormal.
#124
Wow I wish mine fit into tubs or shelfs. I have several rooms. I think 3. I am a sick woman!!!! I went on a bus shop hop (10) yesterday and bought 10 yards but stayed under $60. To be honest I needed backing for a fancy wedding quilt and I didn't have it on hand. But my friends laugh at me I don't need thread or fabric ever again. When we got together for a jacket project done in flannel fabric I told them they had to help me use up mine or I wouldn't do it. I had so much flannel that we didn't make a dent. HA HA SICK SICK.
#125
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: California
Posts: 3,502
I too have stopped buying fabric for the time being except for yesterday when I found some sets that I have been keeping an eye out for that I needed for a specific project.
I still look at fabric online (and just drool) but I have enough for who knows how many quilts right now. I can't justify buying more until I get some of these completed. Even if I just make a bunch of simple donation quilts, I want these older fabrics and scraps cleared out.
I still look at fabric online (and just drool) but I have enough for who knows how many quilts right now. I can't justify buying more until I get some of these completed. Even if I just make a bunch of simple donation quilts, I want these older fabrics and scraps cleared out.
#126
I worked full time most of my adult life, but loved the colors and the feel of the fabrics, so I bought when I really never used it. Now I am retired and actually producing, problem is the sales. How can you turn your back on a deal? Love the fact that so many of us feel the same way. I threaten my kids, if they don't behave I will bequeath my entire stash to them.
#128
Well, I don't have as much fabric as some of you gals but I have enough for my lifetime and someone else's too, LOL!
Lately I've been shopping for a dressy outfit for my granddaughter's wedding and believe me I'd rather be fabric shopping - I could buy yards and yards of fabric for what they want for the outfits and, best of all, I wouldn't have to worry if it fits me! May in Jersey
Lately I've been shopping for a dressy outfit for my granddaughter's wedding and believe me I'd rather be fabric shopping - I could buy yards and yards of fabric for what they want for the outfits and, best of all, I wouldn't have to worry if it fits me! May in Jersey
#129
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,281
Wow! And I thought I was a fabriholic! My stash is tiny compared to yours, but formidable, nevertheless, and like you, I'm putting myself on a fabric fast until I make heavy inroads into what I already have. One thing I have learned about myself is that I don't like kits for quilts, for a number of reasons. They are limiting, leave no room for improvising, are often of fabrics I don't care for that much, and are often short-cut (and then the fabrics are no longer available when you try to supplement or add to it)... and they don't use my stash! :?
#130
I just gotta say that I love, love, love looking at the photos of your stashes!!
I have been unemployed for over 6 months and able to spend time in my sewing room working on projects I had set aside for years. My stash has been used. I have made bags and baby quilts and wedding quilts, et al. I ran out of my favorite white on white (boohooo) just today!
I am this close to going back to work ... yippeee! In about three months I will have had time to bang down my bills, and the flood gates will open and I will have money to go shopping.
Thanks for sharing your stories ...
I have been unemployed for over 6 months and able to spend time in my sewing room working on projects I had set aside for years. My stash has been used. I have made bags and baby quilts and wedding quilts, et al. I ran out of my favorite white on white (boohooo) just today!
I am this close to going back to work ... yippeee! In about three months I will have had time to bang down my bills, and the flood gates will open and I will have money to go shopping.
Thanks for sharing your stories ...
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