Originally Posted by QBeth
Sorry, don't mean to be so defensive. Let's just say someone is trying to shop my stash and I feel a bit unsettled. Not to worry.
QBeth,
If someone on this board is looking at our stashes and thinks that we are posting as an "advertisement" of sorts for them to request fabric directly from you, you have the right to be a bit defensive.
When I begin my collection, I worked two jobs, one as a high school teacher (with large college loans to pay off) and then in the evening and weekends working at a department store selling fine jewelry for about 30 hours a week for four LONG years. I was trying to pay off a car, pay my parents back for the loan to get a place to live, and start a 403B. The extra money I had often went to my wardrobe because I didn't have "teacher" clothes. When I did spend money on fabric, I really had to watch for sales and wait until I knew I had the money to cover all my bills. Clothword (now is JoAnns) was down the street from my parents and I would just go browse so I would know what to save up for. I sewed on a hand-me down sewing machine my mom gave me that was older than I was. (I still have it and it still works!)
I rarely pay full price for my fabrics and I am a great fan of e-Bay. I did have a friend give me a bunch of fabric when she moved to Hawaii, but I have sense given away or used much of what she blessed me with. That being said, I cannot imagine someone seeing all the ammunition my husband has (he is a sharpshooter) and assuming that he should share, or someone looking at his coin collection and wanting his duplicates.
BTW - Stating a "generic" request that you would like some fabric is NOT the same in my book as PMing someone asking for it directly.