Store with older fabrics?

Someone just posted the name of a store & I thought I saved it, but it's
gone & I don't remember the subject name. Would you mind posting it again -
I'm on the hunt for an older fabric.

This is about the only time I buy fabrics on-line.

Thanks!

Pauline

I think it was Sandy's reply to the post: Fabric Buying - Window Too Short!

Kate in MI

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Howdy!
There are some shops we learn about which are good for searching
the archives, shelves that still hold some of our favorite fabrics.
For instance,
Old Times Quilters' Heaven and The Lacery
954-56 N Main St
Princeton, IL 61356-1376
(815) 872-9841
a rambling shop on the north end of town (across from the train station)
which holds more fabric than any other shop I've seen (and I've seen
many, many quilt shops). They carry fabric going back several years,
and receive many requests from quilters who need "more!" of a particular
fabric to finish a project. Send a swatch, they'll try to find it
in the back rooms. g I love this!
Meanwhile, when you see a fabric you REALLY like, get it.
Get plenty of it. And if you're in love w/ that fabric, get a bunch NOW!!!
Because most shops are operating on such a tight budget they can't afford
to invest the dollars and the shelf space to store excess bolts,
and w/ new fabric available so often, there isn't time to re-order before
the next batch of goodies comes to the market.

Btw, I don't have any affiliation w/ any of the quilt shops I mention
or recommend; no kick-backs or freebies. Just a happy customer who likes
to share the joy. ;-D

Cheers!
Ragmop/Sandy--hoping for rain in n.Tx (after the mowers are finished g)
---just said good-bye to family going back to Princeton, IL
"Pauline" wrote in message
. com...
Someone just posted the name of a store & I thought I saved it, but it's
gone & I don't remember the subject name. Would you mind posting it again -
I'm on the hunt for an older fabric.

This is about the only time I buy fabrics on-line.

Thanks!

Pauline

Thank you Kate - that was the one!

Pauline
"Kate G." wrote in message
...
I think it was Sandy's reply to the post: Fabric Buying - Window Too
Short!

Kate in MI

************************************************** ***

Howdy!
There are some shops we learn about which are good for searching
the archives, shelves that still hold some of our favorite fabrics.
For instance,
Old Times Quilters' Heaven and The Lacery
954-56 N Main St
Princeton, IL 61356-1376
(815) 872-9841
a rambling shop on the north end of town (across from the train station)
which holds more fabric than any other shop I've seen (and I've seen
many, many quilt shops). They carry fabric going back several years,
and receive many requests from quilters who need "more!" of a particular
fabric to finish a project. Send a swatch, they'll try to find it
in the back rooms. g I love this!
Meanwhile, when you see a fabric you REALLY like, get it.
Get plenty of it. And if you're in love w/ that fabric, get a bunch
NOW!!!
Because most shops are operating on such a tight budget they can't afford
to invest the dollars and the shelf space to store excess bolts,
and w/ new fabric available so often, there isn't time to re-order before
the next batch of goodies comes to the market.

Btw, I don't have any affiliation w/ any of the quilt shops I mention
or recommend; no kick-backs or freebies. Just a happy customer who likes
to share the joy. ;-D

Cheers!
Ragmop/Sandy--hoping for rain in n.Tx (after the mowers are finished g)
---just said good-bye to family going back to Princeton, IL
"Pauline" wrote in message
. com...
Someone just posted the name of a store & I thought I saved it, but it's
gone & I don't remember the subject name. Would you mind posting it
again -
I'm on the hunt for an older fabric.

This is about the only time I buy fabrics on-line.

Thanks!

Pauline

I subscribed to the "if you see something you like buy lots" theory
for many years. Now I have thousands of yards of fabric. Please do not
be taken in by the "buy it now" mentality. Trust the industry to
continue to print pretty fabric. If you aren't going to use it for ten
years your tastes will have changed anyway. Currently I limit my
purchases to things I hope to get to within the year (OK maybe two
years).

Last week I started the red and black scrap quilt on the cover of the
current issue of "American Patchwork and Quilting". The Designer,
Carrie Nelson, said she used 60 reds. Going through my stash I only
found 45 reds but I didn't let that bother me. My quilt is made with
only 45 reds and I think there is plenty of variety.

Be reasonable gals. If the average quilt takes 10 yards of fabric we
should not purchase more than 100 yards a year. Completing 10 quilts a
year would be good for the average quilter. Backing would take another
5 yards so you can purchase 150 yards a year. After that much any
fabric purchase just becomes decoration for the shelves in your
studio.

Susan

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:51:06 -0400, "Kate G."
wrote:

I think it was Sandy's reply to the post: Fabric Buying - Window Too Short!

Kate in MI

************************************************* ****

Howdy!
There are some shops we learn about which are good for searching
the archives, shelves that still hold some of our favorite fabrics.
For instance,
Old Times Quilters' Heaven and The Lacery
954-56 N Main St
Princeton, IL 61356-1376
(815) 872-9841
a rambling shop on the north end of town (across from the train station)
which holds more fabric than any other shop I've seen (and I've seen
many, many quilt shops). They carry fabric going back several years,
and receive many requests from quilters who need "more!" of a particular
fabric to finish a project. Send a swatch, they'll try to find it
in the back rooms. g I love this!
Meanwhile, when you see a fabric you REALLY like, get it.
Get plenty of it. And if you're in love w/ that fabric, get a bunch NOW!!!
Because most shops are operating on such a tight budget they can't afford
to invest the dollars and the shelf space to store excess bolts,
and w/ new fabric available so often, there isn't time to re-order before
the next batch of goodies comes to the market.

Btw, I don't have any affiliation w/ any of the quilt shops I mention
or recommend; no kick-backs or freebies. Just a happy customer who likes
to share the joy. ;-D

Cheers!
Ragmop/Sandy--hoping for rain in n.Tx (after the mowers are finished g)
---just said good-bye to family going back to Princeton, IL
"Pauline" wrote in message
.com...
Someone just posted the name of a store & I thought I saved it, but it's
gone & I don't remember the subject name. Would you mind posting it again -
I'm on the hunt for an older fabric.

This is about the only time I buy fabrics on-line.

Thanks!

Pauline

In article ,
Susan Laity Price wrote:


Be reasonable gals. If the average quilt takes 10 yards of fabric we
should not purchase more than 100 yards a year. Completing 10 quilts a
year would be good for the average quilter. Backing would take another
5 yards so you can purchase 150 yards a year. After that much any
fabric purchase just becomes decoration for the shelves in your
studio.

Susan

Oh dear, I am so below average.

TEN a year!?!

marcella

Remember I don't quilt anything larger than 45 by 60. Any quilt larger
goes to the long arm quilters. At this stage in my life I spend the
majority of my time quilting. Some projects are samples for classes I
teach and many are for charity. Occassionally I make something for
myself and usually a few wedding gifts a year.

Any quilt I make for the store, including class samples, the fabric is
free. Fabric for wedding gifts is often purchased to suit the bride's
colors. Everything else I am trying to make from my stash.

For my charity project this year I need many quilts in the 55 by 70
range. I have gone through my UFO's and found many are finished to the
point where they can become 55 by 70 without too much trouble. I love
starting projects. Picking colors and trying new blocks are the fun
parts. Then something would come along and I would put the started
quilt away never to see it again. I have quilts cut and blocks half
done for quilts I can't even remember starting. I have decided that
finished and in use is more important than the original design.

Susan

On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:03:31 -0700, Marcella Peek
wrote:

In article ,
Susan Laity Price wrote:


Be reasonable gals. If the average quilt takes 10 yards of fabric we
should not purchase more than 100 yards a year. Completing 10 quilts a
year would be good for the average quilter. Backing would take another
5 yards so you can purchase 150 yards a year. After that much any
fabric purchase just becomes decoration for the shelves in your
studio.

Susan

Oh dear, I am so below average.

TEN a year!?!

marcella

"Marcella Peek" wrote in message
...


Oh dear, I am so below average.

TEN a year!?!

Maybe that's dog years? I could do ten in seven years, easy. ;-)

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
remove the obvious to reply

Howdy!
That works for you, Susan.
(And good luck w/ the Bowties.)

I'm sticking w/ my buying habits; so far they've served me well,
and I've made many quilts just from stash-on-hand. ;-D

Cheers!
Ragmop/Sandy--still pondering the term "reasonable" ...
I don't drink, smoke or gamble; stashing fabric seems pretty
reasonable to me g


On 6/2/06 8:06 AM, in article ,
"Susan Laity Price" wrote:

I subscribed to the "if you see something you like buy lots" theory
for many years. Now I have thousands of yards of fabric. Please do not
be taken in by the "buy it now" mentality. Trust the industry to
continue to print pretty fabric. If you aren't going to use it for ten
years your tastes will have changed anyway. Currently I limit my
purchases to things I hope to get to within the year (OK maybe two
years).

Last week I started the red and black scrap quilt on the cover of the
current issue of "American Patchwork and Quilting". The Designer,
Carrie Nelson, said she used 60 reds. Going through my stash I only
found 45 reds but I didn't let that bother me. My quilt is made with
only 45 reds and I think there is plenty of variety.

Be reasonable gals. If the average quilt takes 10 yards of fabric we
should not purchase more than 100 yards a year. Completing 10 quilts a
year would be good for the average quilter. Backing would take another
5 yards so you can purchase 150 yards a year. After that much any
fabric purchase just becomes decoration for the shelves in your
studio.

Susan

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:51:06 -0400, "Kate G."
wrote:

I think it was Sandy's reply to the post: Fabric Buying - Window Too Short!

Kate in MI

************************************************** ***

Howdy!
There are some shops we learn about which are good for searching
the archives, shelves that still hold some of our favorite fabrics.
For instance,
Old Times Quilters' Heaven and The Lacery
954-56 N Main St
Princeton, IL 61356-1376
(815) 872-9841
a rambling shop on the north end of town (across from the train station)
which holds more fabric than any other shop I've seen (and I've seen
many, many quilt shops). They carry fabric going back several years,
and receive many requests from quilters who need "more!" of a particular
fabric to finish a project. Send a swatch, they'll try to find it
in the back rooms. g I love this!
Meanwhile, when you see a fabric you REALLY like, get it.
Get plenty of it. And if you're in love w/ that fabric, get a bunch NOW!!!
Because most shops are operating on such a tight budget they can't afford
to invest the dollars and the shelf space to store excess bolts,
and w/ new fabric available so often, there isn't time to re-order before
the next batch of goodies comes to the market.

Btw, I don't have any affiliation w/ any of the quilt shops I mention
or recommend; no kick-backs or freebies. Just a happy customer who likes
to share the joy. ;-D

Cheers!
Ragmop/Sandy--hoping for rain in n.Tx (after the mowers are finished g)
---just said good-bye to family going back to Princeton, IL

On 6/2/06 8:06 AM, in article ,
"Susan Laity Price" wrote:

After that much any
fabric purchase just becomes decoration for the shelves in your
studio.

Not much wrong with that, IM(NS)HO. ;-)

I'm with Ragmop -- I work almost exclusively from stash, and I hate having
to stop in the middle of a creative streak to run around to stores looking
for just the right piece of orange. I keep my fabric purchases within my
budget, my studio isn't a fire hazard, and the amount of fabric I have
pleases me. I'm not worrying about whether I've bought more or less than
I'll use this year. *grin*

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
remove the obvious to reply

Be comforted, Marcella, I don't always make it into whole numbers g
..
In message ,
Marcella Peek writes
Oh dear, I am so below average.

TEN a year!?!

marcella

--
Best Regards
pat on the hill