I understand. I like looking at it, I'm afraid to use it, AND


I like to FONDLE it.

That's my husband's term, when he can't find me he just figures I'm fondling!

Ahhhh! I truly understand you. I have some called Apple Cider Bears (or something like that). I bought it at least three years ago. Have only used a tiny bit. You are not alone.

I have to tell my husband to use the quilts I make him. I have to tell myself to use my fabric or someone else will when I "can't" anymore.

I kind of felt the same way but then a friend talked me into taking a Scrap Therapy class based on the book Cut the Scraps and I started with cutting the actual scraps that I've used in other quilts. I didn't really want to use them in a new quilt anyway. It was like visiting with old friends I hadn't seen for a long time and it was so fun to put them together with other fabrics in new and different ways. Now I love to go shopping in my stash because I love the surprises that will come out of there. And I'm sure no one else will appreciate all those fabrics like I do, so why leave them to someone else some day?

12 step program for stashers?

Oh not me, I do love the fabrics I picked out but I definitely use them. In fact, while searching for material I think I have I often find fabric I forgot I had. I am constantly searching thru and reorganizing my totes. When I find forgotten fabric I leave it out on the cutting table so I don't forget it again. I love going thru the stash but also love using it.

Where did you find a Scrap Therapy Class quiltingbuddy .... I need one of those.

Call it a collection and enjoy looking at it. As Ricky Timms says: Stamp collectors don't mail out their stamps. Coin collectors don't pay their bills with them. So why should we have to use up one scrap before its time? Of course there is that running out of space thing.....

When you use fabrics from your stash, consider it as cashing in your investments!!! It's a grand feeling. Enjoy!

Best friends was diagnosed with two cancers and now had two strokes. Reality check for me. If something happens to me no one in my family cares about my fab and quilty stuff. Decided NOT to buy fab in 2015. So I will be sewing quilts table runners mug rugs and such to use up my stash. I bought the fab cuz I liked it and will sew it up cuz I STILL like it.

I recently discovered that I like making purses, tote bags, etc. I started with making little ones for my granddaughter and enjoyed it so much I graduated to more complex purses and bags for myself. I am one of the worst at not using fabric I buy because it's too beautiful to cut into. This new discovery is slowly beginning to cure me. All the quilts I make I give away never to be seen again. But with the bags I get to carry them around with me and enjoy again and again!