To Irish Jan--there is a little pirate in all of us I think. We love our treasure chests of silks and cottons; wools and denims; and oh, those lovely patterns we pay so much to possess. YARRRGGHHH (As many times that I've whipped fabric out of stacks and felt the sting of a selvage hitting my eye--I should be wearing an eye patch!) We have our favorite shops X'd on our brains (X does mark the spot) and we can jump ship when we see the glint of their windows. But time, time is what we lack. So how does a good fabric-pirate handle such a problem?? We STEAL it, my dear!! If we've found the time to find the fabric, we can pillage the time to play with it! Long Live the Stash!! Arrggh