Musings on fabric

[mala_14]

I'm about to buy some more fabric, even though I have tons that I haven't used yet. Is it a problem? Well, here's what I think about it. It's good to have a stash if you're sewing. It's helpful because it means that you have the materials to make what you want to make when you want to make it. However, sometimes it gets out of control. If you don't sew very often and you're not making use of it, then maybe you're just hoarding. I've definitely hoarded fabric. I see something pretty and shiny in the fabric store and I want it and then it just sits around. Not good.

Now, though. I'm sewing much more regularly and it's nice to have a bunch of fabrics on hand. I know what I want to make with them too. And when CADD strikes, I don't go running off to the fabric store to buy more. (Well, most of the time. ;p) I'm also glad to find that my stashing habits are slowing down. I'm not compulsively storing fabric like a squirrel stores nuts before winter. I know what sort of fabrics I like, what sort of prices constitutes a really good deal, and what I'll actually make use of. I try not to buy things without a plan in mind and that I won't use in the next 2 years or so.

I also have a bunch of fabrics already. I have the fabrics that I want to make things out of in the near future. When I have the opportunity to buy, I'm starting to have trouble figuring out things I might want. I have almost all the fabrics for Costume College sewing. The only times that I really need to buy things is when I need fabric for lining or to go with things that I already have and whatever notions are needed. I feel like this means that I have a pretty good stash. There are just a couple things that are still on the to-buy list, but only a couple. Maybe I don't have a fabric buying problem anymore?

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[mala-14.livejournal.com]

lol Build a new stash!!! (bad influence friend here ;p)