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I can't even fathom what it is like to lose all your family possessions...but, for a quilter losing an entire fabric and quilting collection must be devastating! The last couple of days I have had the opportunity to have fun in the Bee Hive and as I looked through my stash, I couldn't even imagine losing one fat quarter.
If you are like me, your stash is a chronological history of your life as a quilter. I have pieces from my early days of fabric shopping, pieces left over from some of the quilts I have made, and pieces gifted to me. I love them all...There isn't one piece that I am not happy lives in my fabric closet. To lose it all would be heart breaking.
When you think about it...how much fabric do you think you can take with you to the Sewing Room in the sky? There are different ways to refresh your stash! You can have a fabric party in which everyone brings a fat quarter from their stash to share with everyone in your group...trade up! Sometimes stacking fabrics into fat quarter bundles that are complementary, like they do in Quilt Shops, will inspire a new quilt!
Or you can lighten up you stash and your heart by sending 3 fat quarters to the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild to help benefit those who have lost their stash in the recent fires. As for me, I think I will shop for my three fat quarters because then I get to scratch that shopping itch, support a local quilt shop, and send love to quilters who have lost so much.
Have a wonderful week...I am busy finishing some gift projects...I can hear some jingle bells because...there are only 54 more days till Christmas!
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We have several members who lost everything. Pam, my dear friend, has fine husband who grabbed an armfull.of of her quilts as they escaped barefooted. She also was storing the guilds' stash of tops and fabric for our service committee. So we have a lot of quilting to do. WeJudith Clarke.
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