I have been part of Just Get It Done Declutter Challenge for the past 3 years. I admit that this year, I didn't do a whole lot of the decluttering. Mostly because there wasn't a whole lot to declutter after the past two years. Mostly I needed to getting things organized and straightened up.
Now one of the things encouraged during the declutter challenge is to reduce your stash. You are supposed go through your stash and what no longer appeals to you get rid of. Only keep what you have space for and/or will use. Over the past 3 years, I have gone through my Stash. I definitely have more fabric than I can use at the current rate that I am sewing.
There are many ideas out there for ways to reduce it. Donate and Sell are the biggest ones.
One suggestion is to donate it to charity quilt groups. Another was to donate to Home-Ec departments at underprivileged schools. I often suggest the 4-H programs. Someone else suggested Boys and Girls Clubs. Yet another suggestion was senior centers. All worthy causes.
There are suggestions of taking it to the local guild for the give away table. I don't belong to a guild yet, but I would probably bring home just as much as I donated. The other guild suggestion was to donate to a fund raiser. I guess they have yard sales to help raise funds for the program. Again I would probably buy more than I donated.
The last suggestion was to sell it. This suggestion gives you a chance to recoup some of your investment. There are many places/ways to sell fabric. E-bay was a site I used often when I first started getting serious about quilting. Facebook Market place is another popular sales site. You could always do your own yard sale. A big suggestion that I hear from podcasters and bloggers is the different De-Stach sites. Web sites specifically for selling you left over fabric.
I have only visited one De-stash site. Feel Good Fibers. Both times I had been given a gift certificate to the site. Interestingly, both time I bought from a podcaster I followed. Both times I bought some nice solids that filled a niche in my stash. But this last time, I also bought two 1/4 # bags of scraps. Why on earth would I buy someone else's scraps? I don't think I would buy just anyone's scraps. Like I said I follow this person. Their color and print choices in fabrics appeal to me. I also wanted some good print fabrics for small hexies. What I had seen her use for prints would work for the hexies. So I gambled on a 1/4# of liberty prints. The 1/4# of scraps was Art Gallery solids. I am pleased with both.
So would I ever use a de-stash site? Yes, to buy prints I can't get anywhere else. To sell, probably not. I am not ready to get rid of my stash. That's not to say I won't share it. I am happy to share with other quilters and or crafters. But to get rid of my precious fabric for the sake of space. Not going to happen.
I guess I just need to increase the amount of time I spend sewing. That or find more space to store it.
Have you considered De-stashing?
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