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Originally Posted by leatheflea
(Post 6920959)
I wish I had never built my stash. Styles change and so does my taste in fabric. If I had it all to do over again I'd not have a stash only a scrap bin if necessary. Now I think about all the money wasted on fabric I really don't care for anymore.
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oh boy, i am sooo not the person to ask. lol... i have so much fabric, that 4 generations down the road would not have to buy fabric..when i started collecting fabric, i could get great quality fab from joanns for 1.00 a yard and wen i was working there i could use my discount.. i would buy fabric by the bolts and if there was a limit i took hubs and kids with, (no kidding) i said i had a lot (understatement).. i could probably clothe the homeless. my kids are forever telling me to get rid of it before i die, they want no part of it.
when i do buy i always think, about the backing, because you will need such a large amount. so i buy 5 or more yards, because i dont know what i will do for the back, my go to pattern is the log cabin and now i have been saving reds for this occasion. But i also love scrappies, and i am working on one for my dgd in pinks. |
My stash has been building over the last 5 years. I have a bookcase filled with fabric. Mine consists of lots of themes and seasons for some reason. I have a collection of holiday fabrics, food fabrics, novelty fabric, etc. I buy a couple yards during each holiday or season when they are on sale. My biggest collection is my 1930's reproduction fabrics. I LOVE them. I found awesome deals on Ebay and that really padded my collection.
A Walmart near me just got in over 4000 bolts of fabric and is selling it for $1.50 a yard!!! It was tucked away and forgotten in a warehouse, so it is a few years old. Some have dates back to 2000. But it is in excellent condition and all is quilt store quality. My DD and I bought over $100 between us. I got almost 15 yards of 1930's reproductions. Look around for really good buys on fabric and you won't feel so guilty if you don't use it right away. A couple yards is always a good choice. I know I will eventually use my fabrics but if not, they will fall to my oldest DD and DGD. My youngest DD loves yarn and not fabric. LOL!! |
I was working on a new project the other day, and it became clear that the original idea I'd had was not working. If I didn't have a stash, I would have had to put it all away until I could go fabric shopping. Instead, I found the perfect substitute fabrics in my stash, and was able to continue. That's one of the advantages of having a stash. Another is that you can't always find all the perfect fabrics for a project in one store at one time; having a stash allows you to combine fabrics from various time periods together in one quilt.
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Originally Posted by joe'smom
(Post 6942857)
I was working on a new project the other day, and it became clear that the original idea I'd had was not working. If I didn't have a stash, I would have had to put it all away until I could go fabric shopping. Instead, I found the perfect substitute fabrics in my stash, and was able to continue. That's one of the advantages of having a stash. Another is that you can't always find all the perfect fabrics for a project in one store at one time; having a stash allows you to combine fabrics from various time periods together in one quilt.
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