I admit I neep help !
#21
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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I too must admit to too large a stash and have been on a fabric diet for over a year, however there are some sales that are just too good to pass up (I'm a work in progress).
When I feel the need to buy I'm trying to stick to blenders, I have far too many prints that dont go together at all. Not even in a scrappy sense.
When I feel the need to buy I'm trying to stick to blenders, I have far too many prints that dont go together at all. Not even in a scrappy sense.
#22
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Quilting, crocheting, sewing and crafting in my Sewing Room...Peaceful and wonderful !!
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LOL well my three granddaughters never give me enough time to really get a stash set up .. LOL they have too many projects that Grandma can make .. Oh Grandma did you see the new pattern picture I sent you ?? LOL Or let's go to Jo-Ann's and see what we can find Grandma .. LOL Do they have me around their little finger or what ?? LOL OH well its all good for sure !! LOL :-)
#25
If only I had room and organizational skills ! That is the problem, well after today I will be 9 flat rate boxes lighter from PIF ! I hope to sell at least that many more but they don't seem to be selling on ebay these days. It is hard giving it up but I know in the end I will have room to actually sew and not just collect. I have not bought more that a couple of patterns for at least a year ,and speaking of patterns , and special rulers , they are the next thing to go ! No more rulers for me , those demos at quilt shows used to suck me in , the last time I went and my friend would pause at the demo booth , I would say either I already have it or Don't let me buy it ! Anyone looking for a special ruler, a certain purse or quilt pattern ? I may have it for sale cheap ! LOL .
#26
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cottage Grove, MN
Posts: 2,807
I did buy a lot of fabric at garage sales this summer but I am fortunate that I volunteer with two groups that get material donated and then I can sew quilt tops from their stash. Sometimes I sandwich and tie them too.
I also have about 6 tubs of material from my mother-in-law's stash and am working on reducing that with a niece.
Still too much fabric so I just need to take the time and do some projects and not replace from the volunteer group's stash until I have less piles!!!! One of the ladies in my church group gives me smaller pieces to use in scrappy quilts and I am waaaaaay behind in cutting and using them.
I still go into JoAnn's and buy things like rulers and thread. Soon Hobby Lobby is opening so that could be a problem.
Connie
I also have about 6 tubs of material from my mother-in-law's stash and am working on reducing that with a niece.
Still too much fabric so I just need to take the time and do some projects and not replace from the volunteer group's stash until I have less piles!!!! One of the ladies in my church group gives me smaller pieces to use in scrappy quilts and I am waaaaaay behind in cutting and using them.
I still go into JoAnn's and buy things like rulers and thread. Soon Hobby Lobby is opening so that could be a problem.
Connie
#29
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Desert Southwest
Posts: 1,314
Cruising LQS, quilt shows, fairs, etc. is all part of the wonderful experience of quilting. You can't take away the shopping, feeling, buying, bargain-hunting part of the whole. So give yourself permission to do all those things, understanding that you are a grownup. You make your own decisions and you are not controlled by some "monster from the ID" (The Forbidden Planet...remember?). Get a grip. You can have it all; just not all at the same time. Enjoy your hobby. Please. It's such a fun way to spend time. No go out there and look around and, well, just don't buy what you don't need!
#30
One of my favorite things to do is to re-organize my stash. Last time, I realized that I would never use any of the brown fabrics I had on hand and mentioned that in a posting here. A fellow board member contacted me and said she'd be happy to take the browns off my hands; she ended up with three fully-stuffed priority envelopes. So far this month I've spent close to $100 on fabrics for christmas projects because apparently my stash had none at all. Reorganized again this weekend to incorporate the new fabrics and again came across fabrics I know that I will never use. I sure would like to know why, because when I buy the fabrics I really really like them. Another thing I do is make a quilt from fabric that I really like and then feel compelled to replace that fabric with exactly the same yardage. I'm going to have to put a moratorium on all purchases because it's getting out of hand.
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