maryb119

I sorted thru my stash when we moved a year ago and gave boxes of fabric to my neighbor who makes lap quilts for nursing homes. I still have way more than I need but that's OK. I can usually find what I need when I want something. My daughter and granddaughter will get my stash when I am now longer able to use it so it won't go to waste.

ptquilts

I don't care where you live in the US or Canada, if you post online "Free fabrics and notions" you will have people coming out of the woodwork to get them. No need for the landfill. Yikes.

QuiltMom2

Without trying, I have accumulated a large stash. Back in the day when I was buying, I always bought just a little bit extra "just in case". My friend and I cleaned out an estate sale for a super quilter and another friend who was a super quilter herself just emptied boxes into my car when she had to move. I enjoy working with scraps but sometimes I feel overwhelmed with the amount of stuff to the point it stifles creativity. I'm praying that I die before my friend who will then swoop in to grab the stash and run!!

Onebyone

We have a free table at my guild. it's always full when someone destashes and re organizes. It's so much stuff on the free table every month there are leftovers. The new members can't believe the free table is actually free. The leftovers all go to a local Helping Hands thrift shop. We have a donation committee that will go get donations of anything related to quilting, sort it and save for a sale or put on free table. Fabric is always put on the free table.

Karamarie

As I've aged, I find the desire is no longer there to continually make quilts. If I have a purpose for a quilt, I will make one. My best way to not continually make quilts is to stay out of quilt shops and that is very hard to do. If I go into a quilt shop, I will come out with something.......................

pjt3253

[I have so much fabric, I don't know what I'll ever do with it.
I've started to make dog and cat beds for my local no-kill shelter and they are always gratefully received.

petthefabric

My neighbor just gifted me 10+ yards. Maybe my quilt students will want them.

WesternWilson

Funny you should bring that up! I was organizing my very large stash, and while I love collecting fabric and it gives me pleasure just to look at it all, my friend rebuked me for having more fabric than I will ever use in my lifetime.

She had a point...and there are lots of patterns in my stash I probably won't use any longer as my aesthetic taste has changed, so I am going to do two things!

1. take all the yardage and make charity disappearing 9 patch quilts...I will just start cutting less beloved fabrics into squares for that kind of rainy day sewing.

2. convert all the scraps into "Terry blocks", to make the colourwash quilt in Terry Rowland's wonderful three part YouTube series!

Terry Rowland's series:
Part One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UQE5SlOLqg
Part Two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozxEs1B_Ih0&t=3s
Part Three https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R9hAE7zXss

dunster

WesternWilson, I don't think your friend had a point at all. Does she expect us to let our fabric stash slowly dwindle, and when it's gone then it's time to die? Should we plan the same for everything else in our homes? Don't keep the freezer stocked, because you can't eat everything in there? Don't buy more shoes because you haven't worn out the ones you already have? My fabric collection is huge, and the only reason I will ever think about reducing it is if it becomes hard for me to manage. Until then, no one has a right to criticize it or me.

abc123xyz

I am in the process of making four quilts for my children for Christmas. Everything has come from my stash. I am doing the Fat Quarter Race/1600 quilt. I have selected 40 different prints from which to cut strips for each quilt. I am using plain fabric to make a five inch border around each quilt and then they are going to have print binding. Backs are mostly plain as well. I am trying to use each print in only one quilt if possible. I love the quilts and everything is coming from my stash. One quilt is entirely finished and I am ready to join the binding on the second. The other two are still at the quilters. I am having a ball and I love the results. I couldn't have made them like this if I had to go to the quilt shop to get my fabric.