I don't really know what would qualify, but we had this discussion recently at a group I attend. One of our collective goals for next year is to use up our scraps -- our leader is trying to get a contest going for the person who makes the most items (or most square inches) of a quilted something out of our scraps or stash. After much discussion, we agreed we could only use material that we have in our possession on December 31st of this year, and it has to be projects we start after that. No piece bigger than 6 inches square, but we can certainly cut pieces that are bigger than that up. Ought to be interesting ...

Question about WHAT CONSTITUTES A STASH ?

I am asking this because I am in several up coming challenges where you are suppose to use fabric from your stash, so I was wondering what qualify as from your stash?

Is it out of your stash if you bought the fabric specifically for a project? The project you are now working on.

Is it stash fabric if you bought it cause you like it .... but had no idea of what project you would use it for.

Does it count if you bought the fabric for the quilt ... last week... or 6 months / 6 years ago... just never started the project.

I have been wrestling with this problem for a while. The discussion came up in several different quilt groups I belong too. Since I am not sure where I stand I thought I would bring the question here.