Oh, terrible drama!!
08-12-2022, 06:44 AM
#21
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
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Originally Posted by dunster
There's a 12-step program for that. The first step is to get a bigger space. The other 11 steps are to buy more fabric to fill it up.
08-12-2022, 08:14 AM
#22
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: San Antonio, TX
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I knew when I read the original post that this would bring all us fabric collectors out. You all make me feel so much better as most of you have WAY more than I do, and my collection is impressive.
08-13-2022, 04:23 AM
#23
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Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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I fill my online cart with over 25 different fabrics, then whittle down to what I can't live without! I buy what appeals to me, mostly blues and teals, and they blend well together. I do wash the fabric before winding onto comic boards, which are working out wonderfully.
08-13-2022, 05:12 AM
#24
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Gaylord, MN
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As much as I enjoy browsing in quilt shops, I find for myself I have to just not frequent them as much as I can't resist the temptations to buy. Once in a while I do stop in to see what is new out there and usually come out with "something".
Just me.
Just me.
08-13-2022, 04:09 PM
#26
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: wisconsin
Posts: 487
I also have stash that is OUT of control. I will need 2 live times to get through it all. I have been doing real well at the fabric store, I have only been going in when I absolutely need something-filler or backing. BUT I went to a church sale and almost everything was .25!!!! How does a person leave that??? Someone said a quilter had passed and this was all her stuff. I only got 2 pieces of fabric-both 2 yard pieces- for .25 each. I got scissors, needles for my midarm machine, pantographs, 60mm rotary blades, seam rippers I had 2 bagfuls all for $8. I actually restrained myself very well I thought, because this woman must have been into everything, it stretched all the way across the long side of the fellowship hall. These kind of sales are my downfall.
08-18-2022, 07:32 PM
#28
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Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: USA
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Originally Posted by MaryKa
...Also making one for a soon to be new big sister and one for her soon to be baby brother to be born in December. Doing Ann & Andy quilts for them...
Now I have to rethink my quilts for the 2 of them--such is planning.
08-18-2022, 07:53 PM
#29
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Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: USA
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Originally Posted by aashley333
I fill my online cart with over 25 different fabrics, then whittle down to what I can't live without! I buy what appeals to me, mostly blues and teals, and they blend well together. I do wash the fabric before winding onto comic boards, which are working out wonderfully.
Originally Posted by faykilgore
I knew when I read the original post that this would bring all us fabric collectors out. You all make me feel so much better as most of you have WAY more than I do, and my collection is impressive.
Originally Posted by Darcyshannon
Hahahahaha! I came to the board to get ideas on how to go through and remove fabric from my stash and found this.
08-20-2022, 07:05 AM
#30
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 286
I recently retired from being a homeschool mom (still a mom, but my baby graduated!) so I did some rearranging. In the end, I bought a gorgeous new giant cabinet for my sewing room (it was my dh's idea---truly!). Now that I can see my stash thru the glass doors, I'm hoping it inspires me to whittle it down in the free time that has appeared in my life.
