I've been lurking on this thread all year, trying to convince myself that I'm going to issue a fabric moratorium to me.....it hasn't happened, but I have considerably slowed down my shopping speed. What i got out of that article was 1) Excess 2) Shame 3) Being overwhelmed or paralyzed by excess fabric 4) Buyer's remorse 5) Falling out of love with fabric before we have a chance to use it. If your stash causes these things; your stash is too big. If it's 1 yard or 100 yards; it's too big because it's preventing you from enjoying quilting. I kinda went overboard with my purchases over the last 2 or 3 years, and I can feel it a bit. My sewing room is full, and I have slowed down my purchasing, but not stopped completely. I still feel happy and inspired every time I walk in my sewing room so I believe my stash is at a manageable level and her article does not apply to me.
My mother had an excessive, paralyzing stash. I finally agreed to help her "organize" her sewing room, but she did not want to get rid of anything! After an hour, all we accomplished was rearranging things and then I left. She kept asking 1 of us to help her "organize" it. I (being the tough love daughter) told her it didn't need organizing, she needed to get rid of 1/2 of it and if she wasn't getting rid of 1/2 of it, I wasn't walking in her sewing room. She had so much stuff packed in it, you could barely walk in it and I ended up being the one who had to clean out the sewing room when she went to assisted living (along with several other rooms because some of my siblings cleaned out NO rooms)
Bottom line: If your stash makes you happy and inspired, great! If your stash makes you feel shame, remorse, overwhelmed, paralyzed, or in debt- get rid of it! I think this thread encourages us to re-examine our stashes, and inspires us to be more creative with what we have and more mindful of what we need. And that's an attitude we can bring to other aspects of our lives. Happy quilting, lovely ladies (and gents!)