Isn't this the truth?
 

I read this on another board & just had to share.
I don't know who wrote it, so I can't give credit where due. But I had to share!
Maureen
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On the Lighter Side

A recent study indicated that fabric gives off certain Pheromones that actually hypnotize women and cause them to purchase unreasonable amounts. When stored in large quantities in enclosed spaces, the Pheromones (in the fabric) cases memory loss and induces the nesting syndrome (similar to the one squirrels have before the onset of winter i.e. storing food). Therefore perpetuating their species and not having a population loss due to their kind being cut into pieces and mixed with others.

Sound tests have also reveled that these fabrics emit a very high pitched sound, heard only by a select few, a breed of women known as "quilters." When played backwards on an LP, the sounds are heard as chants, "buy me, cut me and sew me."

In order to overcome the so called "feeding frenzy effect" that these fabrics cause, one must wear a face mask when entering a storage facility and use ear plugs to avoid being pulled into their grip. One must laugh, however, at the sight of customers in a quilt fabric store, with WWII army gas masks and headphones!

Studies have also indicated that aliens have inhabited the earth, helping to spread the effects that these fabrics have on the human population. They are called Quilt Fabric Store Clerks.

It's also been experienced that these same Pheromones cause a pathological need to hide these fabric purchases when taken home (or at least blend them into the existing stash), and when asked by significant other if the fabric is new, the reply is "I've had it for awhile."
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How true! Thanks for posting, got my day started with a chuckle!

Thanks for starting my day with a chuckle. That is so true!!!
Sue

Hiliarious and oh so true!

That is my excuse and I'm blaming it.

I definately believe it is true.

Aliens do have invaded the earth, they also left their U F O's!

Very Cute!

I got such a kick out of that message. I'm glad you found it. I especially believe how we hide our stash and then tell our significant others that we've had it a while. I do that all the time. I get online purchases in the mail and I leave them in the mailbox if my husband is home and when he leaves, I go retrieve them. I put my purchases away in my sewing room and the boxes in the back of my car and take them to be recycled. So, he knows nothing! Whew!!!

Same here JCrow. Some days it's hard to be us. It was so much easier before my husband retired.

I have always said that "new fabric smell" is addictive.

Thanks for my chuckle of the day.

Oh it isn't the smell, its the sight, love looking at fabric, next best thing to Mother Nature herself.

If I get "caught" with a fabric purchase, I 'fess up, but I usually don't make a point of showing off my new acquisitions to DH.

That is too cute!

Thank you for giving me an excuse for DH, he needs a good laugh.

This conversation never ceases to amaze me. It is the reason I have chosen to remain single. But I still want to know why any of you are hiding what you buy from your husband. What are you? Twelve years old? froggyintexas

I read this thread to the DH. He asked "Their husbands don't notice that the house has started to tilt to one side and everything has a tendency to slide off the table?" I'm glad my DH goes with me and even helps pick out some of the fabric.

that is my story and i am sticking to it. lol neat story.

That's me story & I'm sticking to it! LOL! THANX!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much for the morning Chuckle, we all need one with our first cups of coffee :D

I have always sewn in one fashion or another...clothes, baby clothes, quilts, etc. I love fabric, and luckily for me, fabric is still cheaper than m/c parts and accessories :) which is my DH downfall !! So I never hide from him, I just share my haul with him, and he is always eager to see what I have created this time.

I better not let DH know this, he may start to get rid of my fabric little by little. Ye gads, what a thought. hehe

I had my husband read this, and his comment was, "That is clever," as he just shook his head. It's cute. Thanks a lot for our chuckle for the day. Incidentally my husband does sometimes go fabric shopping with me, and recently helped me reorganize my fabric room (two hours a day for 4 or 5 days). Yes, he's a keeper.

I didn't think this was all my fault.

I'm totally believing this. It explains so much!

L o L

That explains it!!

OMG! So that's what happened to me! I thought I had been overtaken, but now that I know the truth I feel so much better! I just might have to go to a LQS to test the theory! BTW, I went to a quilt show last Friday with the intention of just viewing beautiful quilts & walked out with over $100 of fabric, patterns & treats for me! LOL, I wasn't going to spend that much before going in!! Well, I had a fun day with friends, quilts & fabric. What could be better?

I use to believe that too,but my DH always knew about my new purchases -he said there was a glow around me.I thought he was nuts but now I know he wasn't --It was those darn pheromones giving me away

I may be qualified to address the reason we hide fabric purchases from our DH. He is not directly challenging the need for more fabric, unless of course you used the mortgage money. Of course some demented males use criticism to exert control over their smarter, more creative, and better halves. In the sad case that one is married to such a man, he's going to impotently carry on no matter what you do. You keep doing your thing, you have our sympathy and support.

The conflict is that men have a tendency to look at raw materials and believe they must be used immediately. Unless of course it is their garage, man cave, or tools. So in order to maintain harmony, these poor souls must be shielded from the stimulus that constant replenishment of our materials would provoke. After all, too much and they might tackle those project they've been putting off and really get in our way.

Does this explain our habits to those who eschew the benefits of better halfdom? I certainly hope so because I have several quilts underway and that load of fabric to move from the flying saucer to under the bed.

I love it!

that's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!!!

What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing the laughs!

I believe it! I believe it! Just can't stop buying that fabric.

Absolutely! I have been on a yardage frenzy (use to be fq's) but I love looking at them all pretty on the shelves!

HAHAHAHA! I just had to pass hat along. It will be my story from now on and I'm sticking to it

Good one! Now at least we know we really can't help it LOL
Suzy

Thank you for this xsquilter. Now I know there is a cause I feel so much better. Luckily I don't have to hide fabric.

And I thought all this was "NORMAL" LOL

Very funny. I got a good laugh. Glad I'm not the only one hiding fabric purchases.
My DH says , "have you even used the last fabric you bought?"
He has no understanding of how sewers/quilters gather supplies for projects.