Building My Stash Bigger Than Ever... Why?
03-11-2011, 10:15 AM
#21
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I am picking up basic material i need for backing and such while they are on sale. You are right about prices not coming back down after they have been raised. Grocery stores are a good example. Raise the prices of groceries when gas was $4. a gallon because the cost of fuel. Now they are raising it again because the price of gas has gone up again. Go figure.
03-11-2011, 10:41 AM
#22
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If I didn't have 20 projects already waiting to be started, plus 5 more that need to be finished by June 1,.....well, I might be buying more fabric for stash, but right now only buying what I have to to fill in with stuff from my stash!!!
03-11-2011, 10:46 AM
#23
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Location: North Texas
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Stash building???? Remember SAK658 is helping Dovie sell her home store fabrics and most are 50% and lots are 2.00 a yard. I have ordered and they are QLS quality and better. Oh gee, did I just enable some people. ROFL. I am not buying fabric for a while. Well, only from the board members. Can't resist.
03-11-2011, 10:52 AM
#24
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Location: Carolinas
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I'm thinking there will always be discount stores and clearance sales to buy fabric at so I'm not rushing out to buy more. Besides, I want to clean up after myself before I die because I really don't want someone else to have to do it for me. I've seen how that works with others and it wasn't pretty. I'm still cleaning out a 4 bedroom house (with a well stocked sewing and crafts room) that I moved out of in 1993 and I'm wanting to seriously reduce possessions including fabric and crafts stuff. Hopefully, I'll get to be a regular here soon so my quilting board friends can have a chance to purchase some of it. Now don't think for even a moment that I won't still find ways to indulge my quilting addiction or that I won't still have a well-stocking sewing room!
03-11-2011, 11:27 AM
#26
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Originally Posted by grugirl
I read many posts here that are griping, complaining, arguing, or shaking their virtual heads in disbelief over the price of fabrics. This is exactly why I am building my stash bigger than ever right now. I figure that if I have more than enough fabric than I could possibly need in a lifetime to quilt all the quilts I want to quilt then when fabric becomes $20/yard someday, I will know I paid far less and always had choices from fabrics that initially attracted me.
I would also like to suggest at this time to really feel out all your quilt store options even many miles from home that you normally would not trek to. I recently spent the last 6 months exploring every quilt shop in a 70 mile radius and have gotten to every one but one of them. I have really spent a lot of time comparing their prices. One gal with a fantastic selection of many older designs has far better prices. I usually never pay over 8.50/ yard for new designs but have begun stocking up on lots of her $6.99/yard fabric that I know i will use.
I would also like to suggest at this time to really feel out all your quilt store options even many miles from home that you normally would not trek to. I recently spent the last 6 months exploring every quilt shop in a 70 mile radius and have gotten to every one but one of them. I have really spent a lot of time comparing their prices. One gal with a fantastic selection of many older designs has far better prices. I usually never pay over 8.50/ yard for new designs but have begun stocking up on lots of her $6.99/yard fabric that I know i will use.
Oh how I agree with you Grugirl....the constant griping, complaining, arguing and sheer astonishment amazes me. It is what it is...and none of the venting changes that. There are still places that sell high quality quilt fabrics for fair prices and then there are the sales. One must be proactive about everything right now and if you're not....it's on you and you have no reason to gripe!
03-11-2011, 11:32 AM
#27
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Originally Posted by debbieumphress
Stash building???? Remember SAK658 is helping Dovie sell her home store fabrics and most are 50% and lots are 2.00 a yard. I have ordered and they are QLS quality and better. Oh gee, did I just enable some people. ROFL. I am not buying fabric for a while. Well, only from the board members. Can't resist.
03-11-2011, 11:51 AM
#29
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Location: GREAT STATE OF TEXAS
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Originally Posted by grandjan
Some people collect Depression glass, old china, antique furniture--any number of things. Why not collect fabric and enjoy it, trade it, even display it--all with a clear conscience. There are no fabric police that require you to actually use it. Right?
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