It seems like everyone in quilty-blog-world is talking about their stash right now. I wonder if it’s because we tend to “take stock” as a new year begins. I moved from one state to another a week before Christmas, which forced me to come to grips with how much fabric I actually own.
I’m a little embarrassed by it. The fabric acquisition habit was bad before I worked in the quilting industry; now it’s completely out of control. My moving experience with Allied Van Lines went like this:
A nice guy named Dan came to look over my condo and give me an estimate on the cost to move my things. He made a point of saying that he’d been doing this work for twenty-some years and that he was pretty good at estimating. The company trusted him a lot, he said.
A few days later, the estimate arrived by email. Dan thought my stuff would weigh about 6000 pounds. They shot me a guaranteed price, which means that if your load actually weighs more than they predict, the cost will not increase. (Dan told me up front that he added some “pad” to the estimate, just in case it weighed more than he thought.)
Fast forward to moving day and my stuff being unloaded at my new place. The driver/unloading chief tells me that although Dan estimated 6000 pounds, the load had actually gone over 9000 pounds. Says the driver, “I don’t think they know how much fabric actually weighs.”
I’m totally loving that guaranteed price thing.
So that’s my stash story; here are other stash-related topics I’ve run across:
- shop the stash
- swap the stash
- organize the stash
- hide the stash
- build the stash
- pare the stash
- manage the stash
- therapy for the stash
- store the stash
- thrift for stash
- strip the stash
My stash research has revealed that I’m not alone. After reading other quilters’ stash stuff, nine thousand pounds is hardly anything at all.
If you’d like to add something from my stash to your stash, leave a comment by midnight Wednesday, January 5. Estimate the weight of your stash. The winners are comments #105, 95, 48, 59 and 76. I chose five because this is a great way to lighten my load! Thanks to everyone for taking part!
My stash is small…of course that’s because some of it is in storage..and since it looks on the smallish size I tend to buy more…when we finally move it will be ridiculous…. Of course that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t love to add some of your stash to my stash. My stash is very friendly and would welcome some visitors… and it is a non-denominational stash so any group of fabrics would be welcome. We could even have a welcome party..if you think it would make your stash less homesick..
I am a new quilter and could use some serious stash!
Thank you for sharing your stash…
wow, I feel so much better. I thought mine was out of hand but now I see that I am in need of more fabric. thank you for opening my eyes. All of my stash fits in a rolling garbage can–45 gallons I believe. It’s heavy, but then that’s why I chose something with wheels!
Congrats on your Allied move! I like a man who can underestimate my weight by 3,000 pounds…. :O)
Oh, I “only” have one closet that is meant for sewing supplies and fabric
I am guessing about 600 pounds? It is a small closet and only half of it is covered with fabric… But I might be totally wrong here, I don’t even know how much one yard of cotton weighs…
ha, ha moving can be a very enlightening experience, especially when you must move all the tubs and containers that house fabric. I would love to re-home some of your stash. Since we moved there is always room for more
Does the weight include the totes that my “stash” is in? LOL I have 15 plastic totes, and 2 boxes. My “challenge” for 2011 is to only buy fabric for backing the “scrappy” quilts I want to make to cut down on the fabric I have. Wish me luck with that! roflmao! Now my curiosity is up, and I’m going to have to go put one of my totes on my scale and see what it would all weigh.
Ha! I guess it’s good to move once in awhile to keep a handle on things! We’re moving as well and my cotton fabric fills up about 1 1/2 under the bed storage containers – so less than 75 lbs I’d say.
Thei post made me laugh! I have boxes and boxes in my garage from our move over 6 years ago that DH keeps asking if I’m ready to sort. I have taken over the basement and have totes piled in the laundry room and almost to the ceiling where my Design wall used to be. I think I’ll be ‘shopping the Stash” or “fabric Collection” as Jo Morton calls it, in 2011!
Should I tell my husband that my stash is relatively small compared to yours? He thinks I have way too much fabric and I think I only have maybe 500 lbs or so. I have been trying to buy fabrics for my stash in specific colors so that maybe someday I will get around to actually making a quilt out of the stash instead of shopping for new fabric for each project. Of course I always have fabric left over after each project that will then also contribute to the stash.
I’m guessing about 200 pounds? Not quite as impressive as most
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I was taught that it was very impolite to ask the weight of a lady’s stash – uh huh. That’s my line and ‘m sticking to it.
and boyo, would I LOVE some of your stash !
My stash is very small, since my space is limited. But, I am always looking for some to add to it! Weight wise, I’d say my stash is all of 15 pounds.
I am not sure what my stash would weigh,, but toting mine from state to state for our work is HEAVY..I have a 10×20 storage bin with my quilt frame and the biggest majority in it…in (Kansas)…so I could aways use some more to play with.thanks for the chance to win,Amy
That TOTALLY cracks me up. I have no idea how much stash I have by weight. I don’t think I want to know how many yards either! ….I did a quick flat-rate-envelope eyeball measurement (16 stacks that seem like about 9 envelopes worth each)
I would say just around 1200 pounds.
Hmmm – I have to store my quilting fabric in tubs in my bedroom. I would estimate about 500 lbs. I have heavier fabric for handbags in storage that probably weighs another 500 lbs. I can almost always put a quilt together on short notice just by shopping my stash!
Thanks for a chance to win!
I have NOwhere near that amount. I would estimate around 300 lbs max. I need to go shopping!
I went with Angela’s math and I’m figuring about 1800 lbs. (Do I have to count the crushed walnuts for pincushions?) I have a full closet in the house, 4 containers and 2 floor to ceiling cupboards in the garage.
I spent about 5 hours straightening up my sewing room this past Sunday and found I had hidden a lot of my stash all over the room. I would estimate that I have about 300 lbs of stash.
“Whoever dies with the most stash wins” lol
I am guessing 2500 lbs. I am really trying to shop from the stash but if I do that I might run out of fabric and then what would I do if I wanted to sew at three in the morning. Such a problem!!! sigh…..
I would love to add something of your stash to my stash. i have a small stash..just two baskets worth. I would estimate my stash at maybe 20-30 pounds- no more but maybe less.
I think that I have more stash that a lot of newbie quilters, but I have acquired stash from others who were looking to “lighten their loads.”
I did go through my stash last year and reorganize it, but I am sure that since I have added quite a bit in this year that was used, I will still end up estimating low. My guess-timate is 650 pounds. I wonder how off I am…..
Wow, that is a lot of fabric. My stash is smallish, I have only been “growing” it for the last year. I say it will probably be around 30 lbs, with that said, I hope it continues to gain weight after we move and my husband can’t get on me about how much fabric we will have to move
Do I actually need to weigh to win? I am guessing about 500 lbs – but a good amount of that is flannel.
I have no idea what mine weighs. My husband thinks I have far too much – but I only have two ikea drawer thingies (about 8 baskets) I keep reminding him that it’s all part of a worldwide competition – whoever dies with the most fabric wins
I would love to have some of your stash. I would estimate mine at about 450 lbs. It sure felt like more when I had to move from one house to another!
What a fun story! I bet Dan got a lot of razzing from his coworkers. I have no idea what my stash weighs, but I’m guessing maybe 600 pounds.
I understand just how taxing it is to move a stash, although, my dilemma wasn’t the fabrics I own (I was actually able to get all of them in two standard-sized storage totes), but my classroom books. Holy cow, talk about taking up space…and weight. My husband had no idea I had that many books in my library. Now that we are settled back to our home state of Michigan, I am hoping to trade my books in for more fabrics since a teaching job hasn’t been contrived here yet. Quilting is just as fun as teaching, so maybe????
So glad that you had guaranteed pricing! I’m not good at estimating anything with numbers, but I guess Dan can’t estimate fabric weight either. Let’s say 777 pounds:) I love sharing scraps and stash. Thanks for your sharing your story!
My stash is quite reasonable since my home is small without lots of storage space. I pared down my sewing/quilting/crafting supplies when we moved here 8 years ago and have been pretty good at resisting the temptation to build a bigger stash. I’d guess about 50 pounds? Now, if we start counting quilting/sewing books, I’m in big, big trouble!
I thought I had a lot of fabric until I heard about yours! Seriously!
If I had to guess how much all my fabric weighs, I’d guess around 50 lbs.
Now, I’m NOT going to weigh them because I really don’t want to know the facts. LOL.
I’m really trying to work down my stash this year, if for no other reason than it means I will work on things for ME! In a quick guestimate- Stash and UFOs would probably be about 600 lbs. Not much compared to some, but more than I need. Although a bit of new stuff might go with the old stuff…right???
Now we are military and move CONSTANTLY! They ALWAYS seem to underestimate how much my junk in my house weighs! But I guess for now, my fabric probably weighs….maybe 50 pounds? And I’m just starting out! LOL (hoping for more obviously!
I’m new to quilting, so I’m in the stash building stage! I have totes to organize my fabric but none are full. So I would guess less than 50 lbs.
I would guess around 30 or 40 pounds. I have 2 3-drawer units for fabric, which is what some people seem to purchase in one go here in blogland!
Several years ago one of our guild members was preparing to move to Nevada. Her husband laid down the law. “You are NOT taking all that fabric”, he said. So, she told us later, as she packed her stash in boxes, she put one of his shirts on top, sealed the box and labeled it “Phil’s clothes”. She wouldn’t tell us how many boxes there were. Phil did comment once that he didn’t realize he had that many clothes, but he never opened a box. The stash made it safely to its new home.
I keep telling my sons that their inheritance is in the basement in the form of quilting “stuff”. I hadn’t thought about it in terms of weight other than how much my buying while on vacation would affect my luggage weight. I better not plan on moving because Dan would have learned from his mistake with you and I’d pay full price!
I would love some stash filler so I can actually make something from my stash rather then have to buy new each time. Right now I only have two medium-ish sized totes of fabric.
Great post. My stash is small, compared to yours, I’m betting about 1000 pounds, max. I’ve put myself on a fabric diet, no more purchases, for a year; but winning is OK.
My guess is 1300 pounds. But, who knows? I certainly don’t want to weight it all.
I don’t really know how much fabric weighs but it seems pretty heavy. I am thinking probably close to 800 pounds. Hope I can use it all before it is time to move.
9000 lbs! WOW! My stash is minute compared to that. I would guesstimate that my stash probably weighs…….um……..maybe 100 pounds. I would love to add some of your stash to mine.
I’ve surely got over 1000 pounds, a fact that my husband was lamenting while on a new year’s organization binge. I think he described it as a “whole fabric store”. Not sure why he felt the need to go in the sewing room, but that’s another story. I do USE lots of fabric, just not as much as I buy! I love new fabric and winning it is twice as nice as buying it!
I would love to add some of your stash to my…emmm…three drawers of fabric, I know thats pathetic isn’t it, but I am working on it, I am honest, I only started quilting last year so not had enough time to collect a “stash” yet. Linda
I am not good at estimating weight but I must have several hundred pounds by now. But I keep adding little bits at a time but some has been used in the last while. The moving company has probably put out a memo to watch for quilters and their weighty fabric.
As a begineer it amazed me to know someone who would actually share their material…you are too kind and I will learn from this…sharing makes someone smile……I fiqure my stash is only about 20 pounds……Thanks!!!
Oh, I’m worse at Dan at guessing the weight of fabric! I know how much my dogs weigh and what it feel like when I lift them, so if I held my stash in my arms – 25 lbs. That’s my guess and I’m sticking to it. Thanks for the fun.
I really have very little stash, I guess! I can see it all and I figure it may be about 100 lbs at the most. May I please have some of yours? Thanks!
I’m a beginner and early in the stash building phase. My stash would only weigh about 15 pounds. I’d love to relieve you of some of your tonnage.
I don’t have a lot of quilt stash, as I have only been quilting for the past few years, but I was fortunate to win 75 fat quarters from our local shop hop to go with a single bin of fabric pickings from our travels. However, I have a closet shelf full of “non cotton fabrics” that I have collected over many years. Do I count that as well? But I think I will just estimate the cottons and say 25 lbs. Thanks for a fun blog.
Wow, that’s a lot of fabric! I’m organizing my sewing room right now, so I can relate. I have11 “tubs” of fabric, and would guess that each tub weighs around 50 lbs. (Any more than that and I wouldn’t be able to lift it.) So I am guessing my stash would weigh between 550 and 600 lbs. YIKES!
I am not really sure. I have some under my bed, in my craft room and in the garage.
I am a beginner at fabric hoarding so probably only have about 30lbs of fabric. That would be half a closet, under the bed & in a dresser. Thanks for offering a giveaway!
I’m not a hoarder really. I buy a lot of fabric because I make bags for sale. Thing is I don’t make as fast as I buy! Now I have to hide the fabric from me hubs.
Crikey mate- that’s a lot of fabric!
As for mine? Let’s see- it’s in baskets, and each basket weighs about two big babies -about 12 lbs each, so 24lbs per basket. I’ve got 3 baskets, so about 75lbs. Plus the fabric on my table that I’m playing with? I reckon about 100lbs all up.
Now where are those scales? I might just see how close I am…
My “stash” is small (my mother’s is another matter – though most isn’t quilting cottons). I’m guessing at most 40 lbs. It wouldn’t fill a tub and is in a few drawers with plenty of air space. Thanks for offering a giveaway. I cannot imagine a mover being off by so much weight!
Just making a guess I’d have to say my stash probably might weigh about 2,000 lbs. I’ve added extra into that guess because I have a large amount of batting on a roll as well as a large amount of satin curtain fabrics and jean weight fabrics.
I would love to give some of your stash a wonderful home. I am hoping to take off this year learning to quilt (the right way) and if so, I hope to donate some quilts to the local nursing home by Christmas to those who have no family that visits them.
Hmmm…. now I feel greedy. I definitely have more than the people who estimate at 15 or 20 pounds! But possibly less than 3,000. Is that specific enough?
I think you are right – everyone seems to be talking about their stash lately! From the looks of it, I need to really get going on building my stash! I was about to estimate 10 or 15 pounds. I’m still pretty new. I could fit my whole stash in… say… a medium sized laundry basket. I sure could use some more!
Your post is hilarious! I don’t have a very large stash compared to most experienced quilters, but I’m definitely out of control in the acquisition mode now. I’m guessing my stash doesn’t weigh more than about 20 pounds. Maybe more if you include batting and interfacing…
I wouldn’t even know how to guess the weight of my stast…it’s all in a 9 x 12 room…but come to think of it…it does take up most of the room! Maybe 500 pounds?
I would love some new fabric for my stash. I am really tired of mine and my quilts are all having a similar look! I probably have maybe 50 lbs. of stash. Thanks for the giveaway!1
Oh dear, estimating the poundage of my stash would first require me to admit how much stash I actually have, a fact I frequently hide from myself. Hmm, I have those adorable piles of fabrics stashed in my sewing room, my bedroom, my son’s bedroom, on top of and next to the fooseball table, in the garage, everywhere but the kitchen. I’ll take a wild guess and say 800 lbs., and I need every single scrap. So there.
Oh yes please! My stash is quite humble (though my husband may disagree) – it only takes up half a shelf in my wardrobe.
My stash isn’t huge, but I can tell you that no matter how little you think you have, when you move it will turn out to be a ton! Or 3 tons as the case may be !
Does stash include threads for both quilting and my tatting? I would estimate around 100pounds. It sounds small but am on a stash diet until I make a big dent (at least a third) of the stash.
My name is Barb, I am a fabriholic…
I am guessing my stash weighs 175-200l bs!
If I only take into consideration the quilting fabric I would guess I have about 250 lbs. But I also do a lot of garment sewing and costumes so there is felt and fake fur and flannel and fleece, and then there is the canvas from remaking our pop-up camper, and and upholstery and drapery fabric and…. maybe 1500 lbs.
Oh I don’t know…a hundred pounds? My husband just built me some new shelves, so I have room for some more ;0). Thanks for sharing!
I have a fairly small stash compared to others, but then I quilt on a very strict budget. I normally only buy fabric every other month, and then only about $35 worth, and only if it’s on sale/clearance. At the moment, I would estimate that I’ve got 100 lbs of fabric, and I’ve been a very good girl about not buying just to add to the stash lately. In fact, my last quilt was 99% stash! (That 1% was the thread I had to buy to quilt it.)
Still, I would never object to adding to my stash in a guilt-free manner! Fabric always has a home with me!
Wow, I would have no idea how to estimate it! It is certainly not 9000 pounds worth!=) I would love to add to what I have to try to get it to that much! My goal this year is to use what I have and only buy if I absolutly need something to finish what I am working on. If I win it, though, it doesn’t count against me.=) Thanks for the opportunity to win!
OH My, let me see I can lift box one but it takes a lot of effort so maybe 60lbs there, box two is a light weight so only 20 there, box three is way to heavy to lift and hard to drag so at least 100lbs there… and maybe another 20 lbs hanging out in the sewing room… so I would say my stash is about 200 lbs…. I can’s even imagine having as much as some of these comments have. My stash is all for my charity quilts, my Mom made lots of quilts for herself, family and friends and she didn’t have a stash, she would buy what she needed when she needed it.
Hi Diane,
I know what you mean by how much it all weighs. I would hate to move because I don’t think one truck would do it for all my things. Talk to you later. Welcome back to NEBRASKA. Deb A.
I’d love to put your stash with my stash….I have a minimal amount and guess it to be 200 lbs or less. I’m taking stock of what I have this week, too, and making a list of UFO’s!
I can’t imagine how much space that would take up! Wow!!!!
My stash is easily less than 500 lbs. I don’t have the space at this point for much more!
Haha! Great story! I love it.
Hmm, I really have no idea what my stash would weigh. Maybe a couple hundred pounds?
Jenny
Ohhh…I am SO trying to build my stash. Currently, it probably only weighs about 15 pounds…
Wow!! I would love to have a fraction of your stash!! Mine is pretty minimal… mainly because I’m terrible at picking fabrics, and I’m a relatively new quilter. Mine is probably 100-150 pounds at most!! Boy would I love a sample from your stash as I’m guessing with that much fabric you must be pretty good at picking beautiful fabric… so it all must be great! Thanks for the chance to win
Fabric is heavy. Why do I know this? Because I always buy it when I’m on vacation or traveling and then have to play the balancing game as I spread it out through my suitcases and so on. I easily have 2,000lbs and probably have over 3,000. I love my fabric and I’m not afraid to admit it.
My collection is estimated at 225 pounds ~ how is that for a guesstimate?
My stash is fairly light since I just started quilting. Past experience tells me to buy just what I have plans to use.
I am also a fairly new quilter and my stash probably weighs only about 200 pounds. That is just a guess, I don’t want to weigh it.
Thanks for sharing some of your stash. I can’t wait to tell my husband how much stash you have.
Still new at this, and I’d guess that my stash weighs less than 5 pounds – 4 fat quarters and the remnants of 4 others!
I have a small stash – maybe 25 pounds.
Okay, these comments are hysterical. What a great question you’ve posed! I would guess about 300-400 pounds. I have a walk-in closet and it’s about 1/2 full of fabric. So…plenty of room for your babies to come to my house!
The very same thing happened to us and the poor driver had to take back roads to our new location to avoid the scales! Much worse now!! Yikes.
I’d have to estimate that the quilting stash is about 150 pounds & the home dec fabric stash almost equals that. I moved this year too & after 4 estimates (a whopping 2500 pound difference among them), my load came out about 500 pounds lighter than anyone anticipated. Movers are loopy.
That is a lot of weight, nice that they can guarantee it.
I don’t have that much stash, so mine might weight around 30 pounds.
Debbie
i have about 600 lbs …… at 4 yds to the lb. have filled my new cupboards and am moving out my yarn stash to house the overload. i get to rearrange the colors and stacks often to accomodate the new addition. oh, what fun i have, playing with my stash ………
Now that is a big stash! We moved about 2 years ago and I gave away a lot of my stash…..so now I am building it up again. Would love to see pics of your stash.
I’d estimate my stash weight to be about . . . . maybe 20 pounds. Because I don’t have very much fabric at all, so probably 20 pounds is more than I actually have. So, obviously, my stash would benefit from a healthy infusion of fabrics!
I have no idea how much my stash weighs, but probably a lot. I think most of the people commenting are guessing low, it weighs more than you think. I recently was at a store that was going out of business and was selling scraps by the pound, I bought 2.5 lbs, and was surprised it weighed that much, I thought it was a small pile. Anyway, I thought your moving story was great, and reading these comments has been very entertaining. Would love to win some of your stash, I love to make scrap quilts and the more variety, the better. Thanks for the chance.
I have to chuckle at your story. When I left San Diego to move back to Washington state, I used United Van Lines. At that time, I had a piddly dab of fabric compared to my present “stash”. And I was underestimated too. I still remember the driver (who showed up a good 4 hrs later than anticipated and hauled everything down two flights of stairs and a long carry in the parking lot) flopping on my entirely emptied apartment floor and saying, “I don’t mean to be insulting lady, but ‘you are heavy’”. I just had to laugh. I knew that! Who do you think hauled all that stuff up the stairs one shopping bag at a time???
Funny story! I’ve now gone and weighed one of my stash baskets, multiplied it by my 9 baskets, added the estimated the weight of the 2 huge plastic tubs, the 6 plastic bags, plus 10% (opposite of) “shrinkage” and come up with – less that 100kg – Yep I still definitely have room for a bit more – thanks for the chance to add to my stash!
Well, I don’t have much stash and that’s why I love to enter fabric giveaways
Thanks for the chance!
my stash is small yet since i only got the sewing machine this year. probably a few pounds…
my stash is small yet since i only got the sewing machine this year. probably a few pounds…
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My stash is huge and growing daily. I have a wall of shelves completely full and I’ve started stashing the new stuff under my desk. How much does it weigh? No idea, I don’t want to think about it. LOL
My stash weighs about a measly 25-30 pounds – only one poor, lonely basket.
I have my stash in 5 gallon totes X 8 = 40 gallons?
I’d guess my stash to be heading towards 300 lbs… who know’s? How much does a FQ weigh???
I would guess I have around 500 lbs of stash and 50 lbs that belongs to my friend…a temporary loan. That’s not as much as yours, so sure, I will take some off your hands.
Thanks for a chance to win!
If I had to guess, I would say no more than 100 pounds–and my New Year’s resolution is to not buy any fabric (unless it is something specifically needed to finish a project.) However, it doesn’t mean I can’t be the recipient of lovely fabric as a gift!
I have 2 tall cabinets full of fabric, so my wildest guess might be about 600 pounds (as she hangs her head in shame…..). To me half the fun is playing with the fabric!
my stash of fabric is tiny–about 20 pounds. yarn, however, is another story. I’m new to sewing and quilting and trying to make things out of the small stash and worn out clothes–so far it’s working, because I haven’t attempted anything too grand!
I don’t even want to think about how much my stash weighs — I’m guessing, at least, as much as yours. I’ve learned to take a couple of duffles, when I go to Paducah — or any other opportunity for much fabric shopping. One year, I had a big duffle — could hardly lift it — it was like carrying two dead men (and not small men, at that!).
I don’t know if I can guess either, I’m fairly new to beautiful fabric collecting, so maybe 200lbs?
PS. You NEVER ask a lady how much she weighs. You ABSOLUTELY NEVER ask a quilty lady how much she weighs. Good grief, Charlie Brown!
Unfortunately, my stash isn’t that big–I would guess maybe 200 pounds. I would be thrilled to add some of your stash to mine. Thanks for the chance to win!
Wow, this is quite hard to mesure! But I do not have a very big stash. So I assume about 200 t0 250 pounds?
Thanks for sharing about your stash and giving away some!
We moved from Idaho to Montana just over three years ago. I had packed about twenty of those tote boxes ( I think they’re 18 gallons each) of just fabric. Admittedly, I inherited some from my grandmother but most if it was my fabric addiction. So, I’d estimate I have about 1,000 pounds. I’ve been very good about “shopping my stash” over the last year so it’d be great to have a “new” piece from your stash to jazz up the next project!
Wow, I’m envious of your stash! Mine is only a paltry 500 pounds, give or take 100. I have recently been stash busting by doing scrap quilts, but I could do another 50 and not make a dent! But I love, love, love fabric and all fabric is welcome in my studio. Thanks for sharing!
This will have to be a total guess-timate. I have 16 60-qt. storage tubs that I figure average 35# so that’s 560# ( hmmm. seems like it should be more than that). Plus spare bedroom (my former sewing room) has 8-ft. length of upper kitchen-type cabinets that are stuffed with fabric. Must be another 500# there. I’ll guess-timate 1200 pounds for fabric. Oh wait, I forgot all the full bolts in the closet. Gotta be another couple hundred pounds there. Total is probably closer to 1500 pounds.
Actually when I think about it, fabric probably isn’t the heaviest part of my stash. The books and patterns are what weigh so much. Then add my embroidery designs, stabilizers and Isacord threads (I have all the colors!)…oh my! I’d probably rival your 3000 pounds.
Thanks for sharing thoughts about your stash – and for sharing some of the actual stash with us too. This is good therapy for us.
When I moved to Germany I had to mail my stash. I think it was around 600 lbs. I am teaching a beginner sewing class for grades 2 and up at Ramstein Air Base this spring. It would be wonderful to add some of your stash to our class supplies. Thanks for sharing your story and your stash.
Having just reduced the stash by finishing two quilts for GD’s for Xmas, we’ve been told number 3 is due in June. A little boost to help making peanut (that’s what it looks like on the scan) a quilt would be terrific. …………..9000lbs Wow, that is a serious stash!
I have NO IDEA how much my stash weighs! My only comment is that it resides in two zip codes!
Maybe 50 lbs.??? Who knows? It pretty much fills one standard Ikea bookcase, no leftovers hidden anywhere else
Thank you for the giveaway!
I’m a new quilter – I’d be surprised if I have more than 25lbs of fabric. Mine wouldn’t even fill a small 2 shelf bookcase. Of course, it’d weigh more if you start adding in heavier things like rulers, mats, irons, my machine, etc.
I recently moved across country and I’m here to tell you that fabric has true weight! My husband and son and two daughters found out just how much ten thirty gallon totes and two sixty gallonn trunk totes can weigh. My stash is approximatly twelve hundred pounds and I thank the lord every day for the invention of the wheel!!
Some of us are fabric collectors and I have been collecting for quite awhile now so I am guessing that a couple of thousand lbs would not be far wrong_ I have about 35 totes of fabrics and then some pails of scraps – That does not begin to count quilting books, magazines or notions. Some of the comments in this post are too funny for words.
I am sure you will find someone to give some fabrics to and they will love your treasures.
Warmest regards from Western Canada,
Anna
Thank you for the giveaway and who would not like some fabric!
I have been “saving” (fabric) for “retirement ” for years! I probably have about 26 of those 18 cu ft. totes full + some on bolts (maybe another 80 yards). If I were to part with any, it would be the oldest of my collection, which may not all be 100% cotton. Lucky for me, I have not mixed the oldest with the newer stuff, so it will be easy to identify. I only own about 50 or so quilt books, and no magazines, so I guess the weight is better than some would have.
Love your moving story! I’ll remember that when I move.
I’m reading these blogs and am feeling much better about my stash. I recently moved into a new house and thought I was doing badly when I ran out of room for “stash” storage. I had bought a new unit, and took the time as I unloaded each box to refold all the pieces of fabric so they would fit the new storage cubicles.
By the time I was finsihed, I realized I was already out of space. The stash looked great though as I had arranged it all by color and value. This was the first time I’d ever taken that much time to categorize my stash. Of course, my DH thought I had a lot of fabric when it was all done.
Now I have to go buy more “stash” storage. Needless to say, I’m pleased to know I really don’t have 9,000 lbs of stash! Keep shopping ladies!
I really have a small stash from other project that I was working on. (??20 lbs??) I am still new to quilting and making tote bags. But I will LOVE to take your load!
Well, I would first have to get my stash all in one place to even make an educated guess. Let’s see….there is some in the basement, ALOT in my sewing room, ALOT MORE in various stages of (in)completion, my donation bag to my Mom’s church! I guess I never thought of it in poundage. But I’m thinking there is alot. My New Year’s resolution for the past 25 years is to use up alot of what I have before I bring anymore into the house. Guess that is an unrealistic resolution. Doesn’t stop me from still buying and wanting more!
I used the 12 oz. / 2 yds measurement that I read on a website this week and believe that I have about 450 lbs of stash. 3ooo lbs blows my mind because I remember unloading 2600 pounds of canned goods for our local food bank and it took 3 of us almost an hour just to unload it from the truck . Yikes!
225 pounds. I do have a little bit of an advantage though. I joined Judy Laquardia’s Stash Report on Sundays in late July. I calculated what I had by weight. Although I didn’t end up needing that figure I had 261 pounds that I managed to use 145 yards. Using the calculation of 4 yards equals 1 pound…I reduced the pounds and came up with 225! In the grand skeem of things not much in pounds but certainly better than adding weight. This year I’m continue to particpate in Judy’s weekly reporting which has inspired me tremendously to use what I have first! Sandi
I’m sorry that I missed out on the deadline for this one. That’s a great deal that you got for moving your things, it seems! If I had to guess on the weight of my stash, I would say maybe 50 lbs? That’s not including any batting….but I don’t have too much of that stashed.
I finally got around to organizing my fabric stash to fit neatly in a box, so I would guess 10-15 lbs in total. If all goes well, I too will be moving this year, and the moving process scares me! However, I can’t pass up the possibility of acquiring fabric
I’m a noobie and have barely any fabric, but I’d probably estimate 10-15lbs. I’d love to have some of your stash to add to mine! lol
I was thinking about your 3000 pound overage. Quilt fabric runs about 2 yards to a pound. Does that mean that you moved 6000 yards of fabric?
I wouldn’t even begin to try and estimate my stash. This past fall my sister came and spent a week with me to help me get my sewing area organized and clean out the garage. She had a really rough last 10 years and basically had to sell all her sewing and craft stuff to help get some of what she needed to live on. Now that she’s doing a bit better but is living on disability I sold her one of my sewing machines and then I gave her half of my stash. She was so thrilled with the fabric. Even tho I gave her half of my stash I still have more then what I can use in a life time. I’ll be giving “free” quilting lessons in my home and will offer the person some of my stash for them to use. That is what brings me happiness. Being able to help others. Now all I need to do is get the pain (fibromyalgia) in my body under control and then I’ll advertise the free lessons with free fabric. Happy New Year to all of you quilters out there.
I am not worthy!!!!
But seriously, my stash consists of a double door sliding closet, 4 totes, two 55 gallon garbage bag full of fleece and various piles all over my sewing room and dining room. I’m working on 6 quilts at the moment, have fabric guitar straps in the works, a childrens activity book, doggie coats are coming soon and baby quilts. I know I won’t win anything, I never do, but if you want to get rid of some baby fabrics I’d be willing to pay the postage!!
That’s one big stash! At least you got a deal on moving LOL! I have been making a lot of projects from my stash lately and I think it’s because when I do the quilt or project feels free to me. I know that it’s not but it feels that way because I didn’t pay for the fabric lately
I barely have any stash bought some from new fabric from a garage sale real cheap the other day just building on my first quilt so no stash yet, oh just a few fat quarters given to me, so it would be wounderful to get some more fabric would be willing to ppay postage!
I do charity quilting with 6 other gals at church on Saturdays.
Recently I made a jeans quilt out of squares I’ve saved from my old jeans. It is 100 X 105 and the gals tied it for me. We raffel for the town of Ukiah to use for their 4 th July fireworks costs. We take turns making these each year. Many of our quilts are made from donated fabric and we repair peoples tattered old quilts. We are making lap quilts for the soldiers in hospitals from donated material.
We would love to get any cotton donated stash. We could even pay the postage. We have fun & feel good about our quilting together. We are a small community in eastern OR mountains.
Kayrn
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