Just how much fabric do you have????

I agree Kathy. I have a fabric collection, which is fairly extensive.
But stash..... nope.

Pati, grinning and ducking in Phx

Kathy Applebaum wrote:



I don't have any stash. None at all. So don't even THINK about pulling up
the vans to raid it all. ;-)

Oh now THAT was VERY good!!! Dang, I just used up my last gold star on you
for that one LOL

~KK in BC~


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catch up to you)

Too funny! What a perfect outlook on life, too.

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

gently snipped

Thirty plus years ago I was the first woman in 5 western states to
be a
full time Teamster driver of dump trucks and snow plows and pull down
union
scale on my paychecks, .........YOU GO GIRL!! *little happy victory
dance
dedicated to Tammy*

LOL yep, it was the first year I was happy when it snowed! If the snow
came.... I got more fabric!!!!!


OT is not just for "Off Topic". My son still laughs and tells people that,
in the middle of the night, when the first flake hit the ground I would
sit up from a dead sleep because of the resounding KACHING!! sound it made
of the cash register. BG

Val

I have more than I can use during the next five years. I consider all that
lovely fabric my "retirement stash." I re-entered the work force way, way
too late to build up any kind of serious retirement fund, so I consider my
fabric stash a hedge against the day when I can no longer afford to buy
fabric. As Janis Joplin once sang, "Get it while you can!"

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

"JPgirl" wrote in message
oups.com...
I spent a couple of hours last night refolding and sorting my stash,
between my 15 month old daughter ripping it off the shelves at will and
me rifling through it whenever I get a new project in mind it was a
mess.

Well Since it was so nice and neat I decided to count up just how much
I had in that 'little' stash of mine.

Turns out I have over 230 metres of fabric (insert googly eye emoticon
here), and that doesn't count the other 10-20 metres I have set aside
for projects on the go. I also have a big rubbermaid container FULL of
scraps. All of this has been collected in the past year!

I have them seperated into four groups, general prints, plaids,
childrens prints, and solids.

Last winter I was driving a snow plow and making some spare money,
whenever I got paid I would head down to the Fabricland clearance
centre and pick through their sale tables, which were often on
clearance themselves at 50% off. So I would pick up almost ANYTHING
that was resonably pretty and the proper fabric for quilting, cotton or
a cotton poly blend is ok with me as long as it doesn't feel or look
crappy I bought it!
Most of the yardage I have was bought anywhere from $1-3 a metre.

I need MORE!!!!!!

I think I have a problem

Howdy!

Ah, a beginner, huh?

VBG

Ragmop/Sandy--sending Secret Agents to get pics of the stash
MANY of you DON'T have *snicker*


On 9/10/06 12:52 PM, in article
, "JPgirl"
wrote:

I spent a couple of hours last night refolding and sorting my stash,
between my 15 month old daughter ripping it off the shelves at will and
me rifling through it whenever I get a new project in mind it was a
mess.

Well Since it was so nice and neat I decided to count up just how much
I had in that 'little' stash of mine.

Turns out I have over 230 metres of fabric (insert googly eye emoticon
here), and that doesn't count the other 10-20 metres I have set aside
for projects on the go. I also have a big rubbermaid container FULL of
scraps. All of this has been collected in the past year!

I have them seperated into four groups, general prints, plaids,
childrens prints, and solids.

Last winter I was driving a snow plow and making some spare money,
whenever I got paid I would head down to the Fabricland clearance
centre and pick through their sale tables, which were often on
clearance themselves at 50% off. So I would pick up almost ANYTHING
that was resonably pretty and the proper fabric for quilting, cotton or
a cotton poly blend is ok with me as long as it doesn't feel or look
crappy I bought it!
Most of the yardage I have was bought anywhere from $1-3 a metre.

I need MORE!!!!!!

I think I have a problem

When I get ready to straighten out my stash it becomes a real 'stash bash'.
At last count, a bit over a year ago, there was better than 1500 yards of
fabric in the cupboard and several hundred fat quarters under the bed. Well
I have let my niece go to it on the fat quarters and there is about 1/3 less
there. The yardage is another story. I have used some but since I haven't
done to much as far as cutting new quilt tops the only thing for the stash
to do is grow and grow and grow. Until I can get things in order enough to
pull all the fabrics out again I am afraid there is no place to put another
scrap.
I have slowed down my fabric purchases a great deal over the last year or
so. With my health getting in my way there was little reason to buy
something that I knew I wouldn't be able to put to use right away.
I have been working mostly with scraps over the last year, except for the
quilt tops for the grand kids. I have a big basket filled with larger
scraps that I cut into pieces for double wedding ring quilts that I am
always planning to make. I love making those scrappy quilts.
When I sort my fabrics I try to sort generally by color. There are a few
exceptions I make to the color rules. Reproduction fabrics are a category
of their own as are quilting fabrics with metallic prints. I also separate
holiday prints and novelty prints.
The biggest problem I have with my fabric is the weight of the fabrics
themselves. On several occasions the shelves have given under the weight
and that presents a problem. I believe I am going to have to free up more
space for my stash sooner than not.
Of course for the record, the stash is protected by the neighborhood QI's.
julia

"JPgirl" wrote in message
oups.com...
I spent a couple of hours last night refolding and sorting my stash,
between my 15 month old daughter ripping it off the shelves at will and
me rifling through it whenever I get a new project in mind it was a
mess.

Well Since it was so nice and neat I decided to count up just how much
I had in that 'little' stash of mine.

Turns out I have over 230 metres of fabric (insert googly eye emoticon
here), and that doesn't count the other 10-20 metres I have set aside
for projects on the go. I also have a big rubbermaid container FULL of
scraps. All of this has been collected in the past year!

I have them seperated into four groups, general prints, plaids,
childrens prints, and solids.

Last winter I was driving a snow plow and making some spare money,
whenever I got paid I would head down to the Fabricland clearance
centre and pick through their sale tables, which were often on
clearance themselves at 50% off. So I would pick up almost ANYTHING
that was resonably pretty and the proper fabric for quilting, cotton or
a cotton poly blend is ok with me as long as it doesn't feel or look
crappy I bought it!
Most of the yardage I have was bought anywhere from $1-3 a metre.

I need MORE!!!!!!

I think I have a problem

"JPgirl" wrote in message
oups.com...
Turns out I have over 230 metres of fabric (insert googly eye emoticon
here), and that doesn't count the other 10-20 metres I have set aside
for projects on the go. I also have a big rubbermaid container FULL of
scraps. All of this has been collected in the past year!
I need MORE!!!!!!

I think I have a problem

The only problem I could see is not enough fabric!

I have around a thousand yards and my girlfriend probably has close to 5
thousand yards. It's not a problem.

Ms P

"Maureen Wozniak" wrote in message
lobal.net...
yes, indeed you do. You don't have nearly enough. VBG.

I''m in the middle of a fairly big cleanup and rootle through my studio.
Cleaned out my 4 big drawers of quilting fabric. And my yarn/regular
sewing
fabric closet. All that's left is my fabric shelf (where the little
pieces
live) and under my table. I don't think I can count high enough to
determine
how much fabric I have.

Maureen

Don't count, use a spreadsheet!! LOL

Ms P

I stopped with Jerry the other day on the way home from my friend's
funeral at a yard sale and he had a treadle there. It was in very poor
condition and would have had to have a major overhaul to get it working. I
told him if he was lucky he might get $25.00 from someone who was not
knowledgeable about such things. It looked to be between a 1915-1922 model
Singer with severe water and mold damage and a lot of surface rust. However
the most I would give him would be $5.00. He was ready to take it but I
didn't want to do a major restore. Not when I know if I keep my eye open
eventually I may find another one like the one I use now that is in perfect
shape that I paid $25.00 for.
Oh how I love my treadle.
julia


I am indeed! My "new" treadle has been in pieces on my sewing room floor
for a month, and I haven't been even CLOSE to my fabric shelves. I am oh,
so close to getting it all reassembled, but you know how those projects
go -- two steps forward and a step-and-three-quarters back! LOL

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps

http://fabrictramp.typepad.com/fabric_tramping/
remove the obvious to reply

Hmmmmm, I don't know how much I have. Usually the only appropriate
answer is "not enough" LOL. I am trying to be "good" and not buy so
much because there is a sewing machine I dearly want and should really
be saving every penny in the wild hope I can afford it. But......I keep
running into garage sales where there are such good bargains on vintage
or odd fabric. And TWO new LQS have opened in town since the old one
closed in July. It's hard not to just nibble a little.

Do any of you wonder if you have an addiction? I mean a REAL addiction?
I sometimes wonder if I do. When I feel really lousy, I go out and buy
something fabricky (even a good skirt at a garage sale that can be cut
up for squares will do) and I feel better. Oh well, safer than drugs,
cleaner than booze and cheaper than therapy I guess.

Safe Spending,
Sunny


JPgirl wrote:
I spent a couple of hours last night refolding and sorting my stash,
between my 15 month old daughter ripping it off the shelves at will and
me rifling through it whenever I get a new project in mind it was a
mess.

Well Since it was so nice and neat I decided to count up just how much
I had in that 'little' stash of mine.

Turns out I have over 230 metres of fabric (insert googly eye emoticon
here), and that doesn't count the other 10-20 metres I have set aside
for projects on the go. I also have a big rubbermaid container FULL of
scraps. All of this has been collected in the past year!

I have them seperated into four groups, general prints, plaids,
childrens prints, and solids.

Last winter I was driving a snow plow and making some spare money,
whenever I got paid I would head down to the Fabricland clearance
centre and pick through their sale tables, which were often on
clearance themselves at 50% off. So I would pick up almost ANYTHING
that was resonably pretty and the proper fabric for quilting, cotton or
a cotton poly blend is ok with me as long as it doesn't feel or look
crappy I bought it!
Most of the yardage I have was bought anywhere from $1-3 a metre.

I need MORE!!!!!!

I think I have a problem