Originally Posted by scowlkat
I have been working on cleaning up and reorganizing my sewing room (mainly due to catastrophic failure of my shelves!) for the past week or two. Yesterday, I was folding fabric and all of a sudden the amount of fabric, thread and other miscellaneous items I have overwhelmed me and I just had to sit while I dealt with feelings of shame for overindulging, gratitude that I have so much, and dread at the amount of work I still have to do before I can even contemplate sewing again! I had to leave the room and can't bring myself to go in there today!
So knowing there are others with the same situation and that I'm not the only person with this addiction really helps! Tomorrow I have errands to run in the early part of the day but am going to make myself go back in there and keep at it!
Fabricaholics = we must continue to encourage each other!
My DD has decided to have a garage sale before she goes back to college. We've been doing a few auctions this summer and she thinks we have extra items to sell. You know how auctions are....you want one thing but have(get) to buy the whole box/stack. So we started going through the rooms to look for items to put in the sale. Tonight we were in the outdoor shed.
We've moved rooms, painted, carpeted etc over the years we've lived here. Everytime, I'll put things in bins and put them in the shed until I get a chance to bring them back in (! right!). Well in addition to the 12 bolts, 3 large bins, 2 med bins, and two boxes from the last auction (all quilting/fabric), there are 5-7 other bins full of fabric/quilting items! And we haven't even looked in the sewing room!!!!!!!
I have to honestly say I did not realize there was so much. I had thought about selling items on here and did list some last week. But it's kind of a hassle to go to the Post office and get the mailing price, come home, let the buyer know the shipping and then return to mail it after they decide they want it.
So I'll be going through the bins one or two each night to price the items for a garage sale. I am definitely advertising sewing/quilting fabric and items.
But one thing. . . . . .where did it all come from? Is it like rabbits and multiplys on it's own????? Surely I did not buy all of that stuff! I really do have good intentions!
My name is Judy and I'm a fabri-holic!