when do you decide to destash fabrics?
10-18-2010, 05:01 AM
#51
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Originally Posted by kriscraft99
I would love to see some of y'alls stashes..
Mine is out of control. I spent about 4 hours today straightening just one 5' bookshelf that has my fruit, food, nautical, sports and birthday prints and I counted 20 different cherry prints.
I have 3 pattern cabinets that are full.. each has 4 or 5 drawers (yes "real pattern cabinets" from when Piece Goods Shop closed down in our town), along with close to 12 bookshelves and numerious plastic containers that are sorted by holiday themes.
I keep telling myself I don't "need" all of this fabric but I don't see many I want to part with.
Mine is out of control. I spent about 4 hours today straightening just one 5' bookshelf that has my fruit, food, nautical, sports and birthday prints and I counted 20 different cherry prints.
I have 3 pattern cabinets that are full.. each has 4 or 5 drawers (yes "real pattern cabinets" from when Piece Goods Shop closed down in our town), along with close to 12 bookshelves and numerious plastic containers that are sorted by holiday themes.
I keep telling myself I don't "need" all of this fabric but I don't see many I want to part with.
10-18-2010, 05:20 AM
#53
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
i de-stash by making quilts, table runners, placemats, purses, totes....
the only way i know of to destash is to keep sewing :), making stuff with all that fabric, after all, isn't that what we buy it for?
the only way i know of to destash is to keep sewing :), making stuff with all that fabric, after all, isn't that what we buy it for?
10-18-2010, 06:03 AM
#55
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I destash when all shelves are full,all my spare boxes are full,stacks on the floor that keep getting bumped over and my cutting table has a mountain on it.I am destashing this fall.also have more 5 in squares than I could ever use
10-18-2010, 06:17 AM
#56
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Originally Posted by IrishNY
When my sewing room gets too messy and there seems to be fabric all over the place, I check the stash to see if there is any fabric that I know I won't use because I don't like it anymore. As my taste changes, I destash. No sense keeping stuff I know I will never use.
10-18-2010, 06:34 AM
#58
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Originally Posted by MommaDorian
I wish I HAD a stash. lol I tend to buy when I need it for a specific quilt. When I get new ideas I'm stumped because I never have what I need.
10-18-2010, 06:34 AM
#59
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I DESTASH WHEN I NO LONGER THINK I WILL USE SOME OF THE FABRICS..NORMALLY I DONATE TO GROUPS OF WOMEN WHO MAKE QUILTS AND OTHER THINGS FOR THE POOR OR PEOPLE IN NEED. GENERALLY I MAKE QUILTS FOR ST JUDE AND CANCER PATIENTS THAT WE MET WHILE MY HUSBAND WENT THROUGH CHEMO. ALSO FOR NURSING HOME PATIENTS..AND FAMILY..SOME DAY I WILL MAKE ONE FOR MYSELF....I HAVE TWO FROM MY GREAT GRANDMA AND GENERALLY USE THEM..THEY ARE SO FULL OF LOVE
10-18-2010, 06:53 AM
#60
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Originally Posted by kriscraft99
I would love to see some of y'alls stashes..
Mine is out of control. I spent about 4 hours today straightening just one 5' bookshelf that has my fruit, food, nautical, sports and birthday prints and I counted 20 different cherry prints.
I have 3 pattern cabinets that are full.. each has 4 or 5 drawers (yes "real pattern cabinets" from when Piece Goods Shop closed down in our town), along with close to 12 bookshelves and numerious plastic containers that are sorted by holiday themes.
I keep telling myself I don't "need" all of this fabric but I don't see many I want to part with.
Mine is out of control. I spent about 4 hours today straightening just one 5' bookshelf that has my fruit, food, nautical, sports and birthday prints and I counted 20 different cherry prints.
I have 3 pattern cabinets that are full.. each has 4 or 5 drawers (yes "real pattern cabinets" from when Piece Goods Shop closed down in our town), along with close to 12 bookshelves and numerious plastic containers that are sorted by holiday themes.
I keep telling myself I don't "need" all of this fabric but I don't see many I want to part with.
