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How Much Stash is too much
I confess I am a stash-a-holic, and the wonderful resource of the
internet and eBay is fueling my addiction. I have kits, charts, fabric and threads that would take me several lifetimes to get through, but I see a CA Wells kit and I haunt the auctions until the end, in the hope that I will further enhance my stash. The recurring theme in my collection seems to be kits only usually available as class pieces, from classes that I am never likely to be able to attend (Western Australia seem to be thought of as far too remote for most tutors) and charts of European origin often now oop. I am unsure if I am addicted to the thrill of the chase or the desire to acquire the pieces - a proxy bidder has at least made the process unemotional. I have also developed tendonitis in my right arm, and this is making my stitching even more infrequent, but I still have the desire to enhance my stash. THis all begs the question - how much stash is too much? Joanne in Perth, WA |
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How Much Stash is too much
what a question....lol.....while i don;t have a stash of kits i do have a
collection of books of charts and books of instructions, and a cq stash to beat all.....not including the fabric for sane quilting which would fill a smallish shop- threads beyond threads and i still don;t have the threads i would like....i think the words " too much" are very laden, not only with cultural meaning, but also psychological meaning...what seemed like a fine and dandy amount 10 years ago is wayyyyyyyyyy too much now. What also seemed like a fine amount before i developed a buddhist practice, now seems quite excessive. perhaps the real answer won;t be untill we have to move to someplace smaller or find ourselves unable to stitch at all etc etc....or even when our families have to dispose of what we were unable to resist. I do feel that i have too much fabric- not only could i not use it up in this lifetime, but if i started piecing now and worked 8 hours 7 days a week,I would probably not get through my fabric stash. Probably the same with the thread stash- i could embroider now till whenever, and still have stuff leftover....but does that stop me from wanting a collection of flat silk to use in Japanese embroidery? Not a chance. ktj wrote in message ... I confess I am a stash-a-holic, and the wonderful resource of the internet and eBay is fueling my addiction. I have kits, charts, fabric and threads that would take me several lifetimes to get through, but I see a CA Wells kit and I haunt the auctions until the end, in the hope that I will further enhance my stash. The recurring theme in my collection seems to be kits only usually available as class pieces, from classes that I am never likely to be able to attend (Western Australia seem to be thought of as far too remote for most tutors) and charts of European origin often now oop. I am unsure if I am addicted to the thrill of the chase or the desire to acquire the pieces - a proxy bidder has at least made the process unemotional. I have also developed tendonitis in my right arm, and this is making my stitching even more infrequent, but I still have the desire to enhance my stash. THis all begs the question - how much stash is too much? Joanne in Perth, WA |
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How Much Stash is too much
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THis all begs the question - how much stash is too much? Joanne in Perth, WA Like Alcoholics Anonymous, it's only when you yourself admit that it's a problem.... Some of us are working on SABLE to the 3d power, and still don't think it's too much. (I mean, what if I live to 215? I don't want to run out of stuff to stitch!) -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Finished 7/7/08 - Christmas Music Bellpull WIP: MLI Christmas Visit, Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to the library), Bethany Angel, Flowers of Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!! Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel CFSfacts -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf Newest research blog: http://journals.aol.com/kmc528/Lifeasweknowit/ |
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How Much Stash is too much
Don't you think keeping our very talented designers in business justifies
our stash build up? Imagine how bleak our design selection would be if every stitcher stitched every design purchased before moving on to a new one! Also, a cup of coffee and a stack of charts to browse through is far better for a stitcher than a cup of coffee and a brownie. --Mavis |
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How Much Stash is too much
I have three 65-litre boxes full of needlework stuff. That does NOT
include books and charts and magazines. It includes different kinds of fabric, one or two bell-pull things, smallish hoops (the stands live outside separately), boxes and boxes of threads (and I still have no yarn or silk), any number of kits (along with about a dozen I inherited from someone who had to give up stitching), rulers and tracing paper and carbon and graph paper and all the other useful things that seem more appropriate for a maths class than in a needlework box, and goodness knows what else. Yesterday, quite by chance, I discovered an envelope full of printed charts and charts copied by hand on graph paper, and it took me a while to decide that they'd been overlooked when I unpacked on my return from the States two years ago. That means (yes, you've guessed it) I'm going to spend the afternoon billing and cooing over them while I put them into a great big ring-binder that I use to put assorted charts in some kind of vague order. My husband says that his possessions have practically trebled since I came into his life and house, but considering that I have as little value for "things" as he has, he is more than happy to indulge me in my two obsessions of embroidery and reading. our stash build up? Imagine how bleak our design selection would be if every stitcher stitched every design purchased before moving on to a new one! Usually, I have three projects going on at the same time. One cross- stitch, one freehand embroidery, and one "learning" project. That way, I never get bored doing any one thing. Also, a cup of coffee and a stack of charts to browse through is far better for a stitcher than a cup of coffee and a brownie. Absolutely! I frequently forget to eat my lunch, though I'm hypoglycaemic and cannot afford to skip meals! Ah, that reminds me, I must have my breakfast! -Shanti. |
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How Much Stash is too much
On Jul 15, 7:43*am, "Mavis" wrote:
Don't you think keeping our very talented designers in business justifies our stash build up? Imagine how bleak our design selection would be if every stitcher stitched every design purchased before moving on to a new one! Also, a cup of coffee and a stack of charts to browse through is far better for a stitcher than a cup of coffee and a brownie. --Mavis Mavis this is a delightful point of view !!!! mirjam |
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How Much Stash is too much
On 7/15/08 12:43 AM, in article dWVek.242$Cw5.177@trnddc01, "Mavis"
wrote: Don't you think keeping our very talented designers in business justifies our stash build up? Imagine how bleak our design selection would be if every stitcher stitched every design purchased before moving on to a new one! Also, a cup of coffee and a stack of charts to browse through is far better for a stitcher than a cup of coffee and a brownie. --Mavis I want the stack of chart, the coffee and the brownie! Cheryl |
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How Much Stash is too much
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... On 7/15/08 12:43 AM, in article dWVek.242$Cw5.177@trnddc01, "Mavis" wrote: Don't you think keeping our very talented designers in business justifies our stash build up? Imagine how bleak our design selection would be if every stitcher stitched every design purchased before moving on to a new one! Also, a cup of coffee and a stack of charts to browse through is far better for a stitcher than a cup of coffee and a brownie. --Mavis I want the stack of chart, the coffee and the brownie! Cheryl GMTA !! -- Carey in MA |
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How Much Stash is too much
From conversations with Maureen it would appear that excessive stash is
an oxymoron (a bit like military intelligence) -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney (Remove dentures to reply) |
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How Much Stash is too much
roflmao- and i can see now that questions about stash are not to be thought
about as if there were any other answer than--------nver too much! ktj "Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)" wrote in message ... From conversations with Maureen it would appear that excessive stash is an oxymoron (a bit like military intelligence) -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney (Remove dentures to reply) |
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