Hide it. My brother in law would come over and eat all the goodies I have for the kids lunch. like you we were not rich but got along. So I had to hide the food. By the way we moved to florida a few years ago and believe me you will need the fabric here. Joanns sucks and the quilt stores are far and few at least were I live. where are you moving to? We live in Englewood which is close to punta gorda. But just hide the fabric slowly so she will think you used it. Good luck