I just joined the forum and I found this thread this morning. It's April 13 and so far, I haven't purchased any fabric this year. Oh wait...I did have to buy just enough to match the fabric I already had at home for the duffel bag I made for my grandson. I think that was maybe 1 1/2 yards. I used fabrics I already had in my stash for the bucket hat I made for him and I've been using stash fabric for other projects.
I've wanted to only use up my stash and not buy any new fabric for quite a while, but I didn't know there were so many others like me. This is quite inspiring. I searched through my tote that housed my scraps and leftover strip sets and blocks and made up two baby quilts. I had to order another roll of batting....much cheaper in the long run that way....so now I can quilt them. I have other scrap quilt patterns I can't wait to make and I've cut the fabric for one, but it's finding the time to make them that's hard. I work full time and have other projects I've been working on, but I can't wait to start working on quilts again, if only to finally work through the stash.
Thanks for a good thread and I need to go back and read through the entire thing.