Project/Pinterest ideas I want to make but have no actual need in my life. AND excess fabric! It’s a never ending chore- it creeps in unawares!

I too am letting go of fabric. I prefer to think of it as "letting someone else be inspired" rather than keeping it hidden in my closet. Its time to do it again this year. I donate the fabric, books and patterns to the Ways and Means committee of my local quilt guild, and they sell it to raise money for programs and speakers. We all win.

Thanks for the inspiration.

I am in my late 70s and we have moved 3 times in one year! The first move we had lived in that house for 45 years - let go of A LOT of stuff. I am also a calligrapher, bookbinder, love needlework, crochet and crafts. The second move (6 months later) I gave away more stuff to non-profits, friends. The third house had a perfect craft room for me but I continue to weed out things I know I will not have enough time to ever get to. I just pray my eyes and hands will not give out before the rest of me does!

Our church does Operation Shoebox so I am trying to cut fabric to usable sizes and box for that as I cut out 5" squares to make a quilt (or hopefully quilts) from. Hate throwing away small pieces so will try taking little pieces and finding a scrappy pattern to make a quilt
from little scraps.

I'm letting go of items I don't use. I sorted through all my rulers and misc. Gave them all to new quilters in our Guild. Hoping others will sort their fabric. We need fabric for pillowcases and charity quilts. Fingers crossed. My goal is now to put things away after I use them.

I used to print double and triple PDF patterns - just in case I might lose one ;)! That started an extra binder of those 'extra' copies of patterns. I need to condense and sort out my patterns and organize them better this month.

I have been inspired to give up the tiny scraps that I'll never make into anything. That was hard to do but why store things you won't use? I have to let go of the problem I create by not having any foundation fabrics on hand. I think it's easy to load up on the prints that you swoon over, but harder to get excited about your companion off-white. And I never give thought to quilt BACKS so it's time to let go the poorly planned projects. So--time to get past what's holding me back, and get busy making quilts!

I have been going through boxes of quilting, sewing, and crafting magazines and scanning only the projects I want. The magazines have been donated to my local high school for their crafts classes.

I'm letting go my volunteer jobs at the association in which I live. I am so much happier. Mainly that is because I am quilting more. I like to say I'm quilting my brains out. After a vote of no confidence by all but one of the rest of the board, I decided my work would not continue and I would be blocked in any new endeavors. So I resigned and resigned from all the committees in which I have been active. I'm still in my needlework Bee/Group. I just took 21 cage pads to the city shelter for the cats and dogs housed there. We all worked one afternoon and got these made from a used comforter that had been donated. Win/Win.

I am taking "extra" quilting books, magazines,tools, etc. to my guild meetings and putting them on the give away table. Unfortunately I usually pick up a few things from other members to take home. Hopefully I will be ahead of the game when the smoke clears.

Sorting through old patterns and fabric that I will never use and make room for things that give me great joy! Life is too short!

I am letting go of some quilting fabric that I know I won't use. I donate any unwanted fabric to my "Days for Girls" group. We use the fabric to sew reusable sanitary pads for girls who don't have access to them. It's a great charity and we put every piece of cotton to good use!

We're renovating our entire basement space (including my sewing room), and I've had to take everything out as a result. I decided to examine everything that came out of the room, and to not bring it all back in. Today's task is to bring two boxes of fabric to the thrift store, and a box to a friend that donates quilts to the local Children's Hospital, and a bag of fabric scraps to a local school to be used for art projects. Last week I sent out a box of tops to another quilter that makes quilts for her local hospice. So now there's room for new fabric, right? ;-)

I am letting go of a ton of big batting scraps, all of my fleece fabrics, jean fabrics, new in package shower curtain liner, thread, sewing machine needles, bobbins, and one of my sewing machines. The person receiving just got guinea pigs and asked me to teach her to sew. She wants to make cage liners for her guinea pigs. So, I am setting her up with all the supplies she will need. It is putting a dent in my sewing room and is freeing to my state of mind.

Brillant idea!! I'm going to invite my girlfriends (Women of the Desert) over for Happy Hour. I'm going to have gift bags all made up with a quilt in each bag. I have about 15 "couch quilts" in my home and I would love to gift them to my Besties!!

I live overseas- there are not so many guilds or real good patchwork/quilting fabric stores in my country.
So I am going to definitely hold on to my 200 year-supply of fabrics. I bought that in many different countries I traveled to.
Each fabric, may it be old or an ugly duckling or whatever, means something to me. I have fantastic Australian prints, great Bali Batiks bought in Indonesia, special fabrics from Sweden etc.
Next year I am going to retire and then will finally have more time to spend in the sewing room. I am very much looking forward to that time- I will need my stash!

I'm passing fabric on that was given to me by a friend. It will go to a friend for a charity project. This week I've been making baby items out of baby flannel that I bought at Joann's. I had a whole bin of it. Use it up and move it out!

I am letting go of the idea I have to organize my stash and UFO's in one Sunday afternoon. I have tried to do this so many Sunday's that it overwhelms me. Lately I have been trying to work a little at a time and trying to put things back organized. I feel like I am actually getting somewhere and you can actually walk in my walk in closet.

I'll take this month to review my stash and let go of fabric that I no longer want, and books or patterns that I don't need.

Letting go of the idea that my quilts have to be perfect. Typically I am the only one that sees the imperfections others just see the beauty of the quilt.

I am letting go of my crafting budget!! Why am I limiting myself to what I can spend money on and enjoy. If it brings me joy, buy it! I am not hurting anyone, and hopefully helping to keep yarn and quilt shops in business!

I will let go of the fabric that doesn't speak to me and the amount of certain types of fabric that I don't use too often...to make room for the fabric that I love and will use often

We just moved so we had multiple truck loads of like new or gently used things or “stuff” we donated, but even with that there are a few more things that I can let go....yarn that isn’t quite enough to make a big project or the skeins I thought I would use and never got around to it so there is a box of that. Plus I have fabric from being a sewer that I haven’t used and I’m sure someone will have the perfect use for. I just started quilting so I don’t have a coordinated stash built yet but I can donate some yardage to a local shelter for doggie and kittten beds. I might make a few scrappy patchwork quilts to donate to the tornado victims in Alabama first.

When my grandmother passed away, my mom rescued her stash of feedsacks. My mother never got around to using them. So when she passed away, I rescued them from HER stash. After many years, I finally made some quilt tops from them. I had some leftover that had a warm place in my heart and my stash. BUT, I've finally let them go - to a cousin who will enjoy making memories of her own. Feels soooo good.

Magazines are my weakness so it's time to sort them out and send some to a new home

I have a stack of books and quilting magazines to donate. Now, I'm looks at the UFO's and trying to decide what was I thinking when I started this, do I want to finish or do I want to donate. I think it will be Eenie, Meenie, Minnie Mo!

I am letting go of unused or unwanted fabric and pattens .. I will donate these supplies to the guild and someone else will put them to good use!

I have some rulers that I’m giving away (I gave one away today!). I have been going through my things and keeping what I can reasonably finish and gifting the rest.

I am going to let go of a quilt top I made for a mystery quilt that I didn't end up liking.

I am letting go of always desiring the newest fabric. Since losing my job in October is has been all about using what I have.