I'm not going if I can't take it with me!!!!!!!!

We were driving along today and DH saw this small house and long storage shed. He says that is what we need! A small house and a long long storage building! LOL He is my enabler when it comes to collecting!! Whether it is stash or collectibles!! :lol: :lol: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

When I read this sentence it reminded me of what my 21 yr. old g-dtr said last wk. when she spent 2 nights with me. We were in my sewing rm. doing some mending for her when she said "G-ma, I wish I had a lot of "stuff" at my place. It makes it so homey". She'll eat her words someday. LOL

One of my DDs also thinks I have "way too much stuff"! No way am I letting her 'help' me sort through it...she'd toss most of it! (I'm glad I'm in good company, sewjoyce!)

Hm... Let her go shopping with you one time, looking at prices, and I be she rethinks that whole throwing away thing.
Ours is not a particularly cheap hobby, for the most part.
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I know for sure that I have enough stash for 3 lifetimes. I only hope that if I go before my two children and DH, they find good homes for my beautiful fabric (and quilting books - have I mentioned my books?), not the nearest dumpster!
I have had my son,s that is what they would do! I nearly fainted and then proceeded to tell them that this was there inheritance and would have no problem selling any of it.

THIS IS NOT A QUICK REPLY! My DH and I live in an old business bldg with an upstairs appt. we own 2 bldg on one side of 2 story and 1 bldg on other side. Also a RV garage out back. For many years I have complained that DH had 90% of the space. In one of the other bldgs we made an appt for my parents and then later my sis moved into it. My sis passed away last Sept. Just recently I started moving out her things and making myself a room for my 18" long arm and another room for my sewing machines and table. Wel-l-l sis had a stash of her own (couldn't really compair with mine tho) and I had to find a place for her stuff and mine that was crammed into the upstairs appt. The stuff out of the upstairs appt filled one of her bedrooms. Her stash was in plastic tubs in her LR. This doesn't even compair to what I have stashed in tubs in the loft and one wall of shelves, that was my alloted space out of 3 downstairs bldgs, and the garage.Last nite I started moving the tubs out of her bedroom and into her LR along with her tubs of stash. I don't have it all moved yet and there isn't room for any more. I also have my DH's grandma's stash in 4 chest of drawers in another room. His mothers silk stash that is in plastic blanket bags, is on a couch in another storeage room. If I never bought another scrap I have enough fabric for my daughter and her daughter to use from and probably still have some left over. I can't help it! I am a fabricaholic and I have told my kids that I am keeping it till I die! The only way I can keep from buying more is to stay out of the stores. That only drives me to online shopping. I just have to stop looking!Are all of you all that bad? Once you have this big of a stash tho, you don't have to worry about hiding stuff. You can hide it in plane sight and no one will ever notice it! linda

I am glad to see some one else uses their spare room to put their precious fabric in while you are sorting out the sewing room. I have only a week to get it back out of the spare room--school holidays are here and some one wants to visit me for a week. don't know who yet. I need HELP fast.

I too, have tubs full of stash..I purchased the movers dollys which are about 30"x 24" carpeted and on rollers. Now have
those tubs on rollers, easy to move around...and can get to the
shelves behind without picking them all up. You can stack
several tubs on each one. Harbor Freight has the dollys for
under $12. Put them on your Xmas list....

Sounds just like something my DD would say, needless to say mine doesn't sew, but she is an avid reader and has boo quos of books. So I gues we are in the same boat, way too much stuff. lol

I store things in my guest bathroom. I even have a plastic chest of drawers in it to hold extra guest towels, toilet paper, and a couple of other misc things. Close the shower curtain and know one is the wiser.

its amazing reading about all of your fabrics, i get a big laugh i can just see your rooms full of fabric, I got very very little but i can imageine haveing more lol
HUGS yall make my day
Dora

Have not read all posts but the best one I heard of was on another site. A lady bought a sample casket and removed all of the insides. She very carefully folded and stored "some" of her stash in the coffin. Her husband was curious so one night he opened it. Inside, on top of the stash, was a note that said..."Who says I can't take it with me" That response won the prize for the best entry. I always say that if I die before my DH, I will be embarrased in Heaven if he finds out all the places I have it in. He has told me not to worry because he already knows where I have it stashed...

Hi,
You might search out tutorials and look at the pictures that I believe Anya did with bookcases, I followed her directions and boy does it make a difference in a room you still have all of the fabric but you can also see it all and get to it when you need it. I had to buy the bookcases because my husband is ill and can no longer build for me. My room is so pretty now. Also if I didn't do something you would soon see me on the Hoarders T.V. program but then again I am not a Hoarder but a collector.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Marion

:lol: :lol:

I wonder if it's an obsession :)

Yes!!! I store some of mine under the bed in boxes that can be seen thru. If you need to go to Bed, Bath and Beyond and buy the bed lifters that you put under the legs of the bed. This gives you another 6 inches of space. Color code then on the outside. Some boxes even have wheels!! HaHa!!! If you use both sides of the bed, you can get a lot under there.

a magnificent one. At least we are not in the bars unless somone opened a shop in one. Hmmmmm what an idea, can you just see all of us on stools with the bartender bring us the fabric, boy would he/she be worn out. Say cat lady what kind of cat is that? My husband has always said that he doesn'r like cats but last night we were watching cats 1010 and he said that if he had a cat he wants a large tom.
Marion

Never enough stash.

I have a coffee cup that holds my cone thread before it goes through the machine, and it says She who dies with the most fabric, wins.

Is that a Basenji in your avatar?

My husband shrugs his shoulders and says "At least you're not in the bars!!" LOL!! Guess that means it's okay to have stash! Still wondering though...are you not supposed to use it?? Ever??? LOL!!

Hmmm...Never thought of having her shop for fabric with me. That would be an eye-opener! Thanks for the suggestion, tooMuchFabric!

The same with my DD (who would toss my "stuff"). She doesn't sew, has no interest in it (but knew exactly what she wanted in a prom dress.. and Mom sewed it with pleasure!) I will say this in her favor...DD does have an awesome sense of color and style, and if she asks me to sew something for one of the kids, it's spot-on!

That is so funny. Why do you think they call it "stash"? You stash it away & don't use it. Only reason I can think of.

Well, probably the only reason I didn't use the bathtub for fabric was because I already had a rabbit living in it! We are not crazy, just creative problem solvers!

LOL!!! That must be it!!!
:-D :D

Gracie is a calico. There are 3 kinds of calicos & I have all 3. She was a bottle baby & is spoiled rotten :-)

that's like saying you have too much chocolate!!

Yes, that's my Corie

I was a breeder until I was in an accident, Rugosa Basenjis. Luckily my love of the breed remained, along with my love and knowledge of how to sew
(although terribly outdated, I still get many comments that lets me know the info I have online is still used www.RugosaBasenjis.com, so I leave it)
They are one of my favorite quilt subjects.

My husband had Basenji's since before we met over 20 plus years ago! We still have one who probably won't make it through the winter. She's so thin, and deaf, but still eats. We've lost each one to cancer at a ripe old age. Still hard to let them go even though it's the humane thing to do! Two were "rescued" from families who couldn't handle them or care for them in the city. Another we bought as a puppy who remained that way until she got ran over and broke her hip. Made a trip to the state vet hospital in Iowa to have surgery! One of the ones he had when we married got kicked by a horse and broke her leg. She was in a cast for a while! We have lots of memories of them all!!

ROFLMBO!!!!

Our house is a place to store our stuff(stash), while we go out and buy more stuff.

I couldn't have said it better myself! :lol: :lol:

Just when you think you have raised them right, kids open their mouths . . . LOL!