It used to be really hard for me to use up some of those last bits. I felt I had to find the perfect use for them. After collecting many many little bits, I now say "the perfect project is whatever they will work with". I think for a moment about whatever memories I have attached to that fabric and then let it go into the project and out of the stash and into the world (more or less, still a long time from being pieced to quilted). Some pieces of fabric have a lot that go with them, others practically nothing.
I love fabric and textiles of all sorts. I still want more but I'm trying to concentrate on using more than collecting. And sometimes, it really is the last piece. And that's ok...and there they are, contributing to the whole
