There are pros and cons to using only existing stash....
Pros include that because I haven’t been at this for long I remember the reasoning behind every single impulse purchase made over the past few years which hopefully will translate into lessons learned for the future.
Cons include creating tops that take you back to 1990......and not in a good way. What was I thinking?
This top for me represents the mother of all impulse buys.....and I mean buys in the plural form. First a fat quarter bundle. Then 5.75 more yards because well a FQ bundle isn’t enough and even though I don’t like a lot of fabrics in the bundle if I buy more of the ones I do like it will be OK. Then another 4 yards because ooh I finally found the focus fabric and it will make a nice border and oh they have a few other remnant pieces for a good deal so I might as well get those too as I am already paying for freight to Canada. You think I am done don’t you? Wrong! Hello clearance! $4 a yard? Backing! 5 yards will do it. Oh and maybe one more yard of this one as it is such a deal. But wait....I have so much fabric now I can probably make two tops, I should order enough for another backing, 5 more yards! (Mercifully they ran out and I had to cancel the last five yards).
End result: out of the approximately 15 yds + backing about 8 went into the top, 3 went into my blender stash and 3 went to the thrift shop. If I find anyone who likes it I will be able to use the 5 yds for the backing. I used another 2.5m from stash for the neutral.
Apologies for the long, rambling post but confessing my insane behavior makes me less likely to repeat it!