Stash or Buy as Needed?
06-17-2017, 04:05 AM
#41
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Boothbay Maine
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I have a moderate stash and generally buy as needed, especially since it seems they release new and beautiful fabric collections frequently. Since I am a gemini, what I purchased last year may not be what I like this year. LOL
06-17-2017, 04:46 AM
#43
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Location: Manassas, VA
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Well, my head, which is the part of me that pays the bills, balances the checkbook, and cleans and organizes the house, says it's better to buy as needed.
But my heart, which is the part of me that loves to dream, create, and experiment, says it's best to have a HUUUUUGE stash.
But my heart, which is the part of me that loves to dream, create, and experiment, says it's best to have a HUUUUUGE stash.
06-17-2017, 05:01 AM
#45
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Thornton, Colorado
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Over the years, I have added to my stash by purchasing them at LQS, estate sales, garage sales, going out of business store sales and so on at good prices. I have been careful to buy good quality fabrics. A few years ago I started buying neutral fabrics such as blacks, grays, beiges and white on white. Now there is a nice balance between colors and neutrals in my stash. I make it a point to check my stash and to use what I have before getting new fabrics. Now that I am retired, I am grateful for my stash. There is no way I could afford the higher prices! Moral: it is not a bad idea to buy fabrics before retiring,
06-17-2017, 05:22 AM
#47
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Northern Virginia
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Thank goodness I have a very large stash. Most purchased before the prices skyrocketed out of sight. That being said, I still manage to buy fabric if I like it. I think that I am a Fabriholic and need help.
06-17-2017, 05:47 AM
#48
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: St. Louis suburbs
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I have too much fabric. Way too much ! Last year I ended up going through each of my bins of fabric and sent huge boxes to an Indian Reservation in South Dakota. I kept the fabric I really loved and I still have too much. Right now I think I have way too many jelly rows, fat quarters and charm squares all due to sales I've found that are just too good. Now I have decided to stop buying any fabric at all except for white and snow and black. So in answer to your question: I think its best to just buy for what you need, stash fabric should be the basic solids you find you need.
06-17-2017, 06:19 AM
#49
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Texas Hill Country
Posts: 948
I started out thinking I needed a stash, but now I just buy what I need for a project. I always check my stash first and then add to it. I am trying to get my stash down so I'll have more room in my sewing room.
06-17-2017, 06:22 AM
#50
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Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 1,658
I have a pretty good sized stash and love most of it. I try to only buy what I cannot find in the stacks, but ya know? Stash gets HUNGRY and needs to be fed! HA! I just went to a Bonnie Hunter lecture so I am back on cutting for her Scrap Users System as I go along. I hope that helps tame the scrap beast a bit. I would like to be a bit more organized so I can put my hand on what I am looking for. I so hate to spin my wheels. Working on paring down the UFO pile too. If I got excited about it before, I can do it again! My on going long arm tension issues seem to have been resolved with a new bobbin winder. ( I really despised the old one, but didn't know it was the root of my tension problems!). I quilted a whole quilt in 2 days last week. Heaven!
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