It's Not a Stash...

...It's a Personal Resource Center! Or so our Sew Fun manager tells me. I have to admit that I'm not certain I ever liked the term 'stash'. To me, it suggests something secretive and hidden, something that I should somehow feel a little ashamed about.

Au contraire! I am very proud of my fabric collection. It possesses many fine examples of high quality fabrics from around the world. Of course my wool and silk collections are the most outstanding, as they are my primary focus. I store most of my fabric in semi-transparent plastic storage bins, so I sometimes have to do a lot of shuffling to find what I'm looking for. I can't seem to ever do this without looking through the contents a bit while I'm doing so. It's hard to describe the sense of well being and, let's face it, love for fabric that I feel while I am gently turning over my textile treasures in their storage bins. I feel so fortunate to have found something so simple that gives me such pleasure in life.

So I encourage all of you - celebrate your 'Personal Resource Centers'. Pet your fabric and make it feel loved. Dream and scheme about all the wonderful things you will do with it all (even if the actual time involved exceeds your life expectancy). The size of our PRC's may seem excessive to some but it's like a cache of unlimited possibilities. And that, in my opinion, is priceless.