LindaR

I hoard all pieces that can be used in applique, even little pieces, have a tub full but then I have the perfect red, blue, green for a project LOL

writerwomen

To the one who stated blessed to have a stash and needing an increase in cost of living to affod a statsh. You're right all accounts. There are a lot of things we can do. There also are options for getting fabric by being creative. Will the tightening of the economy and prices going up those creative ways to do things are being rejuvinated. Turning items of clothing into fabric chunks is one great way. Using a worn quilt or a old blanket for batting- this is not a new idea- look at some of the old farm quilts and you'll find layer upon layer. In times of wealth we become complacent and allow others to think for us and be the inventors. In times of want and need we learn just how durable we are and take pride at what we can make and do with our own hands.

Sienna's GiGi

That sounds like a good idea to have people over to share and visit. I may do that. Cool!

vezzetti

My stash is my treasure. I'm reducing the size by organizing by color and insisting on using what's there. Getting more fabric requires going out of town (there's no quilt shop in our town!). I've gotten two blue ribbons at our county fair by using this method with discipline. try it!

Slow2Sew

This sounds like a good idea to me. My stash seems to overwhelm me at times.

tadpoles_62

last year i felt the same way , so i cut all the the smaller fabrics (anything under a fat quarter) and some bigger ones that for some reason i didn't like , anyhoo last year i made 18 quilts from scrapes and gave them away to family and friends , i still have scraps but not as many , just don't let it over whelm you , good luck and needless to say i made a lot of people happy

marciacp

Nadine,
Amazing that you wrote about this. They say great
minds think alike, so we must both be great! :D

I have been thinking about selling everything for a while
now myself, and even wrote out a message to the Board
but didn't post it. From what I'm seeing in the
responses, it seems like a lot of people are thinking that
way. I have already 'purged' my stash twice now, and
gleaned about 10 big black garbage bags the first time,
and about 4 the second time. I'm still left with about
25 large plastic boxes full. But like others have said,
with the price of fabric going up so much, I might better
hold onto it. The only problem I have is that I'm not
making up what I have, so something definitely has
to change.
Have a Blessed Day!

ncredbird

I have a friend that has gotten rid of all her stash. She donated it to her church to make charity quilts. She says she took a write off for charitable donation and feels so much better about not having it now. She buys only what she needs for one project at a time. Seems to be working for her but I don't have much of a selection here. It is a small community and only one small quilt shop. No WalMart fabric area, no JoAnns. I keep my stash and use it and will add when I travel. Ann in TN

desertrose

Nadine, I see stahses posted that could start a small fabric store and my tiny stash I'm trying to accumilate and I'm blown away. I make quilts for" Kids 4 Quilts" all my fabrbic, time and batting is voluntary. I can buy a few fat sqares evry now and then from my social security and occassionally someone gives me some scrap material that's left from craft projects. I wouldn't know how to make a quilt without trying to make scraps of this that and the other thing trying to blend. Have my pick from a closet full of colors would be like being a kid in a candy store, for a few minutes. :-D

aneternalpoet

With the little " stash" as you call it, the little amount of fabric I do have , is used, all the way to the 2 inch piece which is as small as I go.. I think that if I had more, it wouldnt be any different, because like Ricky Tims has called some quilts, " Where Rubber meets the Roar", those are my scraps being used to bless others where I donate them - because they have need of quilts for warmth, and security, not just for the sake of having one.. if that makes sense.