A vicious cycle!!! Do you ever make more room?
 

All of my storage space is full of fabric. As I use it, I replace that space with tops. As I finish them, I replace them with quilts. When I sell a quilt or give it as a gift, I buy more fabric. Does anyoneelse have this problem? Please tell me I'm not alone. :p

Doesn't seem to me that you have a problem... You are using your stash and using that space it filled with a completed quilt. Or maybe that will be a problem... Soon you won't have room for more fabric. ;) You will only have completed quilts.

lol,I hear ya.my house is the same way.I love touching and rearranging my stash almost as much as using it.My oldest grand daughter loves to help neaten and organize with me.I think we may have an addiction-a harmless ,creative,enjoyable one.

not a problem as far as i can see :)

Works for me! It's only a problem when you stack it up the walls and call it insulation.

hehheheheeh! That may be my next excuse!

I move my quilts out pretty quick. I am either making them as gifts or I donate them. When I try a new pattern it usually becomes a donation. I keep my space available for more fabric! I need to sew more to keep it moving!

I am worse. I just keep buying more and more. I hardly ever finish a quilt or get rid of any stash.

I don't think you have a problem at all. It sounds perfectly normal to me. At least that's what happens at my house.

I was told that if the piles kept moving it was good. Sounds to me like you are moving from unfinished to finished and adding more to begin again. Sounds perfect!

I have a small problem with fabric, but a bigger one with fleece for Project Linus. It takes up so much space! We had our Make a Blanket Day last weekend, and I got rid of 50 prepped blankets. 15 more go out on Monday to the assisted living session. However, I bought a carload of fleece yesterday and again today at Joann's. There is no end to cycle.

you could always join the fabric moratorium for 2013--- and use up your stash instead of buying more all the time...it helps get that under control some & can be quite fun to use what you have---challenge you to be creative-instead of shopping.

Well Leesa, I think you are pretty normal. At least you are making quilts & not just buying fabric to decorate the walls. Now that you have that new LA you ought to be really productive . As long as you are enjoying your self, then I don't see a problem. And if that stash becomes a problem for you, you can pack up a BIG, BIG box & send it to me. Ha Ha. Keep smiling & stitch away.

Youre in the best of company here

It doesn't sound like a problem to me. :D You seem to have a pretty good system going for you.:thumbup:

Most of my quilts end up claimed before I complete them! So of course I need to add to the stash for more!! I may actually go thru my stash soon, tho before I move, to eliminate packing and moving fabric I will never use..can just donate to a sewing group I guess. I also have lots of old quilting magaiznes someone gave me that I never look at that I may donate.All this will free up more space for FABRIC!!

My question is, make more room for what? I create. It's what I do. There's always going to be fabrics, threads, patterns, buttons, and all the equipment needed to use those supplies.

I think I have already used that one. I have the outside walls on the west side of the house (my front room) & in my little office the south side. doesn't seem to help tho.

I envy you my friend. My stash is in one place but thanks to you, I can afford to buy some occasionally.

I have reached saturation. At least I am finally able to get all the fabric on shelves and out of tote boxes. So I am hoping that now that i can see and touch and find the fabric, it will get used.

My clothes closet which is the width of the room is half full of quilts. Slowly, oh so slowly, I am finding good homes for them. I have 8 more coming from the LA and need to find more room.

Whew!Glad to know I'm not in this boat alone. Got cold last night and cuddled up in one. Sure was glad I had it. It felt so good!

did anyone read this thread...the one before this on the archive: http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...m-t206795.html i got a kick out of this after reading that!

You are not alone.

Not a problem. At least you are using your stash.

Hi my name is Tammy and I'm a fabricholic it has been less than a week since my last purchase.

Nope, I sure don't see anything wrong with what you have going on. As long as we aren't storing in the bathtub there is no problem.

I will say I am thinking of joining the moratorium 2013 just so I can make room for new stuff but then that defeats the entire purpose of the project--lol :-)

My Name is Lori , like the post before me, it has been less than 8 hours since my last purchase. I started with a sewing room about 10x10... then came the rolls of batting, the fabric on bolts, etc... I expanded to consume most of my basement. Even put a bed there .. which is now the perfect quilt storage system.. I just lay one on top of another.
I figure I will have to start digging a basement expansion is a few years . If I tell myself I will have to dig with a spoon that will deter me.

aside from decorating my tree today, I'm going to re-arrange my fabrics....yet again! I love to sort through my stash. It helps me plan my next project. You are SO not alone!

Oh yes! I have a big problem with space. Ever so often I reorganize, but then I start new projects which tears up all the organization. And of course I must buy new supplies to help with the projects!

No I do not see a problem. Atleast your fabric is making it into tops and quilts. some of mine just sits there for my visual enjoyment.

My thoughts exactly. :thumbup:

Sounds like you are having fun and isn't that what we should do......LOL..

That is not a vicious cycle, it is a creative cycle. All is well and as it is meant to be. Hugsssssss and smilesss.

I tend to do a similar thing. But, I find I now have more stash than space. Can I get myself to sell any of my precious fabric? NO! So, I just pile more on top. :-)

I don't see that as a problem, as you are using your stash to good advantage. Works for me.

You don't have a problem----You are a quilter. It is what we do.

OMG, you are NOT alone. When I use a little fabric or fat quarters, I replace it with something "just because I liked the fabric."

Your system sounds fine to me! At least things are moving. I love the idea of quilts as insulation!

I have absolutely no room for any more fabric. I have too many dressers and storage containers. I even have a long dresser with my rectangle ironing board on it for more space to house my fabric. I need to downsize.

MIL gave me an old metal stand that has three shelves and wheels, like what we use to use when BBQing back in the day. It's sitting in the middle of my room full of quilt kits.

I was out of control with my buying, but haven't made any unneeded purchases for a few months and it feels good not buying anything. I went to my fav quilt store a week ago and didn't purchase one thing! I think I retrained my brain somehow. Now I don't want to spend money on fabric. I go in my sewing room and open drawers, cupboards, rubbermaid tubs and feel all my fabric and then I don't feel the need to buy anything.

I have been having giveaways on my blog to downsize. I try to find people who don't have much and give them a box full of fabric and quilt kits. It's hard to do that online, because people misrepresent themselves and I believe they don't have much, but find out later that they have lots of fabric.

I would like to find someone here who needs fabric and quilt kits. Someone who doesn't have much and I would like to share with them. But it's hard to trust that they are being honest. I would like to help a newbie or a retiree who needs fabric and kits.

Doesn't sound like a problem to me.

Here in Wisconsin, piling up fabric against the walls for insulation results in lots of musty and mouldy fabric. I've had a few pieces too close to the walls in winter; now I'm very careful to keep things away from outside walls to let air circulate behind everything.

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