Originally Posted by OdessaQuilts

I think we all have those pieces. Me, I like to do the Naked Stash Rolling in those ... like rolling in money, only better! :oops: :lol: :shock:

Odessa

Originally Posted by k3n

Thanks for that Odessa - I'll have that image in my head all day now! :lol:

Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky

I've been out of work for the last 3 months and so I'm working on saving money. To do that, I've placed a moratorium om buying fabric (Wizard of Oz is the only exception) and have actually been USING my stash (sounds crazy, I know). Though I've made 6 or so quilts in the past few months, I have not noticed any decrease in my stash, lol.

I'm trying to befriend the older ladies in the Quilt Guild in hopes they'll leave me their fabric... does that make me a bad person? :shock:

Originally Posted by wvdek

As for me - well I cannot afford the really nice fabrics nor am I close enough to a really nice LQS so I can only get what I really like or know I will use and have to leave the stuff that makes me drool behind until I can afford it.
In the meantime, this is the only area of my life that is really organized, marked, bagged, sorted, washed, ironed, squared, etc.
Then, this weekend my DS the trucker was here. I started working on kwhites Doll quilt and DS got involved. I mean really involved and said he liked this color this value this n that. Next thing I know, he has changed two of the fabrics I was going to use becasue it actually looked better than what I was going to use. He had taken an Art class a few years ago with the hopes of being a grapic artist and he really showed his knowledge. I told him I needed to teach him to quilt. He didn't say no so ...I may have to rethink who I leave my stash to. To boot, he really liked what I was doing and took more intrest and was more receptive than DD or DH. Hmmm another Ricky Tims perhaps?

Originally Posted by butterflywing

wait, i just realized what you're saying.

I AM NEVER DYING. therefore, it's a moot point :mrgreen:

Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics

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Somebody'll eventually chuck it all in the trash, as my darling daughter has no interest in sewing and even if she did, she hates my taste!

(The apple has fallen far from the tree and is still rolling away...)

Originally Posted by don't do dishes

The Quilters Last Will & Testament
Being of sound mind (a statement which does not bear close examination), I ______________________ do hereby record my last will and testament. Knowing that ____________________, my _________________ (husband, sister or friend) hasn't the least appreciation for, or for that matter, knowledge of my extensive fabric collection, which collection is suitably deposited in sundry places for safe keeping. Knowing also that _______________________ has already notified the local dumpster to pick up and dispose of the before-mentioned collection "willy-nilly" (the thought of which causes me a most severe case of hives). Therefore, I do will this collection and all other collections related to it, to my dear friend and fellow fabric preservationist, ____________________.
It is my wish that she/he, upon hearing of my death and obtaining clear proof that I did not manage, although goodness knows I tried, to take it with me, would come to my home post haste, before the dumpster, and search out my collection which is similarly stored at her own abode. That she should rescue said collection and stack it in my quilting studio, along with my sewing machines, frames, old buttons, lace, patterns, quilts, dolls and works in progress. After she/he has done this, she/he should purchase refreshments for my friends not yet departed, which friends are also her/his friends, and every last one shall be in that room and they shall hold a wake and say lovely and kind things about me until they run out and then they shall divide amongst themselves, by lot, my wonderful collection. I shall be hovering over that very spot until this is done. _____________________ shall then quit this spot and close the door, leaving trivialities to those who do not understand.
This is my wish on the matter.
Signed: __________________________ Date:

Notarized: ________________________ Date:

Originally Posted by mountain deb

I think as sewers with our stash lining the walls that we work in a padded room. hmmmm what a thought. LOL

Originally Posted by mar32428

When I get to the pearly gates, I'm going to have a sewing machine in each hand and a cart tied to my back end with my stash.

Originally Posted by donnajean

My sister had 2 storage facilities besides her 7 bedroom house filled when she lost her battle with colon cancer at 58. She had over 2,500 quilt books & she never had an internet connection. That was in 2001. Who knows how much she would have accumulated had she lived another 25 yrs.