You know, I took a break from quilting for about 8 years while I worked and the kids grew up..When I started back up again, I thought about all that fabric left from before but there were so many pretty ones on the LQS shelves that I could bother going through my tubs and hoping I had just the right match. Then one day I decided to make a raffle quilt and wanted to go cheap, so I said to myself "use your stash!" figuring there HAD to be something decent there..And I was surprised to find enough fabric to make a gorgeous quilt that I don't want to give away!!! And I have planned several more from my stash....but in the meantime I have started several projects with all new stuff.
I say hobbies are all about what you can afford and have space for. They are only an obsession if you are putting off paying bills because you have bought so much fabric, or you become a hoarder like on the tv shows and you can't live in your house anymore:)
And just because we have to eat off paper plates in the living room sometimes because I am sewing and there is no room for people amongst the stash in the dining room, well, it doesn't mean I am obsessed!