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oksewglad 10-22-2009 01:49 PM


Originally Posted by Dawn Hendrix
I have fabric from when my grandmother made me dresses. I will be 40 in a few days... I try to put a little piece of it on my quilts.. even if it is in the label .. she is the one who taught me to sew.

How touching :lol:

Up North 10-22-2009 01:56 PM


Originally Posted by oksewglad

Originally Posted by Dawn Hendrix
I have fabric from when my grandmother made me dresses. I will be 40 in a few days... I try to put a little piece of it on my quilts.. even if it is in the label .. she is the one who taught me to sew.

How touching :lol:

I will now save some of the fabrics I use when teaching my 7 year old granddaughter in a special container just for her. Thanks for the memory maker!!

oksewglad 10-22-2009 01:56 PM


Originally Posted by crkathleen
I still have pieces from when I first started quilting about 9 years ago. It's all inferior quality so I don't use it. Not sure why I keep it in my stash. haha
I also still have some decorator's fabric that I bought and made my first big quilt (king) for my mother. I washed it before I gave it to her and then promptly had to sew it back together!
I'm self taught, the hard way! :lol:

Hey that stuff (inferior fabric) I gave to my sister and she crocheted me rag rugs! There's always a use for them and the uglies. :wink:
Oh and my stash really started in the early 80's but have some fabrics from my HS days as well.

oksewglad 10-22-2009 01:59 PM

Thanks for the idea Up North. Just so long as I don't forget where I put the pieces I've saved :roll: I have 4 gr daughters now and the oldest wants to teach me how to sew already. :lol:

Up North 10-22-2009 02:06 PM


Originally Posted by oksewglad
Thanks for the idea Up North. Just so long as I don't forget where I put the pieces I've saved :roll: I have 4 gr daughters now and the oldest wants to teach me how to sew already. :lol:

I would take a plastic tote and label it with their names, let them divvy it up at a later date. I only have one granddaughter but 3 grandsons- 2 that like to sew so they can share the box of beginner scraps. May be a good idea to put a little note on each piece of the date and project- Man now I have more work to do!!! LOL

thequilterslink 10-22-2009 02:30 PM

My stash has some pretty old pieces in it, i know some i bought is at least 15 yrs old, and i have lots of 30's-50's pieces that were given to me. I can remember where i got lots of it, nevr WHY tho LOL

denverjjoy 10-22-2009 03:04 PM

I have material that I bought in the early 70's. But when my surrogate mother died, I inherited quite a stash, 2 1/2 car garage from floor to ceiling like library shelves and everything catagorized. Gave a lot of it but there is some beautiful linens, silks, cottons, etc that I know have to have been when her daughter was young and her daughter is now 80 yrs old. And it is still good. I have been making some baby quilts with this fabric as alegacy from her to the new babies.

crkathleen 10-22-2009 04:06 PM


Originally Posted by oksewglad

Originally Posted by crkathleen
I still have pieces from when I first started quilting about 9 years ago. It's all inferior quality so I don't use it. Not sure why I keep it in my stash. haha
I also still have some decorator's fabric that I bought and made my first big quilt (king) for my mother. I washed it before I gave it to her and then promptly had to sew it back together!
I'm self taught, the hard way! :lol:

Hey that stuff (inferior fabric) I gave to my sister and she crocheted me rag rugs! There's always a use for them and the uglies. :wink:
Oh and my stash really started in the early 80's but have some fabrics from my HS days as well.

Thanks OK for the idea! now that you said that I thought about what I saw on Fons and Porter today. They did the bowls made out of cotton laundry cord. I could probably make a matching bowl to go with that quilt! It should stay together as long as she doesn't wash it! :lol:

marilyn y 10-22-2009 04:11 PM

I have fabric that is 55+ years old. It was from of my dresses when I was small. I started quilting in 1989 and I still have some of that fabric. I think there is some that is more than 20 years old also that my Mom gave me.

judy_68 10-22-2009 04:38 PM

Alot of my fabric is from sales. Some of it is probably pretty old. Some of you will see on here soon. Im trying to get rid of some of it. I have way too much and am trying to make extra money to go toward plane ticket for my son to come home from Korea for awhile.
Judy in Ohio


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