Originally Posted by
Teen
I don't think this moratorium is intended to deprive us of our joy in our craft but to encourage us to not be wasteful and shop our stash first. Go to Foust's sale...maybe look at your stash first to shop for complimentary fabric. I may be out of line (and the rules) but if you find a fabric in your stash and match it up with something fresh and new, maybe you'd power through your stash more efficiently. That's what I am attempting to do once I complete the three quilts I have everything needed. Just thought I'd share my thoughts....
Great commentary, Teen!!
It turns out I was a week early on the Foust sale, but that was ok too, as it gave me some time to dig through the stash and see what's what. And the result is that I don't NEED anything...but I may go anyway, and see if they have any pretty panels. I've been watching some YouTube videos on One Block Wonders, using panels, and since Foust usually means buying a whole bolt, I may just give this a try to "freshen my perspective". And maybe look for other yardage that would for for OBW quilts. And I want to try their prewound bobbins, so... we'll see how that goes. And since I did get a really good look at my stash, I don't feel like I'm depriving myself if I end up not buying anything after all.
I'm glad I didn't commit to buying that embroidery machine - I came home, and looked around... there is literally
nowhere to put it... at least for now. Hubby is building a shop for the tractors and other equipment, so once that's done, it should free up some space in my sewing room. He's got equipment in here so it's locked up at night. Otherwise, if he left it out in the barn, it would disappear.
Well!!! I gathered up all the leftover blocks and bits from my January UFO finish, and some other bits and pieces and mailed them off to a friend (clear across the country) who really IS into scrappy. I have come to realize that I'm just not a "real" scrappy gal... by that I mean if I don't use those "bonus HST's" within the project they came from, I'm not likely to use them at all. I'm not organized enough with my fabrics to do Bonnie Hunter-style of scrappy, although I have done her Pineapple Blossom pattern in the past. I just tend to be very OCD about colors and arrangement and so on. Which would be another good reason to do a OBW - it should shake me up from that color compulsion.
While digging, I realized that I have PLENTY of wide backing to do for quite a while, and I also have about 9 kits (never started). Since I'm also on the UFO train, I'm trying very diligently to finish at least two UFO's before I start anything new. One of my UFO's was intended to be a jacket, made from jelly roll strips. But I've gained quite a bit of weight, so I'm adjusting the plans for the jelly roll and making a JR quilt that will
look scrappy - but again, since it is a JR, it's still organized, so my OCD tendencies are ok with this.