You know the stash might be too large when...
03-24-2010, 08:23 AM
#21
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I never would have thought I'd do this, but......
I went to store plundering around for fun in the fabric and decided to make a vest......three days later I went to store and decided to drop in the LQS and I bought the exact material.......DUHHHHHH. My mind does not change much, I guess it can't learn new stuff or something. DONT GROW OLD, y'all.
I went to store plundering around for fun in the fabric and decided to make a vest......three days later I went to store and decided to drop in the LQS and I bought the exact material.......DUHHHHHH. My mind does not change much, I guess it can't learn new stuff or something. DONT GROW OLD, y'all.
03-24-2010, 11:11 AM
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For those with really big stashes and can't remember what quilt you were going to make with that fabric that you just came across, here's a hint.
I take a 6-8" strip of muslin, write on it with a Sharpie the magazine or book name, quilt name, page, etc., wrap it around the fabric and pin it. If the pattern is from a magazine I usually just wrap the magazine right along with it. Every now and then I go through my bundles to make sure I still want to make that quilt. If not, I unbundle the fabric and put it with the rest of my stash. Of course the mere fact that I have to do this just might mean .........nah, I'm sure it's not.
I spoke with my two DS in Michigan this morning and they said, "We're sending you a couple of swatches of fabric that we need some more of. Would you go through your stash and see if you've got it? We need 3 yard of the flowered and 1 of the green." Does that mean that my stash is too big? LOL
I take a 6-8" strip of muslin, write on it with a Sharpie the magazine or book name, quilt name, page, etc., wrap it around the fabric and pin it. If the pattern is from a magazine I usually just wrap the magazine right along with it. Every now and then I go through my bundles to make sure I still want to make that quilt. If not, I unbundle the fabric and put it with the rest of my stash. Of course the mere fact that I have to do this just might mean .........nah, I'm sure it's not.
I spoke with my two DS in Michigan this morning and they said, "We're sending you a couple of swatches of fabric that we need some more of. Would you go through your stash and see if you've got it? We need 3 yard of the flowered and 1 of the green." Does that mean that my stash is too big? LOL
03-24-2010, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by elliemay
LOL sounds like me.. my prob is we only have one bed bungalow, dining room is never used as such.. so its dining table for machine, had an alcove free so got son in law to line it with shelves.. then spent fortune on boxes, and baskets to hold my stash, and i have a 3 drawer plastic cabinet on wheels which is stuffed, saw a linen basket the other week in a sale and thought' that will hold my batting'.. so its not just fabric i end up stashing.. its the containers to hold it all!!
03-24-2010, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Ninnie
When you find a pretty material you "just can't live without" , only to get home and find you already had 3 yards of it. :lol: :lol: :lol:
03-24-2010, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by raptureready
Maybe you need to add on to your house.
Hmmm.... the garage doesn't have any fabric in it ..... yet ....
03-24-2010, 02:59 PM
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Just think - someday when times are harder, or you just don't feel like leaving the house for a year or two, or some young fool decides to take away your drivers license, you're already set!
03-24-2010, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by MNQuilter
Wow! I'm jealous of those of you with stashes like that! I have one tub with fabric that isn't even full, yet! Most of it is smaller pieces that I've picked up here and there. Enjoy using all that fabric ladies! It's fun to look through what I do have and try to plan!
That tub will multiply! Just leave the top off.
03-24-2010, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Lady Crafter
Originally Posted by raptureready
Maybe you need to add on to your house.
Hmmm.... the garage doesn't have any fabric in it ..... yet ....
03-24-2010, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by MNQuilter
Wow! I'm jealous of those of you with stashes like that! I have one tub with fabric that isn't even full, yet! Most of it is smaller pieces that I've picked up here and there. Enjoy using all that fabric ladies! It's fun to look through what I do have and try to plan!
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