Fabric Stash

This is a funny thought. I at first thought I had only 2 rubbermaid tubs full. Then one night I was looking for some fabric to work on a project, and wow!!! I found three in one closet. I decided to look in another closet-- three more!! AND there was fabric just laying out, with out a tub, because I ran out. I KNOW that I have at least one giant box in the basement filled with jeans and old flannel shirts that I've been saving for a jeans quilt. Gosh, I didn't know I've gotten so good at hiding my stash from myself. :)

Oh you don't wanna know that.. i can really fill a whole room up with fabric stash coz my mom owns a boutique at home... now imagine how it gets.. fabric over fabric over never ending fabric.. LOL.. Be my guest to take some off my hands, anytime.

Sad to say but I really have no idea how big my stash is because i have one stash here and another over there, some in this room and some in that other room. There is no way my husband can see it all only what is in one cabinet. I either got it on sale or it is left over from a previous project or it was given to me from a friend or several friends. I thought I was the only one to stash my stockpile of fabric. I was wrong again. hehehe

I've just devoted a small chest of drawers to my growing fabric stash. I do use a lot of the fabric I buy quickly in the massive quilt I'm making, and I tend to buy fabric if I'm making a specific project as I plan it.

That is exactly what i do!! Mine is hidden in Rubbermaid and he doesnt know what is in it. But just in case he finds out i made him a quilt for his birthday. It is on the quilting page.

I don't feel so bad now! LOL I have about five large Rubbermaid containers too, along with a few drawers of scrap fabric. I thought that was too much! HA! My Momma takes the cake though - she has an entire bedroom dedicated to her sewing room. She has two dressers, an armoire, several bins, and a closet just filled with fabric! She has all of the "projects" grouped, noted, and categorized too! She is absolutely amazing. :) I can aspire to have such a fabric stash, 'eh? LOL Happy Quilting everyone! Susan

I have an embarrasingly large fabric stash, and I only collect certain fabrics. I have a large collection of food fabrics, flannel fabrics, judaic fabrics and sea-based fabric. I tend to collect for specific projects. And there is no such thing as too much fabric!

i'm just reaching the giant rubbermaid stage LOL i recently aquired alot of silks and velvets from clothes i inheirited from someone.they were never used,and too big for me,so..new quilt time :)

LOL I have a stash but its not nearly as big as it used to be!!ive had to stop myself buying anymore!I go to the shops and see oddments that are really lovely and the next thin I know they are in my shopping bag!im the same as you ,I keep mine in large plastic boxes,and if there is something that ive worn out and im throwing it away,I always see if there are any bits to chop out from it rathere than throw it away.My Mum has a pretty big stash too!and lol we tend to swap pieces and take a look at each others bits!