I had to de-stash a bit last year when my son re-vamped my walk in closet to with new shelving to accommodate my fabrics, etc. I invited several friends over to "exchange" fabrics so they could de-stash their stuff. But in reality everything I took out of my stash was not going back in there and had to find new homes. They were so elated with all the goodies they got and I was happy to have it gone so I could have room for some new fabrics. It's been quite a while and they want to get together again so they can downsize some of their stuff. So--- I'm de-stashing once again. I've already made a few great trades -- I purchased a kit on close-out at Connecting Threads. Loved it at the time but decided I didn't like it well enough to keep it. I exchanged it for a gift certificate for machine quilting. And the friend who made the trade doesn't do machine quilting. She has a house cleaning business and one of her clients is a fellow quilter friend who pays her in machine quilting. So everybody wins. De-stashing allows me to recycle fabrics I'm tired of or have decided my taste has changed. If I get some new fabrics from my friend's stash and they get mine, it is all good.