I love this thread. It makes me feel "normal".....well at least normal on the Quilting Board!:)

This is too funny. Yesterday I told my friend Julia that she who dies with the most kitchen tools and machines does not win. She has just about everything available and lots of it has never been used. I mean how many food processors (of assorted sizes) does one need. It took her about an hour to come back at me about my fabric & quilting tool obsession. LOL.

I hate taking my non-quilty friends shopping with me, they stand around looking bored in a quilt shop while I'm in heaven LOL. I wish I had a quilty friend that tossed what she didn't need ... I'd happily take her trash LOL

Suzy

I can only go fabric shopping with my one non-quilting friend...she understands...

We will go to my favorite shop in her town (Henderson, NV) and she will look at all of the antiques they have all over and marvel at the way they display everything so lovely...and when she is tired will start looking thru one of the quilt magazines that I will be buying...

The only people that are allowed in my sewing room are the ones that don't judge...anyone that stands at the door and shakes their head are not invited in...

My sister, new to the quilting world herself, sends me all her scraps. :) She doesn't want to bother with them. I like scrappy quilts, and am happy to receive her scraps. Of course, I pay for it; she sends her quilts to me for the quilting part. For me, though, it's win-win. I get to practice my technique on her quilts and she is thrilled with the results. someday I hope to be able to quilt as well as some of the wonderful quilters on this board.

I remember when taking Home-ec [100 yrs ago]ha. Our teacher would have us buy much more yardage than we needed to make a garment. she would toss what was left over. So goes the world. The reason we have garbage dumps many hundreds of feet high, from people who don't SAVE THE SCRAPS.

I've tried to instill into my kids that there IS value in my stash - if someone wants to go to the trouble of actually dealing with it!

I keep my bigger scraps for appliqué and maybe small other items, personally not a fan of making a scrappy quilt, not that I don't like them just that I won't make them I also have been known to pass scraps onto girls outs or other groups but I never pitch them...,to usable fabric :-)

I know many people who do not understand saving/buying fabric. They think you buy what you need and only what you need.

But I have to laugh - I used scraps to make a baby blanket with cuddle fabric on the back and it still costed about $50. I had to buy the fabric to go with the scraps. My DH says it is too nice to give away - I explained that you only give quilts to those you care about.