#1piecemaker

Its not considered Hoarding until you have fabric in every room of the house including your bedroom.

sailsablazin

OOOHHH! I like the double car garage comment....we have a 3 car garage and only 1 car fits.....good ammo to use. So far my DH has not said much about my stash, but don't think that he really sees how much I have.

moonwork42029

I know someday I won't be able to buy fabric at a drop of a hat so I am investing in my retirement sewing. I buy when and what I want and have it stored in "kits" and packaged with the pattern I was thinking of at the time I bought the fabric. I have several more years before I can retire and plan to live a long time after that so I need a good supply of projects. At the rate fabric prices are rising, I think I'm doing the right thing for me and my hubby.
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This is just one cabinet of fabric for "everyday" use while in swaps. I have cabinets with backings, shelves with fleece and at least 3 rolls of batting.

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Before the remodel, it might have looked like hoarding because my old shelves had been ransacked so often and it was a really small room without enough shelves. Now, what comes down, goes back up and it so much easier now that there's a method of madness.

Hoarding is a disease that is truly nasty and debilitating ... having a stash is neither of those to me.

oldtisme

All my fabrics & a couple of my machines are now in a spare bedroom, I am adding to my fabrics as I go for making 6 quilts for all my kids (queen sized), I will then start making lap sized quilts for the 10 grandbabies. I wont need to be buying fabric for the grandbabies as those quilts will all be from stash fabrics since they will be much smaller. I am pushing myself to hurry with the kids's quilts just so I can take my time and make smaller quilts out of patterns I've been wanting to make. I also have the old sewing room....very very small.. that will be my Tin Lizzie room. I don't know how to use her yet but she does have her own room when the time comes to learn how to put her together and use her. So for now I will buy what I need for my kids quilts and then pull out what I need for the grandbabies. And while we can afford it before retirement I will continue to buy what catches my attention. Lovies to all you non-hoarding hoarders like me.
Jeri

ptquilts

I would not call it hoarding until it interferes with your life or that of your family, i.e., makes it difficult to get around the house and do normal things.

romanojg

When, like some lucky people on here it looks like you could set up a cash register and open your doors as a fabric shop. I used to think I had very little fabric. Then I decided to get it all on shelves and organize it so that I could see it. I've bought very little since. I have a very small room so it was a challenge to get it all where I knew how much I had and could see what it looked like really fast but I did it. Then I decided it was enough and I would only buy for projects that I knew I needed it for. I try to find fabric in my small stash before buying any new. Especially for my serger projects. I'm still learning so I use my stash instead of buying expensive fabric for something I might mess up. Unless there is a certain color I want and don't have enough then I buy.It sounds like you are ok.Men have no idea how much fabric it takes to do a quilt. My ex couldn't believe when I started making civil war blocks (5 1/2in ones) why after a week or so it wasn't done. He kept asking to see the last quilt I was working on and never noticed it was all the same fabric and size of blocks. When I'm gone my daughter will get all of my sewing stuff and so I never worry and sometimes she comes over and goes thru mine now if she needs a project.

AUQuilter

I do have a lot of fabric- will just admit it! That is why I am in the QB Fabric Moratorium 2015. But I do find that it can get "crazy" when I allow scraps to build up and take over horizontal spaces and overflow the scrap basket. I just finished two I Spy quilts and a sampler top so it is time to stop and cut scraps again. A Brick quilt is in the works as a leader/ender project, next go round once the scraps are all cut and put away. So to your question, when to rehome fabric? If you don't love it anymore, give it away to friend, guild. If you can cut it up and put it in a runner or quilt, do that. Google "ugly fabric quilt challenge" to see examples of these.

panderz

I have learned from reading LOTS and LOTS of posts on this board that you should really stock up on fabric as much as you can, especially when it is on sale. My hubby just told me last night that I now have an allowance for my quilting things. So today was my first trip to the store with my 'budget' in mind and it was actually the best trip I have had so far. It forced to me to really look at all my purchases to see if they were worth spending my allowance on. I ended up in the clearance bin and got 5 yards of different fabrics for less than $15. So it really helped me to not waste money on patterns and fabric and notions that I did not absolutely love.



These are the adorable things I picked out today. I got 2 yards of the bird fabric on the end cause that is all they had left and I just loved it so much. The DH is into fat birds so I will probably use that for something for him in the future. I know that even if I went over what my husband said I could spend he wouldn't be upset but it's nice to reevaluate things when you are buying them. I think it keeps me from going crazy and being totally overwhelmed by all the cute patterns they have to offer.

Rose_P

If you using it to make quilts it's not a hoard, it's a resource.

bunnydonaldson

I only buy fabrics I love, not just like, unless they are for a particular project. Then when I get behind on projects, my stash starts to look a little overdone. My Christmas stash may never get pared down. I do love scraps and strips so I have containers of those. I'm fortunate that my husband doesn't give me a hard time about my hobbies. My biggest problem is that I haven't really found a way to store everything that works for me. Still trying!