How did you build your stash??
#11
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 465
Originally Posted by Barbm
I, too, am a fabriholic, it is terminal, there is no known cure but not life threatening.
I have a pitiful stash myself. I'm working on it. Some times I buy for a project, adding a 1/2 yrd or so to each fabric for leftovers. And some times I buy because its a great deal. A yard seems to be my 'normal' amount unless theres only a few yards left on the bolt. Then I just take all of it. Can't bear to see a lonely yard!
#13
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: MIchigan
Posts: 527
I started quilting a little over a year ago. I had no stash at all. Bought for a couple of projects. Then on freecycle a couple of people was giving away quite a bit of yardage and I took that. Hit a couple of yard sales and got carried away because of the prices. And finally two quilt AUCTION
Now there was my down fall.
I am sorting and stacking about 3 thousands yards at the present time. Have a web site about to open for quilting. A low cost type for the everyday people lol.
Hubby just shakes his head. rofl like that will help. He is building me build in shelfs and such as I have taken over the upstairs which is one huge dormer type room.
HMMMM not hard to collect at all.
:lol:
Now there was my down fall.
I am sorting and stacking about 3 thousands yards at the present time. Have a web site about to open for quilting. A low cost type for the everyday people lol.
Hubby just shakes his head. rofl like that will help. He is building me build in shelfs and such as I have taken over the upstairs which is one huge dormer type room.
HMMMM not hard to collect at all.
:lol:
#14
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: NE Pa.
Posts: 1,738
I started my stash when I opened a quilt shop. LOL However I am now retired and still continue to add to my stash. DH had a carpenter come in and put cupboards in the laundry room for my stash. He got tired of seeing boxes all over the house filled with fabric. Well, I have out grown my laundry room and once again have plastic containers here and ther around the house. Like the others have said, I buy more than I need for a project, and also buy because I like it. There is no cure for this. Marge
#15
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Gulf Coast, FL
Posts: 1,420
Okay ladies... My stash is small, but we (my stash and I) muddle through.
Here's what I can't stand. I buy two yards... I share it with a friend... Now I have one yard for the stash... Great right? Nope, because no matter how much I started with a yard, a fat quarter, you name it I'm always "this much" short. You want to know why? Because I always find out that I LOVE IT, and oh how I wish I'd been smart like Patrice and bought all they had on the bolt! :roll: :roll:
So I suppose I am a fabriholic wanta be? I'm like the drunk staring at the bottle trying to restrain myself, but everything I create has me crying out for more! :shock:
Here's what I can't stand. I buy two yards... I share it with a friend... Now I have one yard for the stash... Great right? Nope, because no matter how much I started with a yard, a fat quarter, you name it I'm always "this much" short. You want to know why? Because I always find out that I LOVE IT, and oh how I wish I'd been smart like Patrice and bought all they had on the bolt! :roll: :roll:
So I suppose I am a fabriholic wanta be? I'm like the drunk staring at the bottle trying to restrain myself, but everything I create has me crying out for more! :shock:
#16
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 323
I buy by the bolt. Whatever I find that I like I just go ahead and get the entire bolt becuase I find that later, I wish that I had this or that fabric to mince in a new project.
I am up to a little over 2000 yards now on bolts and in cuts. I also buy squares. I love making things with them.
I am up to a little over 2000 yards now on bolts and in cuts. I also buy squares. I love making things with them.
#17
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: IN
Posts: 1,807
You'll be amazed at the amount of fabric that piles up over time. I started out buying like others mentioned...because I crafted, decorated, putzed around with lots of little projects going nowhere until I found quilting. I was lucky enough to inherit fabric from a few quilters who gave up their hobby due to health issues. That plus a few years of buying stuff just because I liked it makes for a nice little stash. By they time I hit retirement, there will be no need to go out for fabric (not that it will stop me from buying it, of course!!).
You'll get there. :D
You'll get there. :D
#18
Hi Quilting G--great question with some very interesting answers. I have enjoyed reading about everyone's stash.
I am a fabriholic too, but not to the extent that some of you are!!! My stash has grown several ways-----
1-I discover a specific fabric type that I like (ex-Civil War or 30s reproductions or Kansas Troubles Quilters) and then I start to amass a collection of it. If I want it for scrappy quilts then I usually buy just fat quarters or 1/2 yard pieces so I can get a lot of different ones. I will buy yardage of ones that I just LOVE so that I have border fabric when the time comes.
2-I worked in a quilt shop for about 6 months and my stash really grew (I owed the owner money after I spent my whole paycheck every month---does the saying "will work for fabric" ring a bell?
3-I had a friend whose Army husband was stationed in Korea. She used to go to the fabric market and buy fabric for a song. She was getting Moda for around $1.50/yard!!! She had to buy a minimum of 2 yards and since her stash was getting so huge she decided to share with me! So, when she bought two yards she would cut it in half and send me a yard. She sent me over 60 yards of fabric that year---for under $100! It was a great way to build my stash.
Now I just buy what yells to me in the store. Sometimes I just cannot make up my mind and so I end up buying nothing!!! I am starting to feel guilty because I know I will never live long enough to use up everything that is already in my stash!! But, my LQS is having a fat quarter sale, so I am going shopping again tomorrow!!! I guess I will never learn!!
I am a fabriholic too, but not to the extent that some of you are!!! My stash has grown several ways-----
1-I discover a specific fabric type that I like (ex-Civil War or 30s reproductions or Kansas Troubles Quilters) and then I start to amass a collection of it. If I want it for scrappy quilts then I usually buy just fat quarters or 1/2 yard pieces so I can get a lot of different ones. I will buy yardage of ones that I just LOVE so that I have border fabric when the time comes.
2-I worked in a quilt shop for about 6 months and my stash really grew (I owed the owner money after I spent my whole paycheck every month---does the saying "will work for fabric" ring a bell?
3-I had a friend whose Army husband was stationed in Korea. She used to go to the fabric market and buy fabric for a song. She was getting Moda for around $1.50/yard!!! She had to buy a minimum of 2 yards and since her stash was getting so huge she decided to share with me! So, when she bought two yards she would cut it in half and send me a yard. She sent me over 60 yards of fabric that year---for under $100! It was a great way to build my stash.
Now I just buy what yells to me in the store. Sometimes I just cannot make up my mind and so I end up buying nothing!!! I am starting to feel guilty because I know I will never live long enough to use up everything that is already in my stash!! But, my LQS is having a fat quarter sale, so I am going shopping again tomorrow!!! I guess I will never learn!!
#20
PATRICE!!! WOW! Can I play at your house please?
As you see from this pic, my pitiful stash does not even fill three of the drawers you see under the sewing table. :cry: What I have collected so far is leftovers from three baby quilts, and the occasional bargain off ebay. Fabric is EXPENSIVE over here, I get jealous when I see you all post pics of your purchases and see how much you are paying. Also I don't live near any fabric shops (probably a good thing). And of course I got some fabric from my generous secret santa!
As you see from this pic, my pitiful stash does not even fill three of the drawers you see under the sewing table. :cry: What I have collected so far is leftovers from three baby quilts, and the occasional bargain off ebay. Fabric is EXPENSIVE over here, I get jealous when I see you all post pics of your purchases and see how much you are paying. Also I don't live near any fabric shops (probably a good thing). And of course I got some fabric from my generous secret santa!
Pitifully small stash in drawers under the table. Donations welcome!
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