In keeping with the little Sunday ritual, I thought we'd take a glimpse into my fabric stash this morning... and because I'm feeling brave, and possibly a little under-the-weather, and because True Up asked to see my stash, I'll show you the whole thing in it's slightly alarming glory. I should preface this by warning if you happen to notice a dust bunny in one, two, maybe all of these photos it is because well... I should vacuum more. Anyway, on to the stash unveiling... onward and as my stash tends to grow upward...
...Sorry for the somewhat blurry photos, my camera can never decide what to focus on. Maybe that's just my camera's way of disguising the pure amount of fabric goodness... blur the colors together, good idea! That's just one piece of green fabric there, of course it is! Anyway, the more I look at this photo, the more I think it's kind of excessive? For someone who started sewing in January that might be the case. Ah well... if only it didn't end there. It extends to this fabric scrap area (I have tons of scraps, I can't tell you what I did to a piece of Kerchief Girl Fabric last week)...
...and this the leaning tower of Denyse Schmidt...
...now inside of that box is where I keep my trims and clasps and things of that nature but the bottom drawer is filled with things like this...
... many of the fabric bundles that I've found at Jo-Anne Fabric are actually Heather Ross fat quarters... I've found West Hill Horses there as well as the Nesting Dolls and the dogs. Though I typically buy quilting fabric elsewhere, these I couldn't pass up. I've also seen Munki Munki fabric at Marshalls and TJ Maxx of all places.
My favorite fabric at the moment though, is a huge piece of Heather Ross Farmer's Market that I found, and adore - well for sentimental reasons.
It came with some little fabric pieces that are really sweet and will make great additions to patchwork gifts and projects in the not so distant future.
So there you have it...my fabric stash, which sometimes I'm a bit sheepish about but really shouldn't be anything but a source of pride and excitement. I contemplate a cabinet to hide it, I stole around taking pictures of it for this post while my special someone listens to The Money Show and makes plans to save money, and oh, my hyperactive Italian guilt gene sets in.
But my collection is practical - it makes things that I love, for the people I love, for this home and life that I love, and it's a good thing. My fabric is also a source of tremendous inspiration for me - little projects in the planning, some fabric stashed away for another day or just in case... each little bit is a piece that I love and a glimpse into my sewing life in the future. So my hope for you today is that you are as surrounded by things you love and those that love you as I am.
