i am a quilter and i am one who don't understand either. i made clothes for most of my sewing life so i had a stash of fabrics to rival some of the quilter's stashes i see here but i had my own boutique clothing line and i made custom clothing so i needed all of those fabrics. right!!
now that i am a quilter, my stash includes different fabrics(than sewing days) but i would be totally lost in some of the quilt stashes i see on this board. i go to estate sales often of quilter's who have 'passed on' and see stashes they would have never been able to sew their way through.
i wonder is it just a desire to collect when one has more fabric than they could ever hope to sew up. it is a comfort to be surrounded by 1000's of yards of fabrics and double digit numbers of sewing machines. i know that i love fabrics (and buttons) and if i didn't monitor myself, i too would have 1000's of yards of fabric that i would never make it through. i try to buy what i need by projects or future projects yet to be designed and try to preserve some walking space in my home (which is very little right now
).
perhaps our obsession (eek that word
) is
just to own and surround ourselves with things we find pretty and obtainable rather than things we plan to use. who knows for sure.
