Fabric.com - Make It Stop!
03-06-2013, 05:23 AM
#31
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I like to look at stocking up on fabric, like those folks who stock up on food and water for the "just in case". My husband and I are federal employees, because of sequetration, our hours at work are going to be cut 20% beginning (each) at the end April and last for at least five months. DH wanted me to stock up on T.P. and hamburger~but alas I have quietly been stocking up on fabric!!!!!!! Shhhhh ...don't tell....we may have to use the scraps as TP!!!!
Love your avatar quilt, such pretty colors. Makes me think of spring, which is seeming a long way off. The snow on the ground does make a nice backdrop for quilt pics, though!
Lastly - and the subject of this thread - let me help you justify your purchases by saying that if you are going to have to take unpaid time off, you'll have some lovely fabrics to work with while you are home.
03-06-2013, 05:34 AM
#32
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I concur that you are doing the right thing at buying more fabric! I justify it because it's my thing ... I don't smoke, drink excessively, participate in wild parties, buy lots of shoes, etc. Besides the fabric was on sale and will be more expensive tomorrow ... right? !! 
03-06-2013, 05:35 AM
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Kate, you've come to the right place for support in your purchases - especially because you already have projects in mind for them! And, as pointed out, the normal cost of fabric in Canada is so much higher than what you paid.
Fabric.com is one that can get me, but lately it's been Whittles when they add their weekly new lines. Sometimes Missouri Star's daily deal - but never when it's a charm pack! And last week one of the local Menonite stores had their annual sale, 15% off their already lower than usual prices. Oh dear, guess I'd better not open that e-mail from fabric.com...
Fabric.com is one that can get me, but lately it's been Whittles when they add their weekly new lines. Sometimes Missouri Star's daily deal - but never when it's a charm pack! And last week one of the local Menonite stores had their annual sale, 15% off their already lower than usual prices. Oh dear, guess I'd better not open that e-mail from fabric.com...
03-06-2013, 05:43 AM
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03-06-2013, 06:53 AM
#38
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Waiting for me in my in-box this morning was an email from fabric.com advertising hundreds of fabrics for $4.95 a yard. I need more fabric like I need a hole in the head. $120 later (includes shipping to Canada), I bought 18.5 yards. Which for Canada, works out to $6.20 a yard and that's an excellent price. I justified it by deciding that I needed some colourful pink quilt backs for some baby girl quilts that I am making. I added some backing for baby boys, backing for a kit that I have coming in the mail, and a black and white stripe that I want to use for binding some baby quilts.
I've never subjected myself to a fabric morotorium, but I see that many people adhere to the "only buy more fabric if I need it for a specific project" rule. Since I know where all these are going, it's allowed, right? Because the armoir where I keep my stash is jammed and I have no place to store this new yardage that's on its way...I just want someone to tell me it's OK.
I've never subjected myself to a fabric morotorium, but I see that many people adhere to the "only buy more fabric if I need it for a specific project" rule. Since I know where all these are going, it's allowed, right? Because the armoir where I keep my stash is jammed and I have no place to store this new yardage that's on its way...I just want someone to tell me it's OK.
03-06-2013, 07:24 AM
#39
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It is ok! Think of it this way it is better to have it when you need it; then to need it and not have it! Some days when it is raining; I would love to start a quiilt project, but I never seem to have the fabric I need. Can not stand driving in the rain! If only I had a abundance of fabric! So trust me it is ok!
03-06-2013, 08:45 AM
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Oh I know what you mean and can be of no solace to you. A well meaning friend told me "...you can never have too much fabric." My DH would strongly disagree, but I'm still trying to get him to understand the word "stash." When I started quilting I bought fabric like it was never going to be available ever again and I had to build my stash. Now when I see something I can picture in a project I buy three yards and put it away. I have too much fabric, if there is such a thing, but I can think of something to do with each and every inch of it. So this reply was of little comfort, but know that you are in very good company.
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