I love shopping in my stash! It keeps piling up. I know I won't ever use it in my lifetime but it is a comfort to know it is there. I did not start seriously quilting until retirement. I share with my friends when they need something I have.

Lordy, I have enough stash to open a quilt shop but if I am looking for something I can never find anything that "works".
Never the right shade, not the correct theme, not sure I want to cut this piece/saving it for something "special". See where I'm going...
Sure enough there are others here in the same boat. No matter how much fabric you have it's never, ever, enough.
As has been said before, it's a disease.

I made this a light anwser, but in my world have had some wonderful quilt women, when those around you know thats what you enjoy, they will somehow make it possible to keep you in fabrics.
I've always had my own stash, but when Mom passed away, I came home one day and my sister had collected all from her home and dropped it off at my place. 17 totes assorted !!
Had a neighbor lady I really enjoyed (neat lady) at her funeral her daughter, ask me to come by the house, her Mom wanted me to have her fabric, " What an Honor" I cryed.... Bring the pickup O , and what ever you don't want we don't want it back. some went to charity and still use the remainder as needed.
I can just imagine those 2 hanging out on fluffy laughing at what went thru my mind as I sorted out all that. They both had a fun sense of humor (little onrey too) :D

In doing 20 plus moves in 50 yrs of marriage my husband usually says 2 things..."Do you really want to carry this around to the next move" and "Never sell what you are emotionally attached to," After unloading the truck in 1998 I sold boxes and boxes of fabric (even the polyester)but kept some cottons that I really loved. Now I am in the very solw process of replacing with SS income only. Does take a while and I must weigh every purchase carefully. Happy stitchin'. fmd36 in NH

My sister & I both suffer from the same disease - SABLE
Stash Accumulated Beyond Life Expectancy! I see here that it is more contagious than I thought! I love my stash - especially in winter when I don't have to leave my house to hunt for fabric. Sometimes I do comb through my sister's stash and she returns the favor.

I have a pretty healthy stash, although I hardly ever buy fabric for it. Whenever I buy specific fabric for a specific project, I buy more than I need (1/2 yd - 1yd). The leftover goes in the stash.

I allow myself to spend $50/month on fabric and/or sewing/quilting supplies. This week I will buy a camping table for use for sewing machine and cutting.

Hee Hee..... as I mentioned in another post....I have bought LOTS of it when it's on sale knowing I will use it someday. I probably have enough fabric in my stash right now to complete about 30* quilts plus backing..lol.

I buy pretty much as I need it. My tastes have also changed over the years. The first big quilt I made (and have not finished , from the early 90's) was mauve and light blue. I am into Batiks and kids fabrics for baby quilts. I try and finish my projects as I get one done then I go to the next one. I do have a few going right now but not a lot of extra fabric. However if "The who dies with the most fabric wins" That will be my sister.

I have a large stash and usually add something to it every month. I make mostly scrap and applique quilts which don't usually require a lot of any one fabric. I am learning more with each quilt how to complete without those 2 to 4 yard amounts of any one fabric. Made a top this week with pieced asymmetrical borders. Will post a pic tomorrow when I learn how to get it on the computer, you can look for "Rainbows Over Kyoto" if you would like to see it.