Absolutely, positively - YES!!!! I can't you how many times I've done that.

Now you know why I have over 1,000 yds of fabric in my stash! Its an addiction that I hope never cures!

Before I made my first quilt (early September this year), I sewed a bit. I would only buy what I needed for a certain project. I had a teeny tiny stash that consisted of ends of yardage I bought (I always buy 1/2-1 extra to make SURE I don't run out). Then I bought what I needed for my first quilt, did that and decided I wanted to make another one. When I was searching for the perfect fabrics for that one, I found a bunch to use with DD to make HER quilt. In Walmart, when I went to get my daughter's pictures taken, I walked out with 13 fat quarters a can of basting spray, extra bobbins, needles for my machine...

THEN I found a lady who was cleaning out her craft room and selling oodles of quilting fabrics...I spent $160 at her house, and I now have three of those oversized linen grocery bags STUFFED with fabrics, enough batting to make like 6 or more quilts (not counting mini's, wall hangings, or the two packs of Insul-Bright!), books, magazines, templates...

Before I started my first quilt, I was never interested in starting a new project right at the completion of the current one...now, I have a gazillion ideas and plans. I work at my kitchen table, the place with the most space, but I used to just do one project and put everything away until I was inspired again...Now, I'm re-organizing my basement in my head to set up a sewing space that I don't have to clear out every day at dinner, and a place to display my stash so I don't have to dig through bags to be inspired. ;)

I have only completed two quilts and am in the process of the third, I KNOW I have a LOT to learn. But I also know I am *absolutely* a quilter. And YOU are too!!!

Oh you are a quilter and it is a good addiciton, trust me. There is no drug out there, that gives me such a high as a finished quilt. OR buying fabric for a new project.

Oh you so fit right in :) I am not so much the material collector. To much of a control freak to have mish mash - but let me loose near patterns...

Oh yes, I do the same thing. Most of my fabric has been purchased because I like it not because I have a project ready to work on.

I recently got fabric on sale( at $4/yd). just couldn't resist so I bought 15 yards of various patterns.
I just love to look at it and feel it.

Chris

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I don't see a thing wrong with it ....I do the same thing. When traveling, I look up in the phone books quilt shops and make it part of the trip. DH is very understanding. I also check out all the ads for estate sales, rummage sales, etc for anything that could lead to more fabric or items.
You are perfectly normal. :thumbup:

Absolutely!!!

I was already a fabric collector before I became a quilter!