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August 7th, 2013, 03:36 PM
#1
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Okay I need to STOP!!!
Received an order from M* today....I knew it was coming, but I totally forgot what I had ordered (without referring to my saved e-mail confirmation). One layer cake (cream & sugar), yardage for borders & binding, 3 charm packs and a Jelly Roll!! I KNOW I had a specific pattern (one of Jenny's many tutorials) in mind for the cream & sugar, but cannot for the life of me remember which one.
It was a tutorial that used that specific fabric line..... AND I have two more orders on the way from M*.
On top of all of that, I went for my second one on one training on my new Janome 6600P today and came home w/2 FQ that I actually did need for a work in progress, plus a Giggles charm pack, 3--1/2 yard cuts of sewing themed fabric (because I want to make a wall hanging for my sewing room, yeah right...sometime in the next century!!), and one yard of fall fabric "just because I love it and had to have it".
Is there a Fabric Lovers 12 step program somewhere?? 
I have enough fabric to last me for the next two years, if not longer!!! Is there any help for me?
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August 7th, 2013, 03:41 PM
#2
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Okay I need to STOP!!!
You need to put a chain on your foot to your foot pedal and sew instead of shop.
Lorie
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August 7th, 2013, 03:53 PM
#3
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Missouri Star
Re: Okay I need to STOP!!!
Terri you must be kidding! ROFLOL Have you seen Jean's stash or Sandy's or most of ours! Part of being a quilter or sewist is having a stash that will out live you! lol

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August 7th, 2013, 03:59 PM
#4
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Okay I need to STOP!!!
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August 7th, 2013, 04:03 PM
#5
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Missouri Star
Re: Okay I need to STOP!!!
2 years? I need to live to at least 132 if I want to use all of mine and I just ordered another squishy yesterday.
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Martina (aka MadQuilter in other forums)
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August 7th, 2013, 04:03 PM
#6
Senior Member
Missouri Star
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August 7th, 2013, 04:06 PM
#7
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Okay I need to STOP!!!

Originally Posted by
HandsOffItsMine
Terri you must be kidding! ROFLOL Have you seen Jean's stash or Sandy's or most of ours! Part of being a quilter or sewist is having a stash that will out live you! lol
No, I don't think I have......but I have seen several pics of different stashes, how they are arranged (or not) and do realize that mine hasn't taken on a life of its own....YET!!
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August 7th, 2013, 04:15 PM
#8
Senior Member
Block Queen
Re: Okay I need to STOP!!!
I did some conservative calculations with my personal fabric stash.
I have approximately 225 bolts of fabric. I am not counting the numerous small pieces of fabric in my scrap stash.
Each bolt averages 25 yards of fabric
This leaves 5625 yards of fabric.
Now,
If I do 3 hours of cutting and sewing for each yard of fabric, this will give me 16875 hours of quilting time.
If I average 4 hours of sewing every day with my fabric, I will need 4219 days of sewing to go through my stash.
If I sew every day (365 days in a year) it will take me 11.5 years of sewing to get through my stash of fabric.
Enough to keep me busy for a while.
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August 7th, 2013, 04:22 PM
#9
Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Okay I need to STOP!!!
Ohhh myyyyy.......you have obviously been at this much longer than I have! You could open a small fabric store yourself!! In 11.5 yrs I will be just over 63 yrs old.....cannot even begin to wrap my mind around having/possessing/owning that much fabric. But I am guessing there is always room for one more piece. 

Originally Posted by
CottonPickinFabrics
I did some conservative calculations with my personal fabric stash.
I have approximately 225 bolts of fabric. I am not counting the numerous small pieces of fabric in my scrap stash.
Each bolt averages 25 yards of fabric
This leaves 5625 yards of fabric.
Now,
If I do 3 hours of cutting and sewing for each yard of fabric, this will give me 16875 hours of quilting time.
If I average 4 hours of sewing every day with my fabric, I will need 4219 days of sewing to go through my stash.
If I sew every day (365 days in a year) it will take me 11.5 years of sewing to get through my stash of fabric.
Enough to keep me busy for a while.

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August 7th, 2013, 04:23 PM
#10
Senior Member
Missouri Star