I think I have rare & scary disease!

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08-30-2011, 07:25 AM

#21

MellieKQuilter

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Can we have coffee so I can catch what you have?? ;-)

08-30-2011, 07:29 AM

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pollyjvan9

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If it's catching maybe I should head to N Dakota! I have been saving for a trip in October and the withdrawal symptoms are terrible. I have however completed 3 scrap tops. Haven't made a dent in the scraps but I do like the quilts.

08-30-2011, 07:32 AM

#23

isnthatodd

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Every time I make a scrap quilt, I have more leftovers than I started with!!!! Not sure how this happens, but I wish they would reform as yardage!

08-30-2011, 07:39 AM

#24

Robinlee

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{{{HUGS AND KISSES}}}
I've been through this too. It won't last long.........

08-30-2011, 10:02 AM

#25

Zhillslady

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yes stop looking at your stash. I did that earlier this year and even went to Rainbow's End (18,000+ bolts) and found nothing of interest. Turns out I thought I had too much fabric. After I stopped looking at it I was cured.

08-30-2011, 10:12 AM

#26

MegsAnn

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My advice: Do something different. Cook, paint, pole dance (!), learn german. Your creative juices may just need a different activity for a while, a little rest from the usual quilting and then when you come back it'll be fresh and exciting again.

08-30-2011, 11:34 AM

#27

sue38

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I certainly can sympathize with you. I feel the same way...I keep cutting and sewing the tops together (have 4 now) and I seem to lose all interest in quilting. I hope there is a cure for this disease. If you find one let me know.

08-30-2011, 11:37 AM

#28

benjafroo

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I get that way once in a while too. It's weird when that happens. I think that happens to me when there are SO many things I like that I can't choose just a few so I get nothing at all.

08-30-2011, 11:59 AM

#29

mhansen6

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I have the same problem right now. We took a road trip this past week and my husband kept looking for quilt stores and I kept telling him I wasn't interested. I think my problem is that I have so much beautiful fabric and projects planned I just can't look at another piece of fabric. I just got back from a quilt store at lunch. All I bought was batting, I didn't even look at the fabric.

08-30-2011, 12:04 PM

#30

NanaCsews2

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LivelyLady

Quote:

Originally Posted by hopetoquilt

Sometimes we get overwhelmed by all the stuff and planned projects, etc. Maybe you have enough on your plate and getting more would be glutinous. It's perfectly fine to walk through a store and admire everything but buy nothing...

Buying for the sake of buying isn't fun. Finish some projects and you will probably be in the purchasing mood again.

Sounds like good advice to me :thumbup:

Right. I get like this when I know we have a big purchase to make and I feel ever so guilty about spending a dime until our budget is back on track again. I can go into many stores and shops and not spend a dime. DH will question me on it and then I have to remind him about the new furnace or helping the kids or new tires or or or. He understands, and also understands when I am out of the budget crisis and back on track again. Shameful.