Extending my Cloth Diet ;-(

Sorry. No sympathetic ear here! VBG I'm about to the point where I think I call myself a "quilter" to justify buying fabric- and I'm REALLY buying up the batiks- rather than mere "fabric". There MUST be a chapter of Batiks A-nony-mouse around this area??? (frantically thumbing thru the phone book looking for BA..... NOT!!!)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. where Hoover (The Bestest Golden Retriever) prefers to carry around a FQ- or more- of batiks in his mouth! (That's a preference over dirty socks or sweats!)

I'm right there with you. Other than buying one yard of a kiddy Christmas print to make 2 cloth bags for a guild community service project this past Christmas I haven't purchased any fabric since October. I thought it would get easier but it hasn't! I've sunk so low I'm drooling over JoAnn's snail mail flyers! Which reminds me, I'm going to have to have my flyer scanned soon or else they'll stop sending me my fix! lol

Howdy!

"hiding cloth" whatever for?

R/Sandy --thinking someone who believes this is "a problem" needs SOME kind of therapy

Perhaps he wants a nice quilted coat? ;-)

Hiding cloth- that reminds me of when I was a kid and we went down to Miami to visit the grandparents, my mom and grandmother and I would always go fabric shopping. When we came back to my grandmother's house, it was my job to distract my grandfather so my grandmother could go hide her fabric purchases. She didn't quilt. but she sewed all her own clothing, and had hundreds of yards of fashion fabrics that she never used. At least I know where I get my problem with fabric from.

I also have bought no fabric since before Christmas. I often find myself shopping online for fabrics, realize what I'm doing, and empty my little electronic cart. I even taped a paper stop sign on my monitor that says, 'Stop Shopping!' LOL.

I have sworn that I will make at least 5 quilts before I buy another yard.

You are so lucky to have a hubby like that. If I buy " anything " especially fabric, I have to hide it otherwise I get an ear bashing about "wasting " money.

We don't do ear bashings here. SOunds like you need to buy one of those man tamer type rolling pins. Beyond that I best keep my thoughts to myself. Taria

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I am holding real good on my fabric diet. Just the 3/$1.00 FQ I get each month when I turn in my block-of-the-month at the LQS. Now if my food diet would go this well.......

DH knows not to say anyth> Howdy!

Ear plugs don't cost much. Good for snoring too. Roberta in D

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I get encouraged to buy too - but DH's hobby of bird watching/ringing birds/anything wildlife is much more expensive than mine as it involves lots of petrol/courses and conferences, books, telescopes, binoculars and membership fees, so I think a bit of fabric eases his conscience and seems cheap in comparison!

That's exactly how we've done it for 41 years. Works well for us. Gen