I am having fabric buying withdrawal symptoms. I just want to rush to a quilt shop or an online store and buy some fabric!!! I don't need it for anything in particular and really don't have a place for it and really don't have the extra money. But I still wanna buy some fabric!!!!

Ok I can get through this. I can do it. If I keep telling myself that I just might believe it. NOT!!

go sew something and take your mind off it.

yup or play in your stash might be suprised at what you find

Definitely check your stash. I had to redo mine when my shelving collapsed and I found things I'd forgotten I even had! Cured me of wanting more fabric - well, maybe not cured but at least calmed me down some~!

Do-it! Do-it! Do-it! Do-it! You wanted motivation to do it, right?

Assuming you have a stash.... Shop your stash. Reorganize it all. It is just as satisfying if not more!

Really? I can't buy fabric on a whim. I have to have a plan in mind for it before I can make myself buy. Scraps are the exception and I have quite a collection of those. I go to lots of garage sales, auctions and the like and always find lots of cotton scraps. Usually by the bundle. Then I go home and sort them into color controlled containers until I'm ready to use them. Go sort your stash and I'll be you'll be able to put together a project from what you already have.

I feel your pain, I have been guilty of impulsive fabric buying - Every time I start a new project - I have to have more fabric - or I see the fabric I love and have to buy it because it may not be there if I wait too long. It really is an addiction...and I am not looking for a cure yet..

I;m not either,having to much fun

Call a quilty friend and swap some fabric, that way you still get the thrill of something new without having to spend cash. If that fails, eat some chocolate! (haha!)

You could sale some on here and then use that money to shop for new stuff.

Sometimes even just taking fabrics out and resorting them is comforting. I do that with my jewelry when I want a new necklace!
Chin up, you can do it!

I agree with the many who've posted to check your stash. Sometimes you forget what's in your stash!

go play in your sewing room and organize your fabrics, you will be surprised to find things you forgot about

have fun!

Yes i agree...when i get that urge, i shop in my stash piles. Most of the time it works..........good luck!!!!

Go look at all your fat quarters. Open them up and refold them in uniform sizes. Organize them in colour families and see if you really NEED anything.

Hahaha - I am right there with you!! I really don't like shopping in general (hubby is glad of that I am sure!! LOL), but put me in a fabric shop you can literally see my eyes glaze over and I get lost in there. There is a wonderful fabric wholesale store about 2 hours away from me and whenever we make that trip is when I try and get my fix.....but I am feeling the urge again myself......

Plan a project, and then go shop in your stash and don't come out until you have fulfilled every need for your project from your own stash. I did that when I was in the grips of a "need to buy fabric" addiction symptom, and we were broke. I also wrote down how much I figured each piece of fabric I took from my stash likely cost. Then I added it up and added the sales tax and something for shipping, for no doubt I'd have bought some on line. And then, believe it or not, I looked at that total amount and felt so much better! I had in fact just done some shopping, started a new project, acquired new fabrics (new again to me), and I hadn't spent a dime! What a marvel!

You have my most heartfelt sympathy for the pain you are feeling, and I offer that most sincerely.

I "have" to go to JoAnn's tomorrow to get some batting and am hoping I can just walk in, grab what I actually need, and not look at any fabric. If I went to my LQS for the batting I would surely be doomed and come home with spontaneous fabric purchase!

If you feel you absolutely must buy something use this urge to check out thrift stores in your area. Set an amount you can afford like $5 or $10 and only take that with you. No cards,checks or extra cash. See if you can find any great bargins.

breathe deep and go snuggle with your current stash with your favorite beverage-it will be all right

When this comes over me I go play with the stash. Then I see I already have so much fabric!!

I agree with the others. Play in stash. You may find some great fabrics that look wonderful together and want to be a quilt.

Scrap quilts are dynamic and colorful. Bonnie Hunter has a website that's chock full of scrap quilt patterns-- free.
http://www.quiltville.com/

Totally can relate.....

Go get some of the fabric from the bottom of you stash (or the bottom of the stack of boxes or the back of the closet ) and revisit them. The'll look new to you and it might help with the buying bug. I know I have fabrics I don't even remember buying, so that stuff is all new to me!

I understand completely. I just bought a groupon thing for a LQS for fifty percent off. I have til Jan to use it, but we'll see how long it takes. It is also not helping that stitchinheaven.com is having a buy 15 yds of fabric, get 15 yds free sale on friday. Nothing like a half off sale to whittle away at your defenses! Virg

Go to your sewing room and handle some fabrics, pick out a pattern and start on a new project for a charity quilt. :D

Just learned more about organization of your stash, after you have put them in color order, pull out the texture, I did this and discovered I don't have much texture in my stash, good luck.

Maybe your sewing machine needs a fall cleaning?

Go fondle your fabric stash and you'll probably find something that you forgot you have. Now, to make it feel like you are buying it, send a donation to your favorite local charity. :-)

Perhaps I should take my own advise and do this the next time I feel like buying something.

If you do little quilts for charity ... you can cut out a BUNCH, using your stash, put them in gallon zip lock bags and you'll be all ready to sew when the "need-to-shop" syndrome passes and the "need-to-sew" itch starts!

Do it like a friend who was an alcoholic did: Today I won't get drunk--I will tomorrow. He finally sobered up for good. Just say that today you won't buy any fabric--you will tomorrow.

When I feel that way, I go shopping in my stash. If I just cannot stay away from my LQS, I'll go look and usually don't find anything I cannot resist. It helps if I can just "feel" the fabrics...I don't necessarily have to buy.

Know what you are feeling. I have found that if I play with my fabric it usually is enough to cure me....at least for that day!

You could take some of your stash and put it on the bed and lay on it and throw some up in the air. Sorry that's what you do when you win lots of cash. Ok then pretend it's cash and then go buy more stash. Sorry, still I'm no help. Just a little crazy & dreaming for myself of winning some cash or stash. My wish for you is more will power if that is what you really want. You can do it :thumbup:

Shopping the stash not only calms that obsessive feeling that you have to buy, but in the process you see what you have and may have forgotten. You may even find another project lurking in there waiting for you to find it.

It is called stashfever there is also pattern fever, and thread fever. These diseases are terminal and highly contagious in LQS. There is no known vacine.

:thumbup:

I'm in the same boat, so I really feel your pain.
mac

Too funny!! :lol: I figure I will go through the projects I have fabric for and maybe starting on one of them will cure the itch...mostly.

O.K. What to do:

1. go to online fabric store
2. pick focus fabric
3. find coordinates
4. empty shopping cart and go to bed
5. wake with a clear conscience