Originally Posted by Murphy
I find I feel shameful if I have a plethora of something and others are going without. I am a practical type of person and I need to use it to create something useful for myself or someone else. That is just me (smile).
This is much how I feel (though I'd never describe myself as practical!). When I started quilting, the friend who taught me encouraged me to start stash building and for a while I did. Then I gradually realised that I felt very uncomfortable with buying fabric without a purpose in mind and just stashing it, so I stopped, and now buy as I go along. Cost was also an issue - I just couldn't afford to have money tied up in fabric that wasn't being used. However- I have to admit that the small stash I'd already accumulated does come in very useful sometimes and saves me having to put a project aside until I can get to a shop or have fabric posted to me..