I have challenged myself to FIRST use my stash on every new project. I buy more fabric ONLY if I absolutely can't find what I need in my stash.

That said, if you decide to sell your stash, please let me be one of the buyers!

De-stashing? That is scary!!!! I love mine and really enjoy going through it and coming up with a new quilt! No way I will ever use it all but I keep trying. Too, if I find a bargain, I add MORE!

you do realize why we have stashes don't you? 1. we love fabric and buy it because we like it 2. this is the most important one. Each year they come out with NEW lines of fabric and of course they are to die for so we must have them, then we notice they don't quite match what we already have, the reds are a differnt shade, etc. and thus a stash is created. The trick is to take some of your stash along to the LQS and match up something! You can do it. I have faith in you. I will be the one right behind you buying something to match mine!

Probably not, but I'm going to have fun trying...and of course, the complimentary fabric will not be found in my stash...the right color hasn't been created yet!

Think that'll work? :thumbup:

I know that I will never use my stash, I would have to live to be about 500 years old. But as had been mentioned, prices are going so high now that I think my stash is worth more than I paid for it, but you never get that much when you sell it. My biggest problem is that I have run out of places to store my stash so may have to reduce it a little.

I'll swap some fabric ( or preferably a UFO) with you!
PM me! Jeannie

I have some stash but nothing compared to some of you guys and gals. Seems a shame not to use the scraps. I discovered the love of scrappin it several years ago. I have some yardage but most of my stash is scraps which I love to use in new scrap patterns. If ya'all don't want your scraps, send them to me and I will use them up for you. lol.

Why stash in the first place?

Too funny! I'm feeling better already :D :D

My feeling exactly.I'm gearing up to make a scrap quilt & been pulling fabrics from my stash.Maybe not the biggest stash,but enough that I don't have to buy more fabric.Enough for batting & backing too.Works for me & I intend to keep shopping stash.Making a game of it to see how much cheaper that is,than adding to the economy. :)


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I saq a link which showed a lady's control of her stash by cutting into different sized strips and then storing them in plastic containers (drawers. My computer's ink supply was running low and I did not run off a hard copy. Could you please direct me to that link again. I went to the store and got new ink but I can't find the link. Thank you for your help.

Thank-you BobbiSue! :)

I think quilting, like any hobby, we tend to keep our eyes out for something new, or different that we don't have. or forgot we have.
I did it yrs ago,when I was into designing/decoration stationery and greeting cards. Every time I went to town I can home with more supplies. plus new art/design books.

My daughter says she did the same with scrapbooking and now with jewlery making. Later we wonder why we bought so much.

I figure when I am home working on my hobbies I am not out spending money or gambling or such, which can run into money too.

PS no I will never use up my stash, but have fun trying.

So I can shop right here at home.Besides, mine was bought before fabric hit the prices they get now & looks like prices will go even higher. Whew! Thank heaven for stash!!

Our sewing ministry, making dresses for children in Guatemala and Brazil, would love to help you with this problem. We survive on donations. Maybe there is a group like us near you!

I will never use my stash. And I probably would have saved lots of money in the long run if I had just bought fabrics for individual projects. But I get a huge thrill of digging through my stash and finding just the right fabric for a project, or finding something different than what is out there now for sale. My stash goes back 30 years and I find lots of gems at the bottom of some of my containers. Sweet!!

30 years! Wow....I think my oldest fabric is only 4 yrs. I'd love to look through yours!

To A1Crafter: This might have been posted elsewhere in this thread, but here's a great link: http://quiltville.com/scrapusersystem.shtml

Thanks for sharing that, there is a wealth of ideas there. :thumbup:

Wow! I'm trying to build a stash and if any of you want to help me I'll be so grateful. Just pm me :mrgreen:

I know how you feel. I was just thinking I need to get rid of some of the fat quarters I have. I don't think I will ever really use most of them. It's kinda like an addiction...LOL

It's funny because I loved the fabric, then didn't like it but held on to it, and now I love most of it again. I make charity quilts so its fun to make some "retro" ones from fabric I just have stored forever. I have vintage fabric that gives a whole new meaning to "vintage." LOL

Please keep in mind that prices on cotton fabric is going up - that's no a rumor it's a fact - I have very little stash well a lot for me put compared to some quilter that have posted pictures I have a penny worth from dollar - but I too have material that I bought with a specific person in mind my 3 granddaughter for instance - well I didn't get to their quilt yet but they grew and their taste has changed - I'm old enough to like younger looking things but they are at an age that young can be offensive lol – so chose wisely but in the end you alone can decide.

That's the one I was looking for. Thank you so much.

I feel the same as most of the ladies, but I have been making quilts w/o going to the shops on purpose and it takes longer to decide but it can be done.

Why not make a quilt of the fabrics you have in your stash? No cheating - you can't go to the Fabric Shop to buy more. Use up what you have. :-)

I am trying to use up my stash which will take me another lifetime and just purchasing what I need to complete a quilt. Of course if something really speaks to me I will purchase it. Long ago I gave away tons of fabrics that I knew I'd probably never use to others who would have the joy of working with it.

i go through mine now and then and get rid of fabric i just don't think i will ever use. but I keep seeing all these scrap quilts that are so beautiful. I may have to become a hoarder

I do seem to buy at least some fabric for every project, but I do shop stash first. Some of my best quilts have been from using of bits and pieces and making do with whatever was in stash. So I think I'll hang onto mine for a while. :-))

Some of my stash is a memory book of trips and gaity I discovered along the way. They may or may not make it to quilts -YET-But I will enjoy them while I can. Caution though, the colors that are in now may not be in , in 5 or ten years. Remember the dusty colors of the 90's.

I ahve already handed down all fabrics from the 1970's... what more do you want???? LOL