Originally Posted by kwendt
Okay... I went from having a 2 shelf bookcase with quilt books/mags... to having the 2 shelf + another shelf underneath in my hidden storage area. That's about 26" x 3, in space. But then I see other sewing room pics, with 5 shelf bookcases stuffed with books! I love looking through them, and since I only occasionally do quilting... I have yet to make a quilt from even a 10th of the books I already have. But... BUT... BBBBUT - I want to go buy more books! lol....
Those of you who have large stashes of books... do you really make the quilts from them? Do you use them more for color or style inspiration? For fun reading???? Somebody help me justify my addiction!!!! (okay, thanks...!)
I have a 4ft bookcase that is 4 ft wide and has 4 shelves. On the bottom shelf I have 2 plastic bins (2 ft wide) that hold pattern templates in baggies.On the 3rd shelf I have end to end notebooks filled with quilt patterns cut from magazines.On the 2nd shelf and top shelf I have quilt pattern books and quilting pattern books. Some of my patterns are ones that my grandmother gave me,and some are patterns that were found in a old cedar chest and had my great-grandmother's mother's name on them.The quilters in the family divided them up and I was given 6. I think I'm just as addicted to quilting books as I am to fabric. There's my bookshelf stash, hope it helps to justify yours. Though,it could be just us 2 book addicts?