Can't Stop Shopping
#11
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: New Orleans, La
Posts: 1,768
Hi I'm Mary and I"m not a fabric holic ( yet ). But if I don't stop looking at sales on line I will be. Down South we just don't have the amount of people that make quilts as you do in the Northern States, so garage sales are not much help. But I did hit a good garage sale for some 100% white cotton top sheets ( yes I know), but for kids quilts they are great.
#12
I think I am bordering between being a fabricholic and a fabric hoarder. Thrift stores, yard sales, auctions, misc. finds, just about anywhere there is fabric I WILL FIND. After being dry (not sewing for years), I am finally getting back into it. I have been designing and of course collecting --- for my retirement in a few years of course.
#13
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: NY
Posts: 2,497
Hi! My name is Traci and I'm an addict. I'm addicted to fabric. Doesn't matter where it was born, if I like it, I buy it. If I love it, I may buy the whole bolt! I don't really want help. I'm ok with having this affliction. So far my dh is ok with it too. He's never told me I shouldn't or can't buy fabric. Thank goodness!
#15
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Fox Valley Wisconsin
Posts: 1,920
New fabric has gotten too expensive. I had been selling some fabric, but decided that with the cost of new, I was better off to keep what I have, even if I use it for the backs of quilts. You never know what you might find at a garage sale...or good will...as long as it is good fabric, doesn't matter where it came from.
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Traverse City, MI
Posts: 405
I need to stop buying so much fabric and not using it. I can't go into a fabric store without buying something. If I was rich it won't matter so much. When I start a new project, I buy new fabric instead of using what I have. I bought fabric for a quilt for my son and his fiance and didn't start it. Saw another pattern and class and bought the fabric for a quilt for them. Maybe I'll make them a 2 sided quilt.
#17
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Albany, Georgia
Posts: 1,715
Well, guess I'm right there with the rest of you...I have cut back on buying so much new as I have a huge stash and hubby retires in 9 weeks so we gotta cut back on everything, I do buy if I find nice at my thrift stores or yard sales and maybe a piece or 2 to go with what I already have but I also give all my quilts away so just got to be a little more thrifty now with things so expensive.
#18
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
Posts: 3,992
My name is Caroline and I am a fabriholic. BUT I keep a spread sheet to record my thrift store fabric purchases to calculate the actual cost per yard. That way I can easily justify buying MORE, MORE, MORE!!!!
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