I was watching one of those house cleaning shows, where designers come in and organize your house. But first you need to have a rummage sale. Everything was going fine until they found a box of T-shirts that the lady was planning on making a quilt from, for her child. As soon as I heard, "come on, do you really think that you will ever do anything with these?" I cringed. After basically belittling her and shattering her dreams, she caved and gave up the t-shirts.
What a shame! I call all of my fabric, patterns and books; my "Investment Portfolio". I have invested in my portfolio over several decades (with Hancock Fabrics, Moda, Martingale, Maxi Lock) and I continue to invest occasionally. My major investment these days, is my time, I am rolling over some of my initial investment into construction and development.
The other day I assessed my investments, and have determined that if I never invested in my portfolio ever, I could keep 5 quilters busy 5 days a week for around 5 years (just piecing quilt tops, table runners and baby quilts). This estimate includes fabric, thread, rotary cutter blades, patterns, etc. They only thing to purchase would be the batting and of course sewing machine oil.
God Bless all my quilting friends who can say, "I have a diverse Investment Portfolio that is yeilding returns at a consistant rate".
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