tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post4362216883990403292..comments2024-03-11T09:05:08.470-04:00Comments on Quilting Adventures: Virtue of a fabric stash...!Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969304332997075970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post-69851626873445333962016-02-26T18:03:27.165-05:002016-02-26T18:03:27.165-05:00I stash BIG TIME - as you know (LOL) and I love t...I stash BIG TIME - as you know (LOL) and I love the freedom it gives me to browse for the perfect pattern or colour. Nevertheless I usually end up buying more because there is always that "perfect" new fabric. I don't buy kits for quilts as I like to pick my own fabrics.<br /><br />Plus side - when I was teaching I could enable new quilters in the joys of scrap quilting. Very little in my stash was "off limits" and they just kept track of how many inches WOF they used and paid me the replacement price for that amount of fabric. One student sewed with me for years and never had any fabric stashed at home. And even though I no longer teach I still get the occasional knock on the door and find a woebegone quilter clutching a tiny scrap of fabric crying "My friend said you might have some of this". It scares me that I can usually look at the scrap and say yes or no immediately.<br /><br />Downside - space! I am lucky enough to have a BIG sewing room, LOTS of shelving and no one else to worry about at home, but my stash is out of control. I have started ruthlessly paring it down - giving to friends and donating to causes. I could not use all this fabric in two lifetimes, and now that I mostly hand piece my usage rate has plummeted even further.<br /><br />And of course I need to decide what should happen to it all when I finally fall of my perch! I have no family so someone has to deal not only with the fabric stash but also with the enormous collection of books, magazines, patterns and tools. Wish you were not so far away! I could palm the problem off on you (LOL)catsatararathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759639164095352533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post-52737212859787871522016-02-26T17:49:26.262-05:002016-02-26T17:49:26.262-05:00I love having stash, but it always seems when I ne...I love having stash, but it always seems when I need something, I don't have it, lol.<br />I keep scraps, I keep them in a basket and the larger pieces in a box, today I grabbed from the box to make mini pillow backs, so it does come in handy. Now I need to decide on a final design, get it figured out, cut sew and make it for the shower in two weeks, ugh.<br /><br />DebbieWoolenSailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621977477193550261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post-38722547166397289502016-02-26T08:40:45.803-05:002016-02-26T08:40:45.803-05:00I am most definitely a stasher and it needs to hav...I am most definitely a stasher and it needs to have a giant purge -- I keep them all LOL. I've read about quilters that just buy the fabric they need for a quilt and then get rid of what's left as they move on to the next quilt. That would be so nice and tidy, but I just can't do it! Maybe I need an intervention!<br /><br />(On another note -- did I ever answer your e-mail? I'm thinking not, but I'm so confused -- I can't keep track of anything this month. It's nice to finally get back to checking up on everyone!)Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.com