Forgotten stash found!
 

In searching for a bag I wanted to put Christmas gifts in, I found a bag that had 3 different Christmas fabrics I had forgotten about! It was almost like getting new stuff!

Have you ever rediscovered fabric you forgot you had stashed?

Oh yeah, both fabric and books.

here to..just found a couple of boxes of fabric I ordered thru the summer and life got busy and forgot

I have been straigthening closets that I haven't been in for a while and I too, have found fabric I had forgotten about.
It is a great feeling, like getting an extra little present!

Oh what fun! Love those kind of surprises.

Oh yes, have found those 'hidden' fabrics :)
and then there has been the reverse ~ Where in the 'HECK' is the sack with.... :(

All the time.

Sometimes I even have to think hard about WHEN & WHERE I bought
it from.

Yes, I have...I had been going through some bins I had of unfinished projects. I got to the bottom bin, and instead of it being full of projects, I found that it was full of fat quarter bundles I had forgotten about.....very fun find!

oh yes ... isn't it wonderful! :p

Oh my I sure have! Sometimes I even find it put away in my organized stash and think HUH? I don't remember this at all! The funny find is the Pair of the same patterns I have bought. I must have really wanted that pattern.

Oh ya, but a nice surprise

Good for you! It's like another Christmas present! :-)

That is usually what happens to me!

Found fabric is better than finding money in the couch cushions.

I hope that I, too, will find lost items as well as things I've forgotten about when I get to straightening the sewing room -- but not until after the holidays. This whole week will be for resting, regrouping, and enjoying family and friends. I look forward to all the little presents I hope to find buried within. I hope all are enjoying this time of peace and joy.

All the time.

Once or twice I've found "lost items". There has been a piece or two of fabric that I wonder where it came from :)

Happens to me and its fun to go thru my new treasures.

Merry Christmas :-)

When I cleaned out the linen closet recently - in order to purge extra items - I discovered some quilt blocks my paternal grandmother had made. Boy, I had put them near the quilt she had made and forgotten about the "good and safe" place. I thought that I had turned the entire household inside-out hunting for those blocks!!!! Then, there is the story about a laundry basket of misc. fabric I had stashed in another closet.....

Congrats on your discovery! I have been sewing today and enjoying my stash. This has been very relaxing. :-)

I found some misplaced Christmas fabrics about 3 weeks ago. Yipee!

Gotta say that the reverse outweighs my finds

With prices as high as they have been lately for LQS fabrics, it is nice to find fabrics you forgot you had! It's happened to me a number of times, too.

Not long ago I looked in a shopping tote bag I had hanging in my sewing room closet expecting to find one thing in it when I discovered a group of fabrics perfect for a beautiful spring wall hanging I had forgotten I had bought. So happy will be starting it soon!

I don't have such luck. No goodies to be found in this home.

Yup! Been there, done that. Pre-Christmas, I found a box full of runner kits I had totally forgotten that I owned.

I have misplaced some Christgmas fabric that I bought a couple of months ago. I would much rather find fabric than lose it!

Oh, yes! I know what is in the sewing room because I cleaned it recently but I do have some stuff in storage that will be a great surprise when I get to it.

Who me??? Never. LOL. Even after purging my stash before we had to move to a 2 bedroom apt. I've found some fabric I knew I bought, but hadn't seen in forever. I'm slowly trying to get all my "ducks in a row" so to speak so I can find what I want when I go look for it. Yes, I know, in a perfect world, but I can try. It is fun when you discover fabric you had forgotten about though.

I'm getting ready to go through my bins to make 2 1/2inch strips for a scrappy. I can't wait to see what all is in there.

Maybe 2013 will be the year I finally get all my stash organized. I've started cutting left overs into 2 1/2, 2 and 1 1/2 inch strips/squares. I want to keep all larger pieces separated by approximate size as well.

Unfortunately I'll never get really organized. I simply do not have the space. Drat!

I have found 'surprises' many times and most of the time I can't remember the purpose I had in mind when I made the purchase.

When I moved into my sewing room I was surprised several times. Once I get it super organised (Lol) I should know where everything is.

All the time...sometimes more than once!:D

Oh, I find stuff and it's either "Eureka!" or "What was I thinking when I bought that?"

I do it too. I've found fabric I'd forgotten about buying. And books. And patterns. What really gets me is when I find a duplicate book or pattern. :)

Forgotten stash found
 

I, too, have experiences like this...asking myself where and when but most importantly of all the questions was why? Or I finds a stash obviously bought for a particular pattern but no pattern to be found. Then I have to ask the question, what do I do next? Separate it into the major stash or leave it together and hope someday I will remember the "why" and find the pattern.

Yes, and it's always like getting a present!! Have fun!

I am in the process of moving and I have found all sorts of things, especially some UFOs that I had completely forgotten about.

Yes! Yes! & Yes! Been there done that many times. Then I think, I need to stop buying fabric till I know what I already have hidden. Then I think again, NOPE, can't stop. I just don't have the will not to buy.