Emma..Love your new machine. Bet it will make you very happy. Martina, going to Highland Games sounds really fun in itself let alone looking at fabric. Glad you resisted though. I dumped a whole big apple box size of fabric out today and sorted. One pile was for the stuffing pile, one was to give away and one pile was to iron and cut up into useable pieces. Then the balance will go to either one of the two aforementioned piles. Then I took the stuffing pile, which consisted of scraps and pieces too tiny to use for anything and a piece of fabric that someone had given me that used to be a couch throw and made a small pillow, then stuffed it lightly with the trash clippings. I will donate it to an animal shelter, either here or in next town after I get a few more made. They can use them and then toss if they don't want to wash but at least they will have a bit longer life cycle and then it will be someone else's decision whether to recycle or trash. But mainly it is getting used up and will be out of my sewing room and storage closet. My vow at first of year was to begin using up what I have before I buy more so still trying to keep to my intentions. But going through bins and boxes really gives me encouragement to stick to the moratorium!