Quilt studio clean out - I may never buy fabric again
03-11-2013, 07:49 AM
#32
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And I can make quilts until I die without running out...my 13 year grandson came over to help me clean out my quilt studio (his idea). I have at least 30 UFOs...and enough scraps to keep me sewing for years. To tell the truth, I'm a little embarrassed...I just haven't really cleaned out for a long time....and I now feel like a hoarder! I told Jackson that I was going to start making up and giving quilt kits and fabric to the 2 quilting organizations I belong to. Do you ever feel this way when you're stunned by your excess?
03-11-2013, 08:33 AM
#33
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Western Arizona
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I swore I was going to work strictly out of my stash. Famous last words. I went into Hobby Lobby just to look around & "feel" the fabric. (That sounds sick to me even as I write it. LOL. ). I spotted an absolutely pc. I just could not walk out without so of course I had to look for a cpl. of coordinating fabrics to go with it. So much for good intentions.
I need to find somebody who really cannot afford much to donate some of it to that I know I'll never use.
I need to find somebody who really cannot afford much to donate some of it to that I know I'll never use.
And I can make quilts until I die without running out...my 13 year grandson came over to help me clean out my quilt studio (his idea). I have at least 30 UFOs...and enough scraps to keep me sewing for years. To tell the truth, I'm a little embarrassed...I just haven't really cleaned out for a long time....and I now feel like a hoarder! I told Jackson that I was going to start making up and giving quilt kits and fabric to the 2 quilting organizations I belong to. Do you ever feel this way when you're stunned by your excess?
03-11-2013, 08:41 AM
#34
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Genoa IL
Posts: 428
The last few years I have been buying quilt kits when I find a sale. They are easier to store and everything I need in one package. I may make the pattern of the kit or use a different one. I have a standing cabinet full of quilt kits and slowly using up my stash. I cut a lot of my yardage into scraps pieces to make Bonnie Hunter scrap quilts but I cut the sizes 1/2 size bigger then she does. I keep a good supply of backing, at least 7 yards of each backing fabric. I have my stash down to I can find what I want and still have plenty and of course room to store more.
03-11-2013, 08:54 AM
#35
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
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When I start to feel that way, I make pillow cases. that uses up fabric quickly, and goes to a local private charity that serves foster children. It's a win-win. I also put together 8 - 10 fairly simple charity quilts each year from my stash. That creates a state of mental equilibrium for me. DH has instructions about how to distribute the fabric should I pass to my reward before I use it all up - even though it is extremely unlikely I could ever use it all up in 5 lifetimes!
03-11-2013, 09:08 AM
#36
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: NW Minnesota
Posts: 75
I am in the process of organizing my sewing space, which I share with a refrigerator, the furnace, a water lift station, and storage of our luggage, etc. Started and now I am painting the walls....didn't plan to do that, just started, throwing out a lot of excess 'garbage' and making some headway will include pictures when done, too embarrassing to do it now!
03-11-2013, 09:33 AM
#37
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Indiana
Posts: 449
I've been off work since the first of the year because of rotator cuff surgery; can't afford to buy fabric so I'm using my stash to make a quilt. I'm glad I am because I had forgotten some of the beautiful fabric I have.
03-11-2013, 09:33 AM
#38
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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I had to give away a lot of my stash when we downsized to a 2 bedroom apt. from a 3 bedroom home where my sewing room was 1/4 of the basement. It's nice to start a project and have the fabric to make it, plus I've been making clothes for my DGD who loves dresses, hope to make her a Princess dress for her 3rd birthday in May, as she loves playing Princess.
03-11-2013, 09:36 AM
#39
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Southeast Georgia
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I don't feel guilty. I know I'll never use all of this fabric, but my DD has orders to give any that's left to my guild when I pass on. I love to spend time in my sewing room and love the orderly look of fabric stacked on shelves by color. I say we should carry on and enjoy it!!!
03-11-2013, 09:40 AM
#40
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: New Hampshire
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I don't have a sewing room, but my fabrics and kits are all in clear plastic tubs some in a closet and some stored in a room. Last week I took out all my tubs and looked through them. I am going to sort between kits, fabrics that are going together for a project with the pattern I put with them, fabrics that go together that have no pattern with them and fabrics that I just bought. I don't have as much fabric as some of my quilting buddies, but I have enough to keep me busy. Now I want to rearrange everything, make better use of my storage bins (some of the smaller bins are almost empty). I have my UFOs put together in one place so I can tackle those. I thought this would be a chore, but actually I am having fun, finding fabrics I bought quite awhile ago, like finding lost friends. And so far, I have not come across any that I regret buying.
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