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10-02-2010, 05:34 PM

#81

G'ma Kay

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Location: west central Illinois

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No, I always look forward to my next new favorite.

10-02-2010, 05:39 PM

#82

Dee

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Location: Pa.

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I have several of my favorites and don't want to put a blade to it. I think of something to make with it and then I just look, fold and put it in the save box.

10-02-2010, 07:24 PM

#83

lclang

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Join Date: Nov 2009

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I have a stash of glitzy fabrics and I have a hard time cutting into them, but they sure spice up a quilt so I just bite my lip and chop away. I don't want it to go to Goodwill when i'm gone!

10-02-2010, 07:36 PM

#84

newbiequilter

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Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: No. Calif

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Fancy Nancy

do any of you have some pieces of favorite fabric you have purchased that you just can't bring yourself to cut for a quilt? I have several I really love but am afraid to take the plunge and make a decision on what to make with them? Seems easier to use lesser liked fabric b/c if you goof up it does not hurt so much.

I bought a batique remnant at a nice shop a couple of years ago - I figured it was mis-marked because it was 1 1/2 yds for $6. I love this fabric and have used is sparingly for leaves, backgrounds, etc.

10-02-2010, 08:29 PM

#85

Marquilt

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Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Virginia

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yep, I have piles of the "too good to use" fabrics. I'm trying to get over it. LOL

10-02-2010, 08:43 PM

#86

Fancy Nancy

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Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Illinois

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not long after i started this post, my daughter (26) who wants to learn to quilt - was going thru my stash trying to find fabric she liked to make her first project with. i felt so bad but she would keep picking up fabrics and i would have to tell her that it was too special to cut up. she thought i was crazy and couldn't understand why i bought something i don't plan to use. i figured if she learns to quilt she will also learn why some fabrics just are not meant to be cut! i quess i am teaching her to be a fabric hoarder? lol

10-02-2010, 09:27 PM

#87

gale

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Location: North-Central Indiana

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I have the opposite problem. I have lots of fabric I bought a long time ago that I'm no longer wild about and I don't want to use it. I only want to use my cute new stuff.

10-02-2010, 09:35 PM

#88

josi49

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Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: Central FL

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I can't really count the pieces I have that are just "TOO SPECIAL" to cut up. However, this past year I did take a Landscape Collage class and the piece that best met my background needs was a piece of Ricky Timms hand dyed fabric. Not only did I cut it, I cut the area I needed from the center of the yard. It was totally liberating and the collage turned out lovely.

Josi

10-02-2010, 09:57 PM

#89

quiltluvr

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Good gravy, I'd have to almost say my whole stash is my favorite and I'm having a hard time cutting it. I keep thinking one day I'll just pull some coordinates and start but then something else distracts me-----like reading this board most of the day! :lol:

10-03-2010, 05:56 AM

#90

dljennings

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: North Oxford MA

Posts: 943

Quote:

Originally Posted by buffy2

I have been wondering if there was anyone else that just like looking and feeling some of their frabic and I am happy to meet you all. I have a hard time cutting some of mine. I love floral prints, I buy them , put them in my stash, take them out to look at and put them back again. I don't want to use them because I may not get any more like it. Are we normal or do we need "help"?

at my house "normal" is just a setting on the dryer!