It's official I have no self-control!
 

A wonderful person posted here on the QB about a wholesale fabric place that will be selling the Minion fabric that is set to come out on June 15th. It's more than adorable. There were 2 different panels and 12 other fabrics that have minions. And the worse part was I do not have a wholesale license (which is probably a good thing now) so I searched the web to see who is going to sell this adorable fabric. And I found the Cozy Quilt shop here in El Cajon has it on advance sale.

The only self control I had was I ordered only one panel and 1 yard of each of 9 different fabrics.

I do not have a pattern in mind, I do not have anyone but me to make something out of the fabric - but it is so very cute! It is a LQS so I am paying top dollar for it - but I just could not resist.

Last weekend I went to another quilt shop (Memory Lane Quilt Shop) in El cajon and they had Dumbo fabric. I had never seen Dumbo fabric before and so I was going to buy a yard for future use - as we talked and I told her I wanted to make something for my DD who has loved Dumbo since she was 18 months old (she is now 30). She suggested I make a pillow case - so instead of 1 yard I bought 2. (See I have no self control.)

Sometimes we just have to have a collection or particular print when we see it. :)
I am certainty guilty of this. And my hubby... Oh my! Went into a quilt shop one time with him for a cone of thread - he saw the newly released wizard of oz fabric collection - while I'm choosing my thread he was stacking bolts on the cutting table! That little $15 stop wound up costing over $200!!! And, its been 4-5 years, the fabrics are still in the bag, on the shelves- I've never figured out/found time to do anything with them.
Sometimes he is much worse than I am at self control.

Perhaps we're all infected with the same urge that made me buy a magazine last week purely because it has 250 paper hexies as a free gift - dispite already having a fiskars hexie stamp cutter, and probably well over 1000 card hexies already cut and waiting! I needed those paper hexies like a fish needs a bicycle lol.....

I understand having no self control. I try to control my spending on fabrics using my credit card and put a max on how much each month but as most of us know it doesn't always work out that way. I buy fabric cause I like it and have no plans for it at the time I purchase it. My friend who makes lots of quilts buys as she needs it, I buy because I just want it so I have a large stash. I've run out of room for fabrics so that's stopped me for a short period of time plus I went over my budget for the month on the credit card so have tried to curb myself for a month or two. So far so good for this month but still have another month to go with curbing and don't know how long I can hold out.

I call it the quilter's disease. My late DH used to say he wasn't sure which I lived most...quilting or collecting fabric! I honestly have no idea. I love both! Beats drugs for sure!

self control - I try - Honest!

But DH got contacted by a lady in the nearby town about vintage sewing machines. Turns out she's retiring and downsizing, and had managed to collect a few machines over the years. However after looking at the machines, she asked if I wanted to look at the fabric she had for sale downstairs. She's also a quilter and needed to clean out her stash . . .

DH bought one machine, I bought over 30 yards of fabric.

I keep telling myself - No more buying for stash! But it goes out the window as soon as I either see a great sale, or something I fall in love with.

My wallet controls my self!:rolleyes:

This, and I keep my tail at home! LOL!

I have no self control when someone drives me to M&L fabrics located in Anaheim, CA.

Just the thought of that place make my money sprout wings! That place always seems to know how much is in my wallet, and takes it all. Disneyland and Vegas in one stop!!