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purplefiend 10-04-2010 10:14 AM
my family tells me that when I die they're selling my machine collection & stash to the lowest bidder. EEEEK! :cry:

gingerella 10-04-2010 11:20 AM
Originally Posted by jprusky
Heck, that's the major problem I have. If I'd only "unlove" the fabric, I might get some quilting done.

Judy
Oh, Judy, Judy. You have hit the nail on the head. I have been trying so hard this summer to get my brain around that very subject. It's pretty darn hard to do, though.

quilterfly 10-04-2010 06:29 PM
I have some flour sack fabric that i've never used. When I had to store some of my fabric recently I was going through these pieces & the thought occurred to me that it would probably rot & I wouldn't be able to enjoy it anymore, so it's now in my to-be-used stash. I haven't quite decided how to use it, but something will come up one of these days soon.

mayday 10-05-2010 08:46 AM
use it for something FOR YOU ,you can't take it with you ,there are no pockets in shrouds!!!

mayday 10-05-2010 08:51 AM
Originally Posted by Margie
I sure do...a lot of them. I just cant seem to cut into them. However, who says you have to? Do stamp collectors use their stamps to pay bills?
This really made me smile, my husb is a stamp collector and early in marriage was desperate for a stamp to post a letter---SO- knew he kept his spare stamps around I used one from a book------------OH DEAR!!! it was one of the collection!!!!

purplefiend 10-05-2010 06:08 PM
Originally Posted by mayday
Originally Posted by Margie
I sure do...a lot of them. I just cant seem to cut into them. However, who says you have to? Do stamp collectors use their stamps to pay bills?
This really made me smile, my husb is a stamp collector and early in marriage was desperate for a stamp to post a letter---SO- knew he kept his spare stamps around I used one from a book------------OH DEAR!!! it was one of the collection!!!!

He let you live to tell the tale??? I understand his point of view. I used to be a stamp collector too.
:shock:

trupeach1 10-05-2010 06:26 PM
Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
Yeah, only about a hundred yards....

:lol: and :oops:
ditto!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mousie 10-07-2010 05:27 PM
Originally Posted by patdesign
Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by jodimarie
I too am a fabric horder....there I admited it!! but one day my daughter came up to me and asked me when I was going to use one of my many favorites. Well, imangine my surprise when she told me....you know when you are gone, I'm having a garage sale and it is all going for a quarter!! That made me stop and think....why am I saving this fabric when I too could be enjoying snuggling up under a beautiful quilt.

I read the posts about people going to yard sales and finding the ''mother load'' of goodies and I don't want my favorites to end up someplace ''icky''....vbg!! but lining my casket is an idea!!
ahhh! shuddder the thought....my PRECIOUS...being sold like a common street waif...for a quarter???
I WILL have to muster some courage and use it. I can't let it live a wasted life, locked away...somehow, I must find a way...
I have three daughters that like quarters more than quilts!!! :shock:
when you cant bear to cut make it the central feature of a lap quilt and bind it up with a co-ordinating fabric you love, then use it to snug yourself as you watch TV etc and ENJOY!
Now, you just might be onto something! I could frame it in the center of my quilt. So it's not cotton. I won't tell if you don't ;)

Mousie 10-07-2010 05:31 PM
Originally Posted by patdesign
Originally Posted by applique
Can you imagine the comments when the undertakers association starts comparing notes and there are suddenly a zillion requests for favorite quilt fabric liners for coffins????
I literally laughed out loud!!! Just too funny for words!
hey....now that you mention it...I really would like to have um, you know if I just have to go anyway...my liner made from quilt blocks.
That would be a very fitting send off...sure to be cozy ;)

Mousie 10-07-2010 05:33 PM
Originally Posted by madamekelly
I had a piece of silver and aqua silk brocade that I carried around various moves over ten years, because I could not cut into it. I would just pet it and try to dream up a way to use it that was 'worthy' of such a gem. When I left Texas, to return to Oregon, A lovely Japanese friend was helping me pack, and she found it. She held it and cried in the middle of my floor. It was very old you see, and it reminded her of 'home'. She is happily wearing it as a dress for special occasions. I never knew I was saving it for that moment. I regret nothing. Sometimes, ya just gotta say "What the heck, here!" ( I would probably still be carrying it around anyway, I'm just too timid to risk ruining that much silk. I'm glad she wasn't)
awww! now, in a case like that, yes, I could let go.
What a wonderful story! :-D

Mousie 10-07-2010 05:37 PM
Originally Posted by Grandmama Pat
Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by jodimarie
I too am a fabric horder....there I admited it!! but one day my daughter came up to me and asked me when I was going to use one of my many favorites. Well, imangine my surprise when she told me....you know when you are gone, I'm having a garage sale and it is all going for a quarter!! That made me stop and think....why am I saving this fabric when I too could be enjoying snuggling up under a beautiful quilt.

I read the posts about people going to yard sales and finding the ''mother load'' of goodies and I don't want my favorites to end up someplace ''icky''....vbg!! but lining my casket is an idea!!
ahhh! shuddder the thought....my PRECIOUS...being sold like a common street waif...for a quarter???
I WILL have to muster some courage and use it. I can't let it live a wasted life, locked away...somehow, I must find a way...
I have three daughters that like quarters more than quilts!!! :shock:
The same here. None of these daughters sew, either!!
:roll: oh dear, oh dear...
that's what my grandbaby says when she sees the "rolling eyes" smiley face.
Oh! oh! oh! she loves fabrics. I shall will every little bit to her!
She is almost seven and has her own stash drawer at my mousehouse and checks for new lovelies every time she comes over.
So every time I go to the lqs, I have to get her something. Amazing what she is drawn to. She loves them all too.
I'm so glad I remembered this.
Grandmama pat, do you have any granddaughters??? ;-)

Lady Crafter 10-07-2010 11:14 PM
Originally Posted by ksea
Originally Posted by Lady Crafter
Me three! LOLOL .. we should share pictures of our favorite fabrics ... maybe we could help each other accumulate more. My absolute-to-die-for favorite is a 1994 Hoffman Challenge called Tiffany Windows here:

http://www.hoffmanchallenge.com/past...994fabric.html

I only have a yard of that GORGEOUS stuff. It is lovingly placed away from the light and dust/dirt. I visit it on occasion, just to pet it and reassure it that it is still my #1.

Second place is the 2004 Hoffman Challenge called Multi-Gold (?) here:

http://www.hoffmanchallenge.com/challenge2004.html

It shares the same clean dark spot with #1, so at least they can talk to each other. :-)
OMGosh It is beautiful and I would have had to have all the co-ordinating fabrics also. wonder if they are still available somewhere?
To the best of my knowledge (and trust me I have searched), I have not been able to find any of them. Hoffman Challenge fabrics disappear pretty quickly .. especially if they are GORGEOUS!

Lady Crafter 10-07-2010 11:16 PM
Originally Posted by purplefiend
my family tells me that when I die they're selling my machine collection & stash to the lowest bidder. EEEEK! :cry:
:lol: :lol: I tell my family that I'm all set ... I have 4 grave plots. My husband is in one, I'll be in another, and there's two left for my fabric ... its going with me!!! :lol: :lol:

Lady Crafter 10-07-2010 11:23 PM
Originally Posted by jodimarie
I too am a fabric horder....there I admited it!! but one day my daughter came up to me and asked me when I was going to use one of my many favorites. Well, imangine my surprise when she told me....you know when you are gone, I'm having a garage sale and it is all going for a quarter!! That made me stop and think....why am I saving this fabric when I too could be enjoying snuggling up under a beautiful quilt.

I read the posts about people going to yard sales and finding the ''mother load'' of goodies and I don't want my favorites to end up someplace ''icky''....vbg!! but lining my casket is an idea!!
I truly smile at "lining my casket." I've often told my three daughters that I want my casket lined in pretty floral prints. They just shake their heads, walk away, and threaten to call the whitecoats!

knlsmith 10-08-2010 01:33 AM
Omg! I am sooo glad I'm not te only one. I have so much I love but just keep hoarding. Lol

BTW Nancy, I live in Rushville! Wow we r close! Small world.

Grandmama Pat 10-08-2010 06:20 AM
Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by Grandmama Pat
Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by jodimarie
I too am a fabric horder....there I admited it!! but one day my daughter came up to me and asked me when I was going to use one of my many favorites. Well, imangine my surprise when she told me....you know when you are gone, I'm having a garage sale and it is all going for a quarter!! That made me stop and think....why am I saving this fabric when I too could be enjoying snuggling up under a beautiful quilt.

I read the posts about people going to yard sales and finding the ''mother load'' of goodies and I don't want my favorites to end up someplace ''icky''....vbg!! but lining my casket is an idea!!
ahhh! shuddder the thought....my PRECIOUS...being sold like a common street waif...for a quarter???
I WILL have to muster some courage and use it. I can't let it live a wasted life, locked away...somehow, I must find a way...
I have three daughters that like quarters more than quilts!!! :shock:
The same here. None of these daughters sew, either!!
:roll: oh dear, oh dear...
that's what my grandbaby says when she sees the "rolling eyes" smiley face.
Oh! oh! oh! she loves fabrics. I shall will every little bit to her!
She is almost seven and has her own stash drawer at my mousehouse and checks for new lovelies every time she comes over.
So every time I go to the lqs, I have to get her something. Amazing what she is drawn to. She loves them all too.
I'm so glad I remembered this.
Grandmama pat, do you have any granddaughters??? ;-)
Yes, I have six granddaughters and only one of them is interested in sewing and she lives about 200 miles away from me. She was here for a weekend visit recently and I helped her start a quilt with just square blocks. She loved it and my daughter said she'd been working on it since they went home. I'm proud someone will "inherit" my stash when I'm gone. I suppose all of it wil go to her. No one else is even remotely interested.

quilterfly 10-08-2010 05:34 PM
Someone should design a "coffin quilt liner" so we can get to work on them now. I love this idea! My kids say they're setting mine on fire because they think nobody else will want my fabric stash.

purplefiend 10-08-2010 07:23 PM
Originally Posted by Lady Crafter
Originally Posted by ksea
Originally Posted by Lady Crafter
Me three! LOLOL .. we should share pictures of our favorite fabrics ... maybe we could help each other accumulate more. My absolute-to-die-for favorite is a 1994 Hoffman Challenge called Tiffany Windows here:

http://www.hoffmanchallenge.com/past...994fabric.html

I only have a yard of that GORGEOUS stuff. It is lovingly placed away from the light and dust/dirt. I visit it on occasion, just to pet it and reassure it that it is still my #1.

Second place is the 2004 Hoffman Challenge called Multi-Gold (?) here:

http://www.hoffmanchallenge.com/challenge2004.html

It shares the same clean dark spot with #1, so at least they can talk to each other. :-)
OMGosh It is beautiful and I would have had to have all the co-ordinating fabrics also. wonder if they are still available somewhere?
To the best of my knowledge (and trust me I have searched), I have not been able to find any of them. Hoffman Challenge fabrics disappear pretty quickly .. especially if they are GORGEOUS!
I have some of the 2nd butterfly fabrics. Its so pretty!! I use some in special quilts.

Sis 10-11-2010 08:43 PM
I have told my only children (2 sons who do not understand my love of fabric) that when I die just ask for an unlined casket or pine box. Then pile a modest amount of my fabric on the bottom,place me on top of it ,then pack yardage pieces around me. Oh, and don't forget needle,thread, pins and scissors as I don't want to head to my destination and not have the proper tools for my fabric.
Of course being guys, they don't get it. LOL

jprusky 10-12-2010 06:45 AM
I like your idea - I think I'll tell my kids that too!

Judy

dljennings 10-13-2010 01:40 PM
Originally Posted by quilterfly
Someone should design a "coffin quilt liner" so we can get to work on them now. I love this idea! My kids say they're setting mine on fire because they think nobody else will want my fabric stash.
tell them to post it here & watch how fast it goes!!


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