All of a Sudden I Have a Stash And Multiple Projects!!
 

How did this happen?? I went on a quilt shop hop and bought fabric...just because. I have fabric to make quilts for my two sisters and a cousin. I have a new embroidery machine and I'm learning that and have projects planned for that. I'm taking 4-5 Craftsy classes and have fabric for those! Suddenly I have these piles of fabric and I don't even know why I bought them!! I want to make a wall hanging for my Mother's room and a little bag to carry her prayer books on the inside of her wheel chair.

Simplicity on sale at Joann's starting May 24th! I saw a carry all for a wheelchair when I was looking for a pattern for the back of the car seats to hold the kid's "garbage".

LOL...i understand..gave up trying to keep up with it all..just work where the whim takes me

welcome to the wonderful world of quilting .....you have only just begun....

I remember years ago wondering how anyone could make a certain antique quilt I saw. It must have had 30 or 40 different brown prints in it. Buying that many different fabrics would be a big outlay of cash at that time for me. Now..... I not only can imagine it.... I'm sure I have that many browns, and reds, and blues, and greens, and .... well, you get the picture. Stash happens when you least expect it. But, it sure is fun!!

LOL, officially addicted quilter! We all seem to acquire multiple "projects" some that we have fabric for that we don't even know what they are yet! I'm sure you've seen the saying "one who dies with the most fabric wins"......I'm sure that came about honestly!

Just imagine all the yummy scraps you'll have to start English paper piecing or yoyo quilt making. :). Have fun. Enjoy the journey.

I had allways heard..."she who dies with the most fabric wasn't sewing fast enough":D

LOL - we all need this as a bumper sticker.

It's amazing how quickly it happens too!

I like to have lots of choices when starting a quilt. One can't have that if they don't buy lots of fabrics. My story and I'm sticking to it.

Doing my first shop hop is how I first started my stash. I bought fabric from every store I went into. I was so excited to have a stash at last. Now I have such a big stash that my sewing room runneth over. I've given away more fabric than I can remember to get my room under control. But it's finally under control. And my stash is still huge. Welcome to the club!!

I don't have to buy another piece of fabric (except backing and batting) for the rest of my life and I can sew every day just fine with fabric left over. That's how big my stash is. And I'm in my 50s.

I have that problem. While collecting fabrics for a project a new pattern hits my eye. And guess what, I have the perfect fabric for it right here. Well there went the stash for the previous project. Do I scrap that first idea and have extra stash or try to rebuild what I just took from it? It is such a dilemma.

Do you remember the cartoons of Schrooge McDuck rolling around in his money? I could do that with my fabric. I love my stash or is it my HOARD? Welcome to the world of quilters!!! I am not sure many of us can resist another piece of fabric.

Welcome to the crazyness!!!!

Now is the time to begin organizing, mainly so that you won't use the fabric you bought for one project in a different project. I use redwell folders (from the office supply store). Each folder holds the pattern, the fabric and any specialty rulers, templates, notions, etc. for one project. My redwell folders sit on a bookcase, and I can look into each one and see exactly which project is in it. When I work on one, if I don't finish it, all the pieces go back into the redwell. That way, nothing gets lost. Some people use plastic boxes.

Join the club! I have lots of fabric, sewing machines, etc. When you go looking at fabric when you have no project in mind, you are a quilter. It kinds of sneaks up on you. What I tell myself is,hey,I could have a worse addiction,so I don't stress about it.

When I look at what I have I wonder where some of it came from as I certainly don't remember buying it!!

Sometimes you blink your eyes and the entire room is full.

LOL! We are all in the same boat on that one! The best part is loving it so!

I found myself doing the same thing so when I was reorganizing my sewing room I began to put "special to do projects" in clear plastic containers so that I could keep the collected fabrics and patterns together .. I believe I am up to 20 "to do" projects and have 4 projects I am actively working on... I tell myself that these projects are for the rainy day... you know when you are short on cash an need something to do...

It blindsides you. One minute you are happily working on one project and the next you got it piled to the ceiling and you're saying WHEN am I going to get time to get this all done? :) Go with the flow.

Welcome! We are an elite group but there is always room for one more. It is a form of insanity but as the saying goes, "I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute."

Welcome to the club, I to have amassed a huge stash of fabric and lots of UFO's. I believe for the most part, it is part of the process of being a quilter. I do know a couple of quilters that are one project at a time. Maybe I will get there one day.

Yes, stash happens. And oh what fun!! Then you can make smaller projects, or perhaps try a scrappy quilt.
Bonnie Hunter's site: www.quiltville.com is a great place to find lots of fun scrappy patterns. Happy sewing!

Welcome to the CLUB!!

Don't you know babies (Material) appear in your stash when your not looking? They have to do something while sitting around.

Sometimes it happens when you're not looking. Several years ago I saw a gorgeous batik Boston Commons quilt from Heartbeat Quilts, so I've spent a few years collecting batik fabrics for that quilt. My son wanted an Egyptian quilt - so I bought all the fabric from Keepsake Quilting, got sidetracked with other things, then he got married and my DDIL wants a quilt in lavender and purples. Oh well, maybe I'll make that quilt and sell it for money to buy more fabric. LOL I still haven't finished the BOM I started on Craftsy, plus, I hate to say this, but I have 2 - yes two - BOM from 2007 and 2009 that have never seen the light of day - yet. Besides the fabric I purchased, I have had people give me fabric because they know I quilt, so sometimes the quilt stash reproduces when you're not looking.

A big yes one this one!!!!

you are now an official quilter/addict. Welcome to our world!!!

You don't realize it until you are looking for a certain fabric and you have to go through 10 storage containers to find it!!!

If you didn't already have so many projects I'd say it would be the perfect time to make a nice, fun scrappy quilt haha

I'm in the same boat as you, I haven't even finished my 1st quilt ever & have cut out a lap quilt for DH & working on a baby bubble quilt and already buying fabric for 2 more quilts for my kids (I have 6 & 8.5 grandkids) I plan on making. I need to find out from my son while he's in town how to make a backup disc of all the quilt patterns I have saved on my computer in case it ever crashes. I'll bet I have over 100 patterns saved & still saving like I'll ever get to use all them lol.