The fabric moratorium is a growing and changing (often challenging!) thing for each of us, Cattitude. Collecting fabric is not a bad thing, but then it should be cherished and curated and treated as a collection and not in forgotten heaps and piles
I have friends with entire basements or storage units of fabric, some are like shops and some are like hoarders, and I was getting somewhere closer to the hoarders.
I still love textiles. I still covet textiles. I still see things all the time that tempt me, so one thing I do is not tempt myself too much. I don't shop as a hobby and I don't want regular emails enticing me to buy things, I do get one a week from equilter, some times I look and other times i don't.
It really took the diagnosis of my eye condition and that no, I really wasn't going to be able to use up all this fabric while I still had eyesight remaining that made me get serious about reducing my stash and therefore, using my stash. To many, I still have a huge stash because to them I do, to others not so much. I'm aware though that it is maybe 1/4th of what it used to be...
I had to ban myself from physical fabric shops maybe 10 years ago or so... and try to only go in when I need something. It's sort of like fabric lock down! But I still buy fabrics from the thrift store, thrift store shopping is one of my hobbies and I'm sadly missing it, even Goodwill is "closed for the duration" in Seattle. I have several things I look for, fabric is only one of them. The thrill of the hunt and how cheap the deal are part of the attraction, it's just not the same thing for me shelling out hundreds of dollars as it is with "all that for less than $20!".
This is my 2nd year in the Moratorium, it helps me be mindful of my purchases by owning up to what I get and do I want to use it or do I just want to acquire it. Hubby has a hard time with the "but it's such a good deal" sort of thing, we don't drink soda but one of the markets had the 2 litres of name brands for 0.33 each, and he was so tempted just to buy $20 worth and take them to work to give to people because it was such a good deal. But he's learning too -- sometimes it's a better deal for someone else than it is for us.