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Old 03-17-2015, 06:41 AM
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Belfrybat
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Well, I've fallen off the wagon ... WAAAAY off the wagon. I made the planned purchase in January. So far so good. Then came a fabulous sale on Connecting Threads and since I wanted to do the Old Friends BOM, I ordered 1/2 yard pieces of the 17 solid colours I needed for that at 30% off. Still OK as it was for a particular project. But that was the beginning of the downslide. Quilt retreat at the end of February and we visited a quilt shop that was moving and had a fabulous sale. $72.00 and 14 yards later.... Then I needed a particular green for the block swap, but ended up ordering much more than that one green--12 yards more.

So, I guess I better declare that I'm a complete failure at this moratorium stuff. On the upside, I've made or completed 13 quilt tops since the beginning of the year and most of the fabric was from stash, including the backings I've set aside for each quilt top. I guesstimate I've used 70 yards of fabric in these quilts and have purchased 30 yards. So I'm 40 yards ahead, but that's not exactly a moratorium!
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