Why we have stash.
07-02-2011, 08:30 AM
#51
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Originally Posted by Marilyn1
Are any of you like me that buy fabric because it is so pretty and you just have to have it? Then it gets added to your stash and it sits there because it is just to pretty to cut. So we go out and get another pretty peice and start all over again. Now we could have one of those TV shows called "Stashers". :lol:
07-02-2011, 10:11 AM
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Cut it, use it, love it and when you see the quilt later you will remember where you bought it. We had a speaker who said If you pick the fabric up and feel it, you have used it.
I have been sewing up my stash for the past four years and made queen sized quilts that are a joy and being used. Sometimes I have to by backings because I'm tired of piecing them.
I have been sewing up my stash for the past four years and made queen sized quilts that are a joy and being used. Sometimes I have to by backings because I'm tired of piecing them.
07-02-2011, 11:45 AM
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Do it all the time! I have some fabric that I fell in love with and bought every yard of it I could find. I fussy cut one piece and made a quilted greeting card for a lady that my husband worked for when he was a teen. She passed away four days after her birthday and I am so happy that she got to see her birthday card made from my super beautiful fabric. I like what tealady suggested, a whole cloth quilt could be the answer. Until then I just look at it each time I go into my sewing room and it makes me happy. We are all slightly bonkers aren't we?
07-02-2011, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Marilyn1
Are any of you like me that buy fabric because it is so pretty and you just have to have it? Then it gets added to your stash and it sits there because it is just to pretty to cut. So we go out and get another pretty peice and start all over again. Now we could have one of those TV shows called "Stashers". :lol:
07-02-2011, 10:21 PM
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Guilty! I take it out unfold it and just can't bring myself to cut it. I will tell you though with the price of fabric on the rise like it is I will be cutting it. I think alot of stashes will be downsized this coming year.
07-03-2011, 01:10 AM
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I decided a while ago that it's a sorry waste to let fabrics, no matter how beautiful to just sit in a dark closet. If I really love it, I by enough yardage for the background, and a bit extra for little scraps. As soon as I have a pattern, I pull it out. I find I enjoy those favorite fabrics much more when I see them in a quilt!
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