my downfall is the sale table. don't need any fabric at any price!! however, my mother was a sale shopper and i have inherited it. (somehow not really fair to blame my poor mom, is it. lol)

the other problem i have is that when i buy a yard or two of something i like it never seems to match anything i have. maybe i need to organize all of it. then when i need to match something i will actually be able to find it.

ah, me! i suspect if it wasn't fabric for quilting it would be something else. as i tell my kids, it keeps me out of the bars and casinos. ha ha

Raedar why don't you sell it here? This is the first place I look everyday to see if there is something I can't live without :O)

I don't have the addiction YET! Because I just started quilting...but I can sure see how easy it is to start buying fabric when you see something you like. Especially when the good stuff goes so fast. I do not let myself buy anything unless it is for a current project. it's hard!

Look but do NOT buy. Or better still do not look. Put ebay listing on the wish list and then check back to see if you still want it or what the price is. When I do this I either forget about it or find it no longer interests me when I go back to see it. You can always bid your max and then if you are out bid then you were not ment to have that item.

Well my friend, you are in good company. When we moved to an apt. from a 3-bedroom house, I gave away about half of my stash, although DH and DS wanted me to get rid of more, I drew the line in the sand. I've been mainly quilting from my stash, not buying a lot of new fabric, however, I must be a fabric magnet. While recovering from a spinal cord surgery, learning to walk again, I talked to people about my quilting and had DH bring in my quilt album. Well, one of the therapists there asked if I could use more fabric. LOL. She said a friend had given her a bunch of fabric that she would never use, so I took it off her hands - nearly 40 yds. of fabric. I was blown away. I've already used some of it making table runners, placemats, etc., but I swear the fabric multiplies while I sleep. Because we are on SS, money is tight, but I've been keeping my buying down (it's a lot easier when I couldn't drive). I've made lots of projects, baby quilts, regular quilts, a quilt for my DGD that was totally from my stash; etc., etc. but the piles don't seem to be dwindling. I have, however, been able to buy only what I need, such as background fabric or fabric to complete a quilt. It's not nearly as much fun though.

I consider it cheaper than therapy and let it go. I have bought minimal amounts of fabric in the last few years. I"m working more and don't have as much time to spend in the sewing room. But that doesn't mean I haven't bought things if I really love them. I've just changed my criteria. I don't buy fabrics I just like. I have to really love them.

I do by go-withs and blenders. I also buy special project fabrics when I don't have the right things in my stash. I just don't worry that much about it.

I agree we all need some kind of stash. I am a pretty new quilter and only due to being disabled now. I was a garment sewer but always said I would quilt when I retired. Of course I am totally addicted, but have limited resources. My little sewing group had a class for a leaf bowl yesterday- just bring a few 6" squares of green batiks. Well, what should have been a cheap class turned expensive since I didn't have any batik scraps at all. My advice...keep enough stash in case your life changes dramatically and you can "live" on what you already have. Everyone keeps saying, just pull from your stash, you don't have to buy anything! We aren't all there yet lol!!!
Oh, and yes, selling your overages on the site here would be fab!
sally

It's just the nature of the beast. "Quilter" I have a huge stash and still find I always need something else. If I don need it I can't resist the beauty of the fabric. I have just came to the conclusion, that we are a different breed, sigh!