When I was teaching at Sewingly yours in North Carolina the other week I bought some fabric, because I'm a quilter, and I need it... but I digress!
When I got home I started to ponder my fabric. These are mostly from designer Cori Dantini, and I might be buying everything she does. (get this fabric online here)
I might be hoarding it... um... saving it.
Saving it for JUST the right project.
Then I realized, I have a lot of fabrics 'Saved' for the right project. A few have been saved SO LONG that I may not actually.. ummm...mmmmm.. well.. I may not really care for them anymore.
And that hit me hard.
WHY am I saving this fabric for a perfect quilt? Why am I not sewing it up to ENJOY it before I may not like it as much anymore.
Why do we quilters do this? It's kind of a crazy thing isn't it? We hold on.. and we don't see it in the box under the bed, in the other room. And then one day...
BOOM!
We don't care for it anymore.
I vowed to NOT do this anymore. I will make up SOMETHING ... something to enjoy it. There are LOADS of great designs that showcase fabric. We don't need to wait for the PERFECT layout (that by the way..NEVER seems to appear) to use it.
Your turn.. what do you think of this?
What do you think of actually SEWING up that precious pile of fabric instead of saving it for.. eternity?
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