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08-11-2010, 11:02 AM
#51
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Like most of you, I have a stash that I have accumulated for many years..Now, I'm running out of room to store it.
This summer my daughter had a garage sale and I thought...."why not sell some of that fabric that you don't love as much as you did when you bought it". It took me a long time...sorting, putting back, etc. Let me tell you....once I decided to let it go, it actually felt good.
AND...I sold over $300.00 ($4.00 yd) worth of QS fabric.
Now, I am now challening myself to use my "stash"...that if fun too.
This summer my daughter had a garage sale and I thought...."why not sell some of that fabric that you don't love as much as you did when you bought it". It took me a long time...sorting, putting back, etc. Let me tell you....once I decided to let it go, it actually felt good.
AND...I sold over $300.00 ($4.00 yd) worth of QS fabric.
Now, I am now challening myself to use my "stash"...that if fun too.
08-11-2010, 01:06 PM
#54
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 67
you need to find a longarmer to help finnish your tops I'm in Jersey but if you like email me at [email protected] and we can talk
08-11-2010, 02:15 PM
#55
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: West Columbia, S.C.
Posts: 739
I guess we are all in this same boat! I was in the neighborhood of Hancock's today and just stopped in to buy 1 yard of black on black for a border ---HA!
They were having a sale and the rest as they say is history. I bought some fabrics for .50 a yard..I spent $50.00 more than I needed to.
Plus, last week my husband returned home from a business trip with a duffle bag full of decorator fabrics for me. He said it was Christmas in July and I truly felt like it going through it all. What a haul and the best part is that it was FREE!
I'll never find enough projects or time to use all I have but I simply cannot pass up a beautiful piece of fabric.
By the way---how are ya'll getting the nice signatures on your posts? Are you posting from your personal emails? I can't see anything on the board that allows this customization.
Roxanne
They were having a sale and the rest as they say is history. I bought some fabrics for .50 a yard..I spent $50.00 more than I needed to.
Plus, last week my husband returned home from a business trip with a duffle bag full of decorator fabrics for me. He said it was Christmas in July and I truly felt like it going through it all. What a haul and the best part is that it was FREE!
I'll never find enough projects or time to use all I have but I simply cannot pass up a beautiful piece of fabric.
By the way---how are ya'll getting the nice signatures on your posts? Are you posting from your personal emails? I can't see anything on the board that allows this customization.
Roxanne
08-11-2010, 02:29 PM
#56
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Springfield,South Carolina
Posts: 500
Originally Posted by Roxanne
I guess we are all in this same boat! I was in the neighborhood of Hancock's today and just stopped in to buy 1 yard of black on black for a border ---HA!
They were having a sale and the rest as they say is history. I bought some fabrics for .50 a yard..I spent $50.00 more than I needed to.
Plus, last week my husband returned home from a business trip with a duffle bag full of decorator fabrics for me. He said it was Christmas in July and I truly felt like it going through it all. What a haul and the best part is that it was FREE!
I'll never find enough projects or time to use all I have but I simply cannot pass up a beautiful piece of fabric.
By the way---how are ya'll getting the nice signatures on your posts? Are you posting from your personal emails? I can't see anything on the board that allows this customization.
Roxanne
They were having a sale and the rest as they say is history. I bought some fabrics for .50 a yard..I spent $50.00 more than I needed to.
Plus, last week my husband returned home from a business trip with a duffle bag full of decorator fabrics for me. He said it was Christmas in July and I truly felt like it going through it all. What a haul and the best part is that it was FREE!
I'll never find enough projects or time to use all I have but I simply cannot pass up a beautiful piece of fabric.
By the way---how are ya'll getting the nice signatures on your posts? Are you posting from your personal emails? I can't see anything on the board that allows this customization.
Roxanne
08-11-2010, 03:57 PM
#57
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North Fork Ca
Posts: 8,234
Mine is not too much just yet. Yesterday, I was able to buy the last of a quilt shop out. Lock Stock and barrel. Got 18 bolts and 2 boxes just crammed full. Took DH most of the day to add shelves in my sewing room closet. Love that guy
08-11-2010, 04:09 PM
#58
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 75
Originally Posted by Honey
to much stash? I know that we laugh about the one with the biggest stash wins, but seriously, when is enough enough? I have 10 good sized totes, so by no means do I have the most, but I am starting to feel a little overwhelmed by all of it. I have been trying to shop my stash when I start a new project, but the seems to always be one more fabric that I have to get to complete it. So naturally, when I'm looking for that "one" fabric I see a couple more that I just can't live without. Can anyone say OCD? Does anyone else feel this way?
08-11-2010, 05:00 PM
#60
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Australia
Posts: 975
Originally Posted by Lori S
Only if it bothers you.
I give myself a fabric allowance every month ... a set amount of money goes into the envelope ...when its gone its gone... if there is leftover it stays in the allowance envelope to be added to the next months allowance.
It sounds like dealing with a 5 year old but when it comes to fabric , that is about the amount of self control that I have.
Call it a fabric diet!!
I give myself a fabric allowance every month ... a set amount of money goes into the envelope ...when its gone its gone... if there is leftover it stays in the allowance envelope to be added to the next months allowance.
It sounds like dealing with a 5 year old but when it comes to fabric , that is about the amount of self control that I have.
Call it a fabric diet!!
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