What! No Stash?
05-29-2011, 09:51 PM
#141
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I have a stash. I have a huge stash and I love my stash. Do I need more fabric. NO! Do I buy more fabric anyway. YES!! Will I ever use up all my stash. NEVER!!! But, I can't seem to pass up a fabric that I really love, especially if it is on sale. Guess I'm a fabricholic.
05-29-2011, 11:04 PM
#142
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Location: California
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Originally Posted by jdbjdj6
Hi! When I"m done with fabric , I find someone who really needs it and give it to them.
05-30-2011, 05:37 AM
#143
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Southern Texas
Posts: 294
She would probably have a heart attak if she saw my sewing room. I have fabric all over the place, I have 3 projects in the works now. When I get bored with one I work on the others. Iam retired so I don't care.
05-30-2011, 06:41 AM
#146
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Posts: 692
Originally Posted by lots2do
Huh. My stash does not look like that! Each to her own. We all are comfortable with different things.
Just because you have a stash doesn't mean you have clutter. And who said clutter was a bad thing anyway? To each his own and whatever gets the creative juices flowing... lol
05-31-2011, 06:55 AM
#149
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 768
Just what kind of scraps are you guys talking about? When I say "scrap", that's what I mean. For about the past year, I have been making baby quilts for Quilts for Kids. If I need 1/2 yd fabric to cut 12 blocks, I buy only 1/2 yd. I'll square up the fabric and get 2 long skinny triangular strips from the edges, then cut my squares. Do you mean to tell me that you would use those "squared-up" skinny uneven strips to include in a quilt?
If I'm making a bed-sized quilt, I only do hand applique. After I cut all those curved shapes into flower petals or hearts or pieces of birds or whatever, there's nothing left but odd-sized, curved shapes that aren't good for anything but the trash bag. Say I have a 1/4 yd strip of fabric from which I cut a bunch of leaves or hearts arranged so that I get as many as I can from that fabric. Imagine rolling out cookie dough and cutting out cookies with a cookie cutter. That's the kind of scraps I throw away. Would you guys actually use those junky little pieces?
I only buy as much as I need and there is SELDOM anything usable left.
I can't afford to buy fabric just to store it because someday I might find a use for it. I buy what I need when I need it, and throw away the above-described scraps.
What kind of scraps do you save to re-use at a later date?
If I'm making a bed-sized quilt, I only do hand applique. After I cut all those curved shapes into flower petals or hearts or pieces of birds or whatever, there's nothing left but odd-sized, curved shapes that aren't good for anything but the trash bag. Say I have a 1/4 yd strip of fabric from which I cut a bunch of leaves or hearts arranged so that I get as many as I can from that fabric. Imagine rolling out cookie dough and cutting out cookies with a cookie cutter. That's the kind of scraps I throw away. Would you guys actually use those junky little pieces?
I only buy as much as I need and there is SELDOM anything usable left.
I can't afford to buy fabric just to store it because someday I might find a use for it. I buy what I need when I need it, and throw away the above-described scraps.
What kind of scraps do you save to re-use at a later date?
05-31-2011, 07:49 AM
#150
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Posts: 692
Originally Posted by Carol's Quilts
Just what kind of scraps are you guys talking about? When I say "scrap", that's what I mean. For about the past year, I have been making baby quilts for Quilts for Kids. If I need 1/2 yd fabric to cut 12 blocks, I buy only 1/2 yd. I'll square up the fabric and get 2 long skinny triangular strips from the edges, then cut my squares. Do you mean to tell me that you would use those "squared-up" skinny uneven strips to include in a quilt?
If I'm making a bed-sized quilt, I only do hand applique. After I cut all those curved shapes into flower petals or hearts or pieces of birds or whatever, there's nothing left but odd-sized, curved shapes that aren't good for anything but the trash bag. Say I have a 1/4 yd strip of fabric from which I cut a bunch of leaves or hearts arranged so that I get as many as I can from that fabric. Imagine rolling out cookie dough and cutting out cookies with a cookie cutter. That's the kind of scraps I throw away. Would you guys actually use those junky little pieces?
I only buy as much as I need and there is SELDOM anything usable left.
I can't afford to buy fabric just to store it because someday I might find a use for it. I buy what I need when I need it, and throw away the above-described scraps.
What kind of scraps do you save to re-use at a later date?
If I'm making a bed-sized quilt, I only do hand applique. After I cut all those curved shapes into flower petals or hearts or pieces of birds or whatever, there's nothing left but odd-sized, curved shapes that aren't good for anything but the trash bag. Say I have a 1/4 yd strip of fabric from which I cut a bunch of leaves or hearts arranged so that I get as many as I can from that fabric. Imagine rolling out cookie dough and cutting out cookies with a cookie cutter. That's the kind of scraps I throw away. Would you guys actually use those junky little pieces?
I only buy as much as I need and there is SELDOM anything usable left.
I can't afford to buy fabric just to store it because someday I might find a use for it. I buy what I need when I need it, and throw away the above-described scraps.
What kind of scraps do you save to re-use at a later date?
If I have something smaller like 2-inches to 1-inch squares or strips I'll save it in a bin in case someone on the board who is braver (crazier?) than I am is looking for itty bitty pieces for a project.
Anything smaller or weird shaped does go into the trash. Fabric is sooooooooo expensive that I can't just toss it. I never pay full price and I don't think my stash would be considered large by anyone...but it's mine and I love it! :mrgreen:
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