I'm at work right now - and on a break so sneaking a peak here. I started a new project last night and can't wait to get home to it! Made three blocks last night and went and stared lovingly at them before I went to bed AND took a peak before I left for work. While going about my work I am thinking of the layout of those blocks.

Hello, my name is Jan, and I have a problem!

Hi Jan, A very common problem, most of us have it. :thumbup:

Hi Jan, A very common problem, most of us have it. :thumbup:

Just wait till you start putting them in your purse to take with you. . . . . . . :roll:

Hello Jan,
Welcome to Fabriholics Anon. You will not be judged here.
There is no known cure.

Hi Jan
I have a problem too. I'm at work sneaking peeks at patterns, mentally searching my stash for what I have and plotting what I'll need. I'm beginning to suspect I just work to buy fabric. Sigh. :lol:

I first noticed I had a problem when I hurried home to intercept the mail for a squishy before my husband could get home and find it. And I'm the thrifty one who usually fusses at him about spending!

Problem, what problem? If everyone is like this then there is no problem (rofl). Welcome!!

Hi, My name is Beth and I too have that problem1! LOL

Aaahhh.. the squishy! Yeah, I get a lot of those too.

"Hello, my name is Judy and I have a fabricholic problem"
(Who needs gambling or alchohol to be an addict)

my name is Lita and I am a fabriholic too:oops:
please HELP (just Kidding) :lol: :lol: :lol:

So, Jan, what is your problem? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Join the club, your in good company!

Hi, my name is kim, and i have the same symptoms as the rest of you!

"So, Jan, what is your problem?"

Too funny! I started quilting this summer so am really new at this. I've noticed other signs of my addiction, but today is the first day I find myself craving my blocks.

I'm reading a book set in the 1800's and the main character is 87 and a quilter. Her block is in her apron pocket to pull out as needed - complete with thread and needle of course. She says her stitches are the size of grains of rice. It's interesting to read of the lack of materials - including batting - and the steps it took to get a quilt finished. I do not long for the "good old days"!

Ditto!

To paraphrase an old song...."If lovin' fabric is wrong, I don't wanna be right." Hahaha

Why fight it? Embrace it!

What is one to do when you just can't help yourself.........

It's only a 'problem' if you perceive it that way(-;
You're in good company, no matter what you call it!

We discussed a 12-step program before......but NONE of us wanted it!!! I LOVE this addiction! :mrgreen:

Please tell me the name of the book, sounds good!

Hello, my name is Sherri and I share the same problem as Jan. I go to bed at night thinking about the blocks and quilts I want to make. And dream of yards and yards of flowing, cotton fabric!!!

i also have that problem, i will work on them in my sleep and my husband will wake me up and tell me i was talking in my sleep about putting quilt together and the layout. i keep asking him if he wrote it done so i know how i was putting it together.

I know the feeling well.

Sometimes I get so excited before I walk into a quilt store never knowing what new stuff I will find when I go through the door!

The book is called Prayers for Sale. It's a paperback I got at our library. I'm barely into it so don't know whether it's going to be a keeper or not, but the remarks on quilting have been interesting.

I have read remarks on here about fondling fabric and thought ... yeah, right! But my latest project is a Moda fabric called Cold Winter Noses. It's a panel and I have fat quarters to make the blocks around it. That fabric just feels good and nicely starched ..... wow.... ah......

As I was piecing it I found myself petting and stroking it. And you all say this is normal!?

Uh oh...I've passed that point! I utilize the lunchroom table to cut my quilt pieces out...and to pin the blocks together...and whatever else I need a big table for!

Anyone else do this?

Oh Jan, - you have become one of us! I also sneak peeks at work and check out websites for new patterns. I don't feel guilty too often!

I don't want a cure. I just want to sew up some of my stash before the Lord calls me home.

Jan, you aren't alone!!!! lol

What is a squishy ?

I got permission to use our break room on weekends to cut things out and to bring machines and teach a class.. and I do it on breaks while at work too..... <sigh>...At work...on my days off.... I am a sick, sick puppy.

Hi, I'm at work too. In my whole office (4 floors in downtown San Francisco) there is one person who quilts. We've taken to bringing blocks, magazines, books, sharing sites, etc. with each other practically every day.! Of course, we are undercover. . .

A squishy is a soft "squishy" piece of mail that contains fabric.

Well, I am reading this while sitting at my desk at work on my lunch break. We have been advised to get away from our desk for stress relief on breaks, but reading this board and browsing quilt patterns on the internet IS my stress relief until I can get home and get back to my quilting.

That is sooooo normal LOL!

I find myself going to sleep at night think about what I'm going to do next on the quilt I'm working on and possible new ones.

Hi Jan welcome from Arizona. I don't think there's anything wrong here and I refuse to discuss it! Everyone I know is doing it so there can't be anything wrong with it. You've come to the right place everyones very gentle with us here...LOL

Andie :roll: :roll: :roll: