I have a confession.  I am addicted to quilting fabric.  And, I am not that picky.  I love just about every kind of fabric that I see or that calls my name.  I rationalize my addiction by telling myself that I could have a much worse addiction.  Fabric is not intrinsically harmful anyway.  The problem is that all of my fabric doesn’t fit in my fabric closet anymore so my addiction is hard to ignore.  I am not sure that my fabric qualifies as a stash which implies that you have extra fabric that you could use in any project.  Most of the fabric in my closet is for specific projects.  At last count I was up to 20 something unfinished projects.  And didn’t I just buy another quilt kit even though I know I already have at least 20 unfinished projects? YES!  Why do I not have more self control?  Because I have an addiction silly.  When I see fabric that looks yummy to me, I get it.

The first step in dealing with an addiction is to recognize there is a problem.  See paragraph one above.  What am I going to do next?  Make an inventory of my unfinished projects, of course.  Then one by one, I am going to either give away projects I have outgrown or complete all of these projects.  Don’t tell my best friend though.  I have left my fabric to her in my will and if she finds out I am going to use it all up she might try to knock me off.  Nah, she wouldn’t do that.  She is pretty sure that I will buy more fabric.

My goal is to finish my projects by the end of this year.  I am not sure that is realistic, but I am putting it out there so that other quilters can help hold me accountable or commiserate – whatever floats your boat.  So my next post will be the first item of a large inventory of projects.  And I promise I will not buy a new quilt kit in February.  Okay, March.