I was reading a thread here the other day where the member went to a garage sale and there was about 80 totes FULL of fabric, she got two totes and some other stuff.

I DO NOT want my family selling totes of fabric at a garage sale when I am dead and gone. I feel that it is a waste and my own GREED is taking something away from the other members of the household (my children). If I spend 10 dollars on a yard of fabric and NEVER use it that could have been 10 dollars that my children spent some place we enjoy. I will never get the 10 dollars back trying to resale it.
I am really good at talking myself out of anything and everything too though, I don't feel this way JUST about fabric. I talked myself out of my new puppy, my husband got him anways. I talk myself out of new clothes, and even getting my hair cut when I really do hate it long. lol All so I don't have to spend money (that we have available to spend). Wish I could find a happy medium.

Oh no, that could be very dangerous to have it right next door I have to at least drive 20 min to town or call my dd's MIL
and have her bring it too me

I'm here I am raising my hand and I could give it a good home
LOL I like to just look and feel and sometimes that is enough

[quote=janRN] MY tastes and style of quilting have changed so much over the years. I advise new quilters to buy basics: blenders, white on white, beige on beige, and not so much of "today's" colors. I don't have a large stash. quote]

I am at a point now that I am trying to do this. Stock up on basics and focus on less trendy fabrics and or reproduction. I have not bought as much because of the economy but I find I have too small a pieces in my stash to complete quilts. So at this point I try to buy yardage for backing, sashing and borders to use with all the FQ and scraps I have.

there are church groups &guilds that will take knit sto make lap to lg quilts for cancer patients & homeless. I understand dbl knits are especially good for homeless--heavier, takes more abuse! someone else told they can be cut into ??2" strips & crocheted into rugs.

With the price of fabric going up I am glad to have a little stash. I only buy what I absolutely need when I don't have it in my stash.

I, too, watched the "horder" shows and decided I didn't want them coming to my house. I've got way to much, of everything, and now I'm clearing my mother's house that is worse than mine. I have 6 large boxes of double knits of hers that I plan to take to a church mission group since they are the only ones I've found that will use it.

We've both done all sorts of crafts also, so we have tons of those items. It's gotten so hard to find something, that it's usually easier to go buy more than find it. I've declared war on my house and am trying to take a sack of something (trash, donate, sell, etc.) out of it every day. I'm hoping to get enough done to be able to have Christmas at my house this year -- right now everyone wouldn't be able to sit down at the same time.

Only if it's weighing you down. I happily bought fabric for about a year while I was building my stash. Lately when I walk into a quilt shop, I see lots that I love. But I don't love buying it any more. My eyes are full when it comes to fabric. Now I enjoy "shopping" in my own sewing room. Part of the enjoyment is paring it down. With all the scraps I've generated, it's gotten a little out of hand.

I know that I am the "odd man out" but I have learned to resist buying fabric simply because it is gorgeous. Unless I intend to cut that fabric out tomorrow, I don't buy. I have a stash from leftover fabric from projects plus fabric purchased before I realized that it was more fun to buy for a particular project rather than for future use. Am I sounding far too practical and frugal (maybe even cheap).

I now have two big plastic tubs full of fabric and intend to use them for piecing backing for my quilts or I have a yen to make the clothesline baskets. That should make a hole it my stash. Strip piecing has also sparked my fancy.

Now to stay off the computer and get to work maybe I can reduce my stash.

I took a class at my quilt shop to "Use My Stash". It sounded like a good idea. I had an Asian Jelly roll, and the stash project was for strips so, I decided to use the jelly roll. Well, as I started to put it together,it was too dark, and it also needed a fabric to bring it all together, so I bought a yard of white and green asian fabric, and when the top was sewn together, it needed a border, and a back. I found a really nice Asian border and also an Asian back that just made a beautiful quilt. but when I was finished, I think I ended up with more fabric left-over than I started with!!!. Oh well. Hopefully lesson learned. But probably not!