Stash Beyond My Lifetime
10-08-2024, 07:10 PM
#31
Power Poster
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 10,668
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.
I also have 4 dogs which some people might think it too many. I love them all and would never get rid of them because someone else thinks that too many dogs.
My husband and I are both collectors. We have vintage signs and artwork on the walls. We have 5 cars.
I don't feel that anyone has a right to criticize it. I've also noticed that when someone is critical of how much you have, they are usually just jealous.
10-09-2024, 02:01 AM
#32
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 3,863
Fat quarter race/1600 quilt sounds fun!
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.
10-09-2024, 02:03 AM
#33
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 501
I completely agree! I don't feel like I have to reduce the amount of fabric I have just because someone else thinks it's too much. I love my fabric. I love looking at it and touching it and just having it.
I also have 4 dogs which some people might think it too many. I love them all and would never get rid of them because someone else thinks that too many dogs.
My husband and I are both collectors. We have vintage signs and artwork on the walls. We have 5 cars.
I don't feel that anyone has a right to criticize it. I've also noticed that when someone is critical of how much you have, they are usually just jealous.
I also have 4 dogs which some people might think it too many. I love them all and would never get rid of them because someone else thinks that too many dogs.
My husband and I are both collectors. We have vintage signs and artwork on the walls. We have 5 cars.
I don't feel that anyone has a right to criticize it. I've also noticed that when someone is critical of how much you have, they are usually just jealous.
I have to agree with that! My friend meant well, but I do enjoy my stash as I have everything folded onto comic book boards and arranged neatly on shelves by colour. It always gives me a lift to see it all!
I have just retired so plan to do a lot more quilting...I am betting that stash will get a good workout! But I do think some of the less beloved fabrics and the scrap bins can be cut up and used to make charity quilts.
10-09-2024, 04:16 AM
#34
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Midwest
Posts: 269
Pardon me but I should have said Jelly Roll Race/1600. I think the Fat quarter one is very similar. I did not use any Christmas prints in mine but one could use whatever you choose. I chose feminine prints for the ones going to women and more man liked ones (no flowers) for my son. You could use the same idea with kiddy prints or whatever you choose. Fewer prints can be included and repeated rather than using a greater variety but I think the more the merrier so used 40 strips, each of a different print. Sorry for the error in name. Happy Quilting.
10-09-2024, 05:30 AM
#35
Super Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Ballwin, MO
Posts: 4,603
WesternWilson, I'm wondering if your friend is a quilter. If not, she can't be expected to understand why you would have so much fabric.
I think a stash is too much only if it becomes burdensome to the person who owns it. But in that case, there are lots of options for sharing the stash with others.
I think a stash is too much only if it becomes burdensome to the person who owns it. But in that case, there are lots of options for sharing the stash with others.
10-09-2024, 01:27 PM
#36
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 17,810
One relative commented to my husband that I wasted a lot of money buying fabric when I already had too much. My husband said what else is she going to do with money? The relative didn't have anything more to say. LOL
10-09-2024, 03:59 PM
#37
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Maine-ly Florida
Posts: 3,929
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.
10-09-2024, 05:44 PM
#38
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Central Ia
Posts: 1,153
I was gifted some fabric that said 2004 on the selvedge, it was beautiful in quality, feel and design. I just thought "WoW" "this is what fabric used to feel like???" (I started quilting in 2011.) I would love, love, love if fabric felt like that now.
10-10-2024, 05:10 AM
#39
Power Poster
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 17,810
Thrift shops use to be full of high quality cotton clothes. Especially full skirts. Full gathered skirts had up to three or more yards of fabric. The fabric was so soft and thicker than today's fabric. I use to find the older clothes at most thrift shops but not anymore as most cotton clothes now are made from low grade cotton.
