You can do this! Get them off the shelf and use them! I suffered from the same thing until I went through my sewing room and found fabrics I had not laid eyes on in 10 years. They are beautiful, but remember that new fabric lines are always coming out and you will want to get those as well. I also worry that if something happens to me then my kids will give the fabric away and then I will really be upset at myself. Lol.