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It's a sickness but a wonderful one, I have a room full of fabric and I have no intentions of not buying more and more and more.
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Dont we all secretly wish we lived in a fabric shop?
That way we have the ultimate stash. Working in a shop, that clerk has access to all the fabric she needs so stash means nothing to her. I need all the fabric there is so I can match whatever I am working on or planning to do. |
I don't care what people think or say about my fabric. If I never sewed another stitch, I would still love fabric---I think of it like artwork. Isn't it beautiful? The different textures, patterns, hues and movement of color. I could hang some of it on the wall and just look at it.
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If a customer wants a certain amount of fabric and there is only a little left on the bolt (which at times is a whole extra yard) I ask if they want it all. Most will say they do as they can always use it somewhere, or that they can never have enough fabric. I enjoy hearing from our customers how much fabric they have, what they use it for etc. Then the next time they come in I have an idea what new fabric to point them to as well as ideas of what they could use it for. They love it!
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too much fabric....what's up with that....no such thing
I have a friend that tells me God has a room for us to quilt in once we get to heaven....so there's fabric there too |
Man, the mill end sounds awesome... too bad I don't have one near me (or maybe thats a good think, lol)
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I made my husband read this thread while home for lunch since he thinks I am the ONLY one who buys fabric not knowing what they are going to do with it and that I am the only one with fabric overflowing the bookshelves. I just stood there with a sweet, sweet smile on my face. Gotcha!
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I usually weight till the clerk offers me the rest at remant price so she doesn't have to put it back. and yes, i add to my stash all the time, or should i say piles!
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Too much fabric? Yeah right, that is physically impossible! The lady at the fabric store should be thanking you. You buying fabric makes sure she has a job!
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Originally Posted by samroberts01
Originally Posted by MistyMarie
The nice thing for me with my dh is that I tell him when I have as much fabric as he has bullets, then he can complain. (He NEVER has though.) Last night he walked into my fabric room and his eyes got really big. He just said, WOW! Looks like you got a lot of work in here to do, then walked out. Never a word about how much fabric. (I still have several more containers of fabric that haven't made it into this room yet to get organized.) Prior to this last month, I didn't really have any place to put my fabric where it could be organized, so my stash grew in large part because I didn't know where my fabric was, so I had to buy more when I wanted to do a project. Now, when I think about sewing, I can just walk downstairs and "shop" in my fabric room. Hallelujah!
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I'll be selling off some of mine soon.
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new strain of Quilter's Pox called
SABLE -- "Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy". It's very easy to catch. No known cure... |
Originally Posted by nativetexan
I usually weight till the clerk offers me the rest at remant price so she doesn't have to put it back. and yes, i add to my stash all the time, or should i say piles!
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Originally Posted by bibiche
me:"I'll just take all of it. I'm sure I can find something to do with it." saleswoman:"Yeah, like pile it on top of all that fabric you already have." :| :oops: :lol: |
Oh I love your room with the shelves. I have most of my fabric in bins. The problem is they are all piled up. Why is it what I want is always on the bottom? Oh you should be proud of yourself being so organized. Oh do I wish I could be that way.
You would love this. I saw some fabric I fell in love with the other day. I bought a couple of yards and when I got home and decided where it put it. I already had some of it. No wonder I liked it. Now that's getting pretty bad huh? Keep up the good work. Kathy |
As a note of interest, I called a sign shop the other day, and they sell the coroplast in 4x8 sheets at a specific price. One local shop quoted me $32 a sheet and the one I bought from charged me $22. They cut it into 4x4 pieces and my husband then cut them into 8x12 pieces for me, and I am now in the process of putting my 2+ lengths on the boards. I love it! At this point, too much fabric,,YES! At least at this point I am over-whelmed. My husband did make me pigeon holes, just like you see at the quilt shops, to put my fq's in and that is working fanntastic too. But, I have not even made a dent. As for sorting pieces..by size, NOT..going there yet. But I love what I am doing and am excited to see the finished end.
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Originally Posted by kjym
I saw some fabric I fell in love with the other day. I bought a couple of yards and when I got home and decided where it put it. I already had some of it. No wonder I liked it.
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Well !!! How rude of the sales lady! Was she trying to run the customers off???
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It's fabric or chocolate, take your pick!!
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Is there such a thing as to much fabric?
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All of you might be hoarders... you might have an addiction... Some people might call it an illness.... but that's YOU.
As for me? I have a collection of carefully selected, highly valued fabrics!! :) :) :) |
Hi. My name is Chris and I am a fabriholic. I don't want the cure, if any exists. I do have SABLE but I don't care. I also collect vintage machines (11 right now) but did promise DH that I would not actively look at or for any more vinatge machines - providing my FW arrives intact. Worked on my sewing room today. Organized, cleaned, put stuff away and still cannot find 3 Christmas presents that I out in there. FYI: DM would not call it cleaned or organized but it is for me. Went through every available surface and area minus the bins of fabric. That's next weekend's project, I guess, but maybe not.
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I often end up buying more than I actually need because I usually get a discount by purchasing the end of the bolt, and please tell me the salesclerk was just kidding with you, if someone talked to me in a manner that I thought was rude, I think I would lose it, by the way how much fabric you have in your stash is not hers or anyone's business, you will use it someday :D
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