Jo Mama

My stash goes back about 10 years.

scrappy happy

roflol. cute idea

oldbalt99

I started my latest stash in 2005

Phannie1

Thanks for sharing your "stash's ages" and stories. I love the stories. My aunt restored old quilts for a while and the importance of the proper age fabrics was what made that so great. I loved knowing most of us can remember when we use and what we sewed with those fabrics. Keep the stories coming. That is what I like about all our postings. Anna

danece

I have found fabric from about 1981 when I moved into my current home, yes, I am a fabric hoarder, I a hard time getting rid of any of it, of course I haven't finished organizing it, so who knows

4EVERquilt

My stash goes back to about 1987,

misseva

Some of mine is from clothing scraps from early 60s.

KyKat

*snicker* Anyone, not a quilter, reading this board would think we were druggies, talking about our "stashes". I guess we are addicts in a way. I have some feed sacks in my stash from when my grandparents had a mom-n-pop grocery store and sold chicken feed and had a few chickens themselves. That fabric has to be 50-60 years old. I'll probably never cut it up for quilts.

1screech

Sounds like a wonderful quilt. Be sure and post the finished product. My stash is around 5 years old...except for the pieces I have bought at thrift stores and from other quilters.

suzanprincess

My actual "acquired for quilting" stash only started about 9 months ago, but someday I will find the many scraps I kept "for making quilts or crafty things" from every sewing project since about 1960. (I know there are some in boxes under the bed in the guest room, some hiding in the garage, some in the back of a high cupboard, some in a box in my Horror Room (aka sewing room, square-dance-petticoats room, storage room and extra closet). And then there are the clothes that shrank while hanging in the closet but their fabrics are too pretty to get rid of; since weight loss is elusive, I guess they are now potential quilts!