Foxflower

Thank you all for the ideas. I am reading along, but also being good and getting outside and stuff done. I need to save so we can add on to our house (going to Home Depot today). But, I also just need to keep in under control in general, even if I did have more room. When I get a chance I think I'll go through and make a better list of the tips for stopping the addiction so that we all can benefit from them. Happy Sunday all!

JoanneS

LOVE your avatar. Is there a pattern?

I stopped buying fabric last year, and except for the 'thank you' quilt I'm finishing, I haven't bought any fabric. I still have enough stash to outlive me. And DD keeps giving me old clothes for scrap quilts. I don't think that counts as 'buying - although it does build my stash. I use my Accuquilt to cut patchwork pieces.

Luv Quilts and Cats

Hello, my name is Donna and I am a fabricaholic. I have been on a forced diet due to unemployment. I have been working from my stash. My problem is, I have found a job, got my first paycheck and right now there is no money in the budget for fabric, but I still want to get some! Oh, woe is me!!!!! So I have a plan, maybe it will help others. My fabric stash is in bins. I am going to sort the fabric into project piles and look for patterns for them if I don't have something in mind already. I have finished most of my UFOs to the point that the top is done. I am saving money for long arm quilting them. If I feel the need to buy fabric, I am going to go "shopping" in my project piles, pick one out and do something with it. I think this will keep me going until I can get fabric again. But it's sooooo hard! My other idea was to get fat quarters when they go on sale. That way I can buy fabric, but not spend too much. I have kits I have purchased in the past that have not been opened yet, another way to play with "new fabric". Any other ideas? I get those emails from fabric sites too. Right now I just delete them without looking. I don't think I want to unsubscribe...yet.

Luv Quilts and Cats

OOOO...I would get into so much trouble if a LQS did this around me! And I love buttons and know lots of knitters and crocheters!

KalamaQuilts

Smart girl. Buying on sale doesn't mean you saved money unless you put the difference into a saving account on the way home. Otherwise, you have only spent more money.

jaly3162

Yngldy, I like your idea of shopping with your stash. I, too, am a fabricaholic, and I need help also. I retired two years ago and my husband was forced to retire as of this month. Things are going to be very tight, and I have to stop shopping. If I don't get to a store, I shop on line. Unfortunately JoAnn is 3 miles from my house. I'm going to need help too!

Hummer Lady

I am not a fabriholic...I am a fabric collector!

icul8rg8r

I'm afraid I've got the bug .... I've only been sewing/quilting since Christmas and already have a bookcase FULL of fabric I just HAD to have! I have 12+ projects ready and waiting (and of course, I always buy more than what I need 'cause I WANT to have left-overs).

Battle Axe

I'm so glad you took that post the way you did. Sometimes people are offended if you insult the place where they live. I know the scenery is beautiful, almost breathtaking there. It always took my breath away when we came over that ridge and saw the bottom of the valley. I actually thought of living there for a moment. But now I am glad I live where I do. Surrounded by Amish and most of them are quilters. All we ever do is have fun.

Tater Patch Quilts.....been there!!!!! when I was back visiting the folks. Owned by two women. Very helpful. Bought a pattern I still haven't made. My main addictions it to patterns. Tom Palmer's widow had something to do with a quilt shop there. Is she one of the owners?? I'm getting so old I am forgetful.

For all you other wonderful quilters out there that may wonder about Foxflower's mentality, in Modoc County, CA there are more DEAD rattlesnakes on the goat trails than there are people in the county. (And I'm just counting the dead ones.) The music is provided by packs of coyotes running in the hills overhead as they chase the jack rabbits and pheasants. The smells are the algae on the alkali lakes and flats. There really is a wild, wild West still out there and Foxflower lives in the middle of it.

Save the 2nd ammendment. You are gonna need a carbine if you go there.

Marcia

mountain deb

Its really bad when you go to a church clothing drive were everything is free. I look for potential fabric in everything and got some good fabric and or ideas for their use. Old wool clothing is my downfall, I will either deconstruct and felt or use for purses/quilts. That creative muse is my downfall.