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01-14-2011, 10:58 AM

#91

Slow2Sew

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: Arkansas

Posts: 1,124

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prism99

I'm beginning to think I'm a fabric collector more than a quilter. And I *still* have the urge to buy *more* fabric!

I absolutely identify! Earlier this week a fleeting thought crossed my mind that perhaps I should clear out my stash and just start over with a clean (cleaner) closet. Then I took another breath and wondered what I was thinking. However; Stitchwitchin's post about the estate sale makes me feel much better about myself.

01-14-2011, 11:07 AM

#92

fayedear

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Join Date: Feb 2010

Location: Defiance, OHIO

Posts: 42

I just wish I had a stash to be oberwhelmed by..

01-14-2011, 11:17 AM

#93

Mpark

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Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: Mississippi

Posts: 57

If anyone feels overwhelmed with their stash, I don't have any. (hint)lol. I just cut up an old t-shirt yesterday to make a baby doll dress for my granddaughter. She loved it.

01-14-2011, 11:53 AM

#94

frog90

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Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: Illinois

Posts: 286

Quote:

Originally Posted by reginalovesfabric

I was overwhelmed with it but since I've put all the fat quarters in baskets, and folded all the yardage on comic book boards and I can see what I own I have been using it up. I like some of it so much I bought it three times, not remembering the first two purchases....crazy, crazy me

What are comic book boards?

01-14-2011, 11:54 AM

#95

Jenni M

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Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Portsmouth, Ohio

Posts: 552

It's a sickness girls...and our therapy is this Board!

01-14-2011, 12:08 PM

#96

quilttiludrop

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Join Date: May 2009

Location: Lebanon, Oregon

Posts: 1,409

The more fabric the better! It probably depends on where you are in your life! I am at the beginning of my quilting career, so I would like to acquire as much as possible!

01-14-2011, 12:27 PM

#97

campy

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Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: homer,michigan

Posts: 38

Yes I am addicted too!

01-14-2011, 01:00 PM

#98

Margie

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Join Date: Mar 2007

Location: Murrysville, PA

Posts: 3,007

yes, overwhelmed and ashamed. I have not been buying and I am going to try and go through and see if people who are in need of fabric want to pay the postage, I will donate the fabric.

01-14-2011, 01:08 PM

#99

Marvlin

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Join Date: Sep 2010

Posts: 108

I've worked hard all my life. I retired fifteen years ago and thought now was the time for me. My husband passed away and then I was by my self. I went back to work full time and worked for seven more years. I did finally fully retire two years ago and have been sewing ever since. I worked hard and have a very good retirement coming in and I don't feel overwhelmed or alarmed when I go and indulge in more fabric. I do however clean out the fabric, love laying it all out and re-orginizing, but I have found homes for all my give away fabrics right here on this forum. I comfort my self by telling "self" that when I give fabric to someone who needs it, I am helping someone out with their shopping.......I will find any excuse to go buy fabric but in all honesty I use 90% of all fabrics I buy. Sometimes fabrics have to wait until they catch my eye, with a pattern in mind and then I go to work. Fabric collecting is an addiction but artists do the same thing with paints when they have a blank canvas just waiting for something to happen. Quilting gives me something to do, helps me feel good about my self, gives me an outlet for creating something beautiful and I never tire of it.