What! No Stash?
05-28-2011, 03:56 AM
#11
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Union, Missouri
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I sew EVERY DAY I have made ten "larger than lap quilts" so far this year and I have NO stash! To me it is clutter, unused wasted money! I have the ability and the financial means to buy whatever I want really, however I would really rather not have my house look like a fabric store puked. lol
05-28-2011, 04:05 AM
#13
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Location: Here not there
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I am trying to reduce my stash. I have seen pictures of stashes that rival a fabric store, mine is NO where near that. In 2011 I am allowing myself to buy the 4 B's...backing, background, border, and batting. So far I have made two twin quilts, two over size throws, and I am working on another twin and a crib.
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05-28-2011, 04:21 AM
#16
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Mo
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I am the most unorganized person in the world. I have quite a bit of stash and it is pretty organized but that is the only thing. All my scraps are here and there and everywhere. Wish I could make myself be more organized but I don't think thats possible.
05-28-2011, 04:26 AM
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Maine, Where else!
Posts: 1,526
To all the neat people out there. If you need a place to send your scraps - I'd be glad to take them off your hands. I'm a scrappy person on a pretty low fabric budget and want to do a ton of scrap quilts. Please don't 'toss' them.
05-28-2011, 04:51 AM
#19
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: NJ
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One of my guild members keeps quilt leftovers into a pizza box and stores it in her huge 12ft high sewing room cabinet. Wants to keep them in case she might have to repair a quilt she made because of wear and tear, etc.
Of course she also has a sewing room about half the size of the downstairs of my house so she could "hide" her stash almost anywhere and it would be hidden.
Of course she also has a sewing room about half the size of the downstairs of my house so she could "hide" her stash almost anywhere and it would be hidden.
05-28-2011, 04:55 AM
#20
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The middle of an IL cornfield
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My stash fits in two plastic shoe boxes. While I admire all the beautiful fabric displayed on the board, I don't want to accumulate it. Too much clutter freaks me out and I don't want to invest that much money in a hobby in advance. I don't mind spending on fabric for a project, but spending on "someday" projects makes me nervous. What if there is no someday? What if I have a crisis and need that money for more important things and I've spent it on fabric.
Right this minute I have $70 of fabric in my cart at Connecting Threads that would be part of what I need for 2 quilts I'd like to make. Even though it is on sale, I'm having a hard time pushing the buy button because that would make me have fabric for two quilts at a time.
Right this minute I have $70 of fabric in my cart at Connecting Threads that would be part of what I need for 2 quilts I'd like to make. Even though it is on sale, I'm having a hard time pushing the buy button because that would make me have fabric for two quilts at a time.
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