I seem to accumulate loads of pretty fabric but am terrified to “waste it”, I’m exactly the same with clothes fabric and wool…. I hang onto it for ages before I’m brave enough to actually use it.
I’m the same I like to have the fabric and wool to “stroke” for a while before I use it. When I buy fat quarters that come in a bundle, tied up with a ribbon I don’t like to undo them as they look nice together. I know it’s silly but I still do it.
I do things the wrong way round too. Buy the fabric and wool because it’s lovely then find a pattern to make with it, instead of buying it for a specific pattern.
I do things the wrong way round too. Buy the fabric and wool because it’s lovely then find a pattern to make with it, instead of buying it for a specific pattern.
I do the same. I suspect lots of us do. It's like buying a plant without knowing quite where it will go.
@Ergates. When I first saw the picture I thought it was someone's talent at baking as they looked so real. Beautifully made and must have taken some patience.
That's what's known as a stash @Jacquimcmahon (I have one too - well three if I count knitting stuff, dressmaking stuff and patchwork stuff separately). It means when inspiration strikes on a wet winter evening you can get started straight away without having to wait for a delivery/time to go to the right shops.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Another justification (if you need one) - buy what you love when you see it, because sure as eggs are eggs when you dream up a project you won't be able to find the perfect fabric/yarn. Better to buy what you love and be inspired by it. Carry around in your bag (or head if your memory's better than mine) the approximate amounts for a top, dress, jumper etc.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Lol yes I admit stash hoarding is a major thing for me…. Boxes of scrapbooking/ card making papers and supplies, wool, fabrics, paints and pretty pens/pencils, thank goodness my hubby actually likes most of what I do produce. Then gardening on top which is another way to accumulate “stuff”.., like the nearly 300 bulbs I am hoarding until the weather cools down a bit.
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
Lol yes I admit stash hoarding is a major thing for me…. Boxes of scrapbooking/ card making papers and supplies, wool, fabrics, paints and pretty pens/pencils, thank goodness my hubby actually likes most of what I do produce. Then gardening on top which is another way to accumulate “stuff”.., like the nearly 300 bulbs I am hoarding until the weather cools down a bit.
My whole house is a stash box of seeds, stationery, paints, leaves, pressed flowers, staples, 20 types of glue. I have trunks of fabric waiting for inspiration. I have herbs and spices and petals, oak galls, gold leaf, glitter - the list is long. It all gives me huge pleasure and I do review what I have regularly and stuff give away. I love reaching into a cupboard and knowing I have fabric paint or denim dye, calligraphy inks, quills, cinammon or hibiscus flowers ready and waiting.
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I do things the wrong way round too. Buy the fabric and wool because it’s lovely then find a pattern to make with it, instead of buying it for a specific pattern.
Failure is always an option.
I do the same. I suspect lots of us do. It's like buying a plant without knowing quite where it will go.
My whole house is a stash box of seeds, stationery, paints, leaves, pressed flowers, staples, 20 types of glue. I have trunks of fabric waiting for inspiration. I have herbs and spices and petals, oak galls, gold leaf, glitter - the list is long. It all gives me huge pleasure and I do review what I have regularly and stuff give away. I love reaching into a cupboard and knowing I have fabric paint or denim dye, calligraphy inks, quills, cinammon or hibiscus flowers ready and waiting.