littlehud

So true. No matter how much I have I always find something else I love and have to have. Isn't it great.

earthwalker

Enuff???? See, I can't even spell it!

bearisgray

That was my thinking, too. Glad I did, because now we are cash poor. Maybe if I would have bought savings bonds instead???

adrianlee

What? I don't think I'll ever reach that moment when I will have enough fabric. I have bins and most of the time they are color coded,...most of the time. I have a quilting buddy and she would just love to get into my sewing room and "shop". Once in a while she will show me a scrap of fabric that she needs extra of and a few times I've been able to match what she needs. Yes, I love to shop at home too.

dizzy

I HAVE TWO AN A HALF WALLS FULL AN SOME MORE IN TOTES.AN STILL BY SOME WHEN SOMETHING REALLY STRIKES ME I'LL EVEN BUY MORE :oops:

kd124

My sis and I have a HUGH stash--mostly donated for charity quilts. She can't understand why I buy more for charity quilts. The latest of these was the bright stripe (of sorts) stuff that cried out my name. Then I HAD to get the fabric to go with it. LOL She had to admit though that she liked the result. We actually donated some to a summer program for kids this year.

jojo47

I'm not gonna retire...I'll just die tired....AFTER I get all my projects done! :lol:

jojo47

Deb, my sister showed me how to make some really neat pillowcases when I visited her...That would use up some of the fabric you don't like.

If you have a copy, or can get one, of the book Four Patch Frolic' by Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson, on pages 50 through 53 you will find the directions for the pillowcases as my sister taught me. The only difference is that the band is not patchwork, but 1/3 yard of fabric and in the pattern my sis used, the main body of the pillowcase called for 3/4 yd of fabric instead of the full yard the one in the book calls for. The narrow band (we called it the zinger because it was a bright coordinating contrast) was 2 1/2 inch wide strip folded in half. The sewing instructions were the same as shown in the book, and fit a standard-size bed pillow. These pillowcases went together in an hour or less for me once I got started, and I have plans to make more for Christmas gifts.

I understand when you absolutely can't keep everything...I had to move some fabrics that were given to me my my DH's aunt...I knew I'd never use them, but they went to the quilters at my church. I'm hoping I can get there to help put some of those quilts together when the ladies start again this fall/winter.

Hope the suggestion for the pillow cases helps, at least a little.

Jojo

wvdek

:lol: :lol: :lol: Several posts back, I said my DD couldn't understand why I buy more to add to my stash. What I didn't tell you, is, she has almost as much fabric as I do and she has been getting more at yard sales, flee market, thrift store and LQS. She is very picky and only gets what she really likes. The kicker is, she has pieced only one quilt, has a queen sized bed, and the pieced quilt is bigger than my king size bed!!!!!! Guess where I went 'shopping' today to get Christmas fabric for the 'Dear Jane' blocks??? Found five fabrics I really like and there is plenty of it. lmao I think we are sick. Straight jackets please.

tuesy

You know when you have enough fabric when ....

you need to buy fabric for a project ...go out and buy said fabric and when getting home and looking for something completely different, you stumble upon that same exact fabric you just bought.