Does anyone buy too much fabric/ craft items

I have loads of large rolls of potential curtain fabrics as I buy anything 5m+ in the sales and can always run up a pair of curtains, all I would need to buy is some lining. My main hobby is making rag rugs, my favourite fabric old t-shirts, so I have several bags of castoffs and charity shop finds in every colour. I don't think it's too OTT but I have a spare room that doubles as storage. It's lovely to work with a nice fabric.

What pleasure to find there are others like me. So lovely not to feel alone in my fabric hoarding addiction. Good news is I have stopped! But what about the accumulated stashes of the stuff looking at me and laughing at my recklessness. But hey perhaps I will live to be 200 and by then I will have used it all up. So there’s hope . And what with the inflation …. ah the savings I’ll make.

This is my fabric stash. I thought I had loads more than this before I had a blitz of my sewing room. I'm making up the fabric that's in front of the storage unit right now. The blue is a polycotton I'll be using today to line a skirt I've already cut out. The biscuit coloured fabric is 100% cotton and will be a pair of True Bias Lander pants.

If you're really serious about having too much there's a thriving 'destash' movement on social media e.g. Instagram and FB. Just search destash. Someone will buy your excess fabric but you have to be able to confirm the fabric type and yardage/metre-age and offer it at a realistic price. Include postage and packing too. You could also offer it to charities. Just search 'donate fabric'.

Ahh yes, I’ve found my people 😃 I have far too many fabrics, but I do sew (I have a friend who buys fabric, but rarely really makes anything). I usually make one garment/item each week. I sew for my husband as well as for myself and also dog coats and gifts. I do feel a little overwhelmed by my fabric stash though.

I recommend the app StashHub. Take a look. It’s brilliant!

SuperTinny-😅🤣😁 I believe you are right!

That’s me Supertinny. I’ve loads of fabric and wool. I really must pull my finger out and start creating instead of buying 😄

A few years ago, I thought I might sell some of the stuff I made so purchased in anticipation of that. It is a standing joke in our family that I didn't have an outlet, I just had an inlet. Fortunately, I have a very understanding husband who just does a bit of eye rolling when things come through the door.

Well... I prefer to think of it as my crafting output being slower than incoming supplies...
Not fabric so much, but supplies for the many crafts I am obsessed with/enjoy (interchangeable terms, you understand).
Probably the most bulky are a number of lace maker's pillows I seem to have acquired but of course they all have their purpose!
When we eventually get our house rearranged and decorated, I am hopeful of taking over a spare bedroom as a craft room, complete with storage. Until then....

I had to have a complete clearout last year as due to move to a small house with no storage (1 tiny cupboard) i was amazed how much extra wool i'd accumulated but as my daughter had started to crochet and makes loads of different stuff i had no problem- i donated quite bit to her- also i gave a bit to charity shop and still had leftover chunky wool so i saved just a few balls of it as i knit blankets- which are very popular with my grandchilren, older or younger.They love a 'nanablanket'🥰🧶

Happy to be a member of this club. Have you tried teaching a GGD to crochet via Skype.? .

I used to buy both fabrics and knitting wool, just because I thought they looked nice and I was sure that I would use them.

I have managed to stop doing so, and am using what I have, plus I have just put some of the bigger nicer pieces of material into the collection of clothes etc. a local tranport firm will drive to the Ukraine with later this month.

I saw a meme on Facebook which I can't find now. I can't take the credit for this but found it amusing:

' I have come to the conclusion that buying craft items and making crafts are two separate hobbies'

clairefraser1

Knitting yarn. I’ve got so much but it’s never what I need for my next piece😊

Same here, or it’s nearly enough, but I just need one more ball of this or that colour….

But I recently found a new pattern on the website of the charity I mostly knit for, which is going to be brilliant for using up some of those small, leftover balls.

Me too

I love crafting and do sewing of all different types, jewellery making, glass work, Cricut work, etc. You name it, I buy too much. I spend far too long sorting it, working out new storage systems, etc, etc. It's almost a past time in itself.

Knitting yarn. I’ve got so much but it’s never what I need for my next piece😊

I’m guilty of hoarding too much fabric and when I have an idea to make something out of it, it barely makes a dent!! I’ve recently been to a quilt show but was very proud of myself as I resisted all the fabric and just bought a Jenny Rayner book. I’m hoping it’ll re-ignite my enthusiasm for sewing and using a bit up. 🥴🤔

My stash will last about 100 years.

Unfortunately as I am 67 someone else will have to use most of it.

I do pity my children.

Callistemon21
I went shopping today and went past Hobbycraft but didn't go in 😯

There's a brand new one opening by me next weekend. First 100 there get a free goody bag, I think it's going to be busy!!

SeaWoozle I'm with you on the jewellery making front, I've loads of stuff too.
I made myself stop buying more but caved in when I wanted a go at making origami earrings.

grew up in fabric shop from age 14 / 66 now and still going
small pieces for patchwork. love to make clothes for children .one of
grand babies was wallowing in a huge chest of scraps he was sooooohappy.made a lamp shade today.

Oopsadaisy1

Too much fabric? Not sure I understand the question!

Too many jigsaws? Um nope, my 30 or so Ravensburger jigsaws, at the moment, are safe from the ‘decluttering because we will be moving’ saga, I fear they won’t be safe for very long. MzOops wants me to redo them all, photograph them and then she will sell them, we will see. How can I bear to part with the Christmas ones?

We gave several to the charity shop at Christmas. DH had completed them, photographed them and carefully packed each puzzle into a polythene bag inside its box.

Later on I found one puzzle piece under a piece of furniture, goodness knows which puzzle it came from 😁

I went shopping today and went past Hobbycraft but didn't go in 😯

Lots of wool and always have a baby shawl or blanket on the go.

Not fabric, but art materials. I could open a shop. I really should get down to more artwork…..

Help
A couple of days in and I have fabric withdrawal symptoms.
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