Using up my stash
02-22-2013, 12:29 PM
#51
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Originally Posted by dunster
Instead of thinking that you won't have that piece anymore, think how special the new quilt will be with that piece in it. You aren't losing the fabric at all. You're just letting it live up to its potential.
02-22-2013, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by SunQuilts
I think I have a problem. I am planning a quilt (pineapple nine patch) - scrappy - in shades of red. And I have collected reds for years so I have lots. But each time I pull a piece for consideration, my first thought is that if I use that piece, then I won't have it anymore. So back in the stash it goes. Hard to make myself use up my stash - does anyone else do this?
So, no, you aren't alone!In fact, I used up a lot of my collected valentine's fabric making a quilt top that I made last fall. This year, when I decorated for a Valentine's Banquet that we had, I didn't have much to put on the tables. I'll admit, that in the past, I just pulled out some of my yardage to put on the table, then washed it after the banquet and put it back in the box.
Sigh. Now, I have only one large piece. But I do have one gorgeous Valentine's quilt top which I love.
02-22-2013, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster
Instead of thinking that you won't have that piece anymore, think how special the new quilt will be with that piece in it. You aren't losing the fabric at all. You're just letting it live up to its potential.
02-22-2013, 04:54 PM
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What's the saying "just do it". Years ago I found a darling pattern for a black and white calf well I had mor problems finding black prints back then so when I did i did not want to use them for fear of not having them. Look at today's prints black and white are everyday I wish I had made many more calf blocks they were darling I only made one. Just do it there will be plenty more to take their place.
02-22-2013, 05:18 PM
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Use your imagination and think of your cherished pieces of fabric as having lives and personalities. Would they be happier stuck forever in an unused stash out of sight, wasting away and bored? Or would they start getting excited when they realize they get to move into a beautiful quilt and placed where they can be part of the decor and gain admiration? Look at things from the fabrics' perspective, however weird that may be...
Find ways to use them and make them happy!
Find ways to use them and make them happy!
02-22-2013, 05:47 PM
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I collect frog fabric. I have a big box and I just can't get myself to use it, but like you it makes me happy to go thru the box and look at it.
Originally Posted by faykilgore
I can soooo relate to that! My huge under-the-bed box of cat prints is no longer "stash." Now, it's a collection. They make me happy to look at them, so it's all good.
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