cricket_iscute

Well, then, I suggest that as penance, you make up all four patterns! LOL

tlpa

What a great idea! Good way to keep the love flowing and the girls sewing!

captlynhall

I never intended to build a stash. Figured I would buy the fabrics I wanted for each particular quilt. But then I found myself really liking a particular fabric, so I would buy a little here and there. Then my good friends mother had to go to a nursing home with Alzheimer's. When he was cleaning out her house in Colorado, he said she had a lot of 'material'. I told him I would be interested in anything that was 100% cotton, so he loaded it all up and brought it back to Texas. I now have 10 big boxes of all kinds of fabrics, but she was meticulous in the way she packed everything. There is a piece of tissue between each piece of fabric and although the boxes were labeled, I can tell there are different types of fabric in each box. There are cottons, silks, flannels, poly's and probably some blends. I am going to have to do a burn test to determine what most of them are. But needless to say, I will have a stash beyond my what I would have ever imagined. These are all yardages. 2-4 yds each. Guess I will be donating a lot to the quilt guild.

missionslady

I can relate to luvtoquilt. Quilting changed me forever! Even if I never use all the fabric I've accumulated, I love to look at it, touch it, and imagine what I might do with it; hopefully one day, I will use it to make beautiful quilts. Ane of course, we can always sell on Ebay what we don't think we will use I am glad to sometimes be able to bless others with fabric. We have a sewing group at church, and some of the younger women want to make things for their children, but don't have a lot of money for extras. So it is nice to bring in fabric I was able to purchase at a good price, and share.

citruscountyquilter

When I travel I always seek out quilt shops and usually get some fabric as my souvenir from my trip. I either get something for a specific project or just my stash. It took me several years but I collected animal prints for a quilt for my daughter and now I'm collecting yellows, oranges for a quilt for another daughter. I'm also looking for music prints for a friend and I always check out the 1930's reproduction for myself. I have to operate on a budget to do this otherwise I'd buy out every store!

jmoore

I have a few pieces that I purchased because I loved the fabric but the majority of fabric I purchase has a project purpose... I am trying to avoid a stash as much as possible.

mom-6

If you sew at all you automatically accumulate stash! Maybe not as much as those of us who collect fabric as an auxiliary hobby though. LOL!