Stash Building

Nothing ever will, short of (gasp!) upending it into the trash.
Good for you, helping out the comfort quilt project.
Roberta in D

"Polly Esther" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I was wondering where you were on this subject, Roberta. I've been trying
to spend at least an hour everyday cutting squares from my scrap bin.
There's a group over at the Methodist Church making quilts to tie, bless
and hug those needing comfort. What they lack in skill (a lot), they make
up for in enthusiasm. I'm hoping pre-cut squares will help. The bad news
is, it does not seem to diminish the Black Hole. Polly

"Roberta Zollner" wrote in message
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Ah, if only the wallet were as bottomless as the Black Hole Scrap Basket!
Roberta in D

"Kathy Applebaum" schrieb im
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"Sherry" wrote in message
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Just curious. When you run across a fabric that you just dearly love,
but have no idea what
you're going to do with it, or nothing at home that really complements
it, how much of
it do you buy? Just in anticipation that you WILL use it in a quilt
pattern some day?

Step 1: open wallet
Step 2: examine contents
Step 3: buy enough to empty wallet.
Step 4: take fabric home and enjoy.

Since I make all my quilts from stash, having no idea what I'm going to
do with it isn't an obstacle. And if I dearly love it, and I don't have
anything right now that works with it, I *will* have something that
works with it eventually. If I really love it, I'll use it in lots of
quilts, so I'll need quite a bit.

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

remove the obvious to reply

Actually, I think "stash" has a reproductive gene that keeps growing and
growing and growing.... using some of it is like weeding a garden - just
when you think you've made a dent in it, more keeps coming out of nowhere!
(Same thing happens with my scrap basket!) Can any cloning experts out
there tell us why? (or.... maybe we don't really want to know!!!!)

ME-Judy


"Roberta Zollner" wrote in message
...
Nothing ever will, short of (gasp!) upending it into the trash.
Good for you, helping out the comfort quilt project.
Roberta in D

"Polly Esther" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
I was wondering where you were on this subject, Roberta. I've been trying
to spend at least an hour everyday cutting squares from my scrap bin.
There's a group over at the Methodist Church making quilts to tie, bless
and hug those needing comfort. What they lack in skill (a lot), they make
up for in enthusiasm. I'm hoping pre-cut squares will help. The bad news
is, it does not seem to diminish the Black Hole. Polly

"Roberta Zollner" wrote in message
...
Ah, if only the wallet were as bottomless as the Black Hole Scrap
Basket!
Roberta in D

"Kathy Applebaum" schrieb im
Newsbeitrag ...

"Sherry" wrote in message
...
Just curious. When you run across a fabric that you just dearly love,
but have no idea what
you're going to do with it, or nothing at home that really complements
it, how much of
it do you buy? Just in anticipation that you WILL use it in a quilt
pattern some day?

Step 1: open wallet
Step 2: examine contents
Step 3: buy enough to empty wallet.
Step 4: take fabric home and enjoy.

Since I make all my quilts from stash, having no idea what I'm going to
do with it isn't an obstacle. And if I dearly love it, and I don't have
anything right now that works with it, I *will* have something that
works with it eventually. If I really love it, I'll use it in lots of
quilts, so I'll need quite a bit.

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

remove the obvious to reply

Nope. I don't buy it. Instead, I leave it for someone else to enjoy!
I generally do have a fairly good stash of small amounts, which is
leftovers from projects. My primary "stash" is having several bags
tucked away, each one with fabric, threads, and backing for a quilt I
plan to make, together with a sketch of a pattern. The fabric is all
washed, neatly folded, and ready to go. (My stash of batting is in the
back of a closet, and ranges from whole pieces to scraps.) My stash
of small amounts of fabrics -- leftovers -- is tucked away into a
laundry basket, sorted by color families, and used for block swaps, an
occasional scrappy sampler quilt, tote bags, and other small
projects. I almost always have at least 2 quilts in progress, one at
a stage where I can take piecing or small whole-cloth bits with me in
a tote bag, and another at a stage where it really isn't portable. I
don't have a sewing room and am not willing to give up a guest room,
so quilting things are scattered through the house but very handy for
me -- the Singer 99K in its case behind a sofa, sewing machine table
folded and under the sofa, a treadle machine in a kitchen corner, card
table behind the buffet server in the dining room, cutting mats with
the card table, fabric and batting in guest room closets, threads in
plastic boxes in an endtable drawer, most tools and gadgets and
related goodies in a locker trunk in a closet, and my everyday
stitching stuff in a basket at my favorite chair. I'm not done buying
fabric, but at this point have enough on hand to keep me busy for at
least 5 years, and enough is enough!

My regular stash doesn't reproduce, unfortunately, but the Black Hole Basket
seems to be a prolific generator of tiny scraps. I think it sucks scraps out
of hyperspace from some parallel universe.
Roberta in D

"ME-Judy" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Actually, I think "stash" has a reproductive gene that keeps growing and
growing and growing.... using some of it is like weeding a garden - just
when you think you've made a dent in it, more keeps coming out of nowhere!
(Same thing happens with my scrap basket!) Can any cloning experts out
there tell us why? (or.... maybe we don't really want to know!!!!)

ME-Judy


"Roberta Zollner" wrote in message
...
Nothing ever will, short of (gasp!) upending it into the trash.
Good for you, helping out the comfort quilt project.
Roberta in D

"Polly Esther" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
I was wondering where you were on this subject, Roberta. I've been
trying to spend at least an hour everyday cutting squares from my scrap
bin. There's a group over at the Methodist Church making quilts to tie,
bless and hug those needing comfort. What they lack in skill (a lot),
they make up for in enthusiasm. I'm hoping pre-cut squares will help.
The bad news is, it does not seem to diminish the Black Hole. Polly

"Roberta Zollner" wrote in message
...
Ah, if only the wallet were as bottomless as the Black Hole Scrap
Basket!
Roberta in D

"Kathy Applebaum" schrieb im
Newsbeitrag ...

"Sherry" wrote in message
...
Just curious. When you run across a fabric that you just dearly love,
but have no idea what
you're going to do with it, or nothing at home that really
complements
it, how much of
it do you buy? Just in anticipation that you WILL use it in a quilt
pattern some day?

Step 1: open wallet
Step 2: examine contents
Step 3: buy enough to empty wallet.
Step 4: take fabric home and enjoy.

Since I make all my quilts from stash, having no idea what I'm going
to do with it isn't an obstacle. And if I dearly love it, and I don't
have anything right now that works with it, I *will* have something
that works with it eventually. If I really love it, I'll use it in
lots of quilts, so I'll need quite a bit.

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

remove the obvious to reply

There was a gecko print that made its way into scrap baskets
of many local guild member some years ago. I swear that stuff
still shows up in scrappy quilts. Those geckos multiply like
rabbits!
Denim scraps seem to be what really multiply around here the
most though.
Taria

Roberta Zollner wrote:

My regular stash doesn't reproduce, unfortunately, but the Black Hole Basket
seems to be a prolific generator of tiny scraps. I think it sucks scraps out
of hyperspace from some parallel universe.
Roberta in D