I love fabric. I purchased a great deal when the fabric shop closed down last year and as the pricing dropped my stack went up. I will also buy specific fabric on line that I like. When I get it and see how much more beautiful it was, I know right then that it will disappear fast, so I blow my fabric buget and order a second lot. I do try to use my fabrics from my stash before I even consider buying for a project. I know the colors on some project sheets can catch your eye and make you want to make the pattern, but I look at the pattern and then pull fabrics from my collection first and then see if I need to find anything that I would really need or want to fill in. Then I will go out to the fabric shop that's about 35 to 40 minutes from me and see what I can find. I will also go through and rearange my fabrics to make sure I haven't buried several pieces and I try to make sure they are in some type of a color path. Since I may not be able to quilt up a storm for a particular charity, I will make it a point to donate fabric to the guild that is doing all the work and I feel as I am at least trying to help. But for the most part, I love good fabric and I really like to work with it. It's great when my seams match up most some of the time, but perfection cannot take the place of the joy in making it.
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