Originally Posted by
KSellers
Stitch124 -- I only have one suggestion...Quit buying fabric now and start to set aside the money you would spend so that you have it when you retire. I bought a lot of fabric when I 1st started quilting, and as I have progressed I have wanted to try new things. You will find the fabric you have bought might not be what you want when you finally retire. But I would be aggressive about saving that money only for quilting. I know from experience that when you see something on sale or cute it's hard to pass it by, but you could be a lot happier in the long run. I hope you have a great time in retirement.
Yes, yes, yes....KSellers has it exactally right. When I first started quilting (still working but had no fabric build-up), I would buy something I liked when I saw it on sale. I had no plan for it....just knew I liked it. So after about 15 years I "forced" myself to use it in a "mystery quilt" I was making. Put the remaining fabric on the back just so I would never have to dig around it to find fabric I wanted to use again. Mystery quilt turned out fine, but made me happiest to have the green daisy fabric "gone"!!!