Always been frugal and live just fine. DH is a very handy fella & saved us untold dollars through the years. we have a new truck & an old car & no mortgage. We’ve always been money managers.
Our church has a huge stash (donated & purchased). I make many juvenile quilts (from their fabric) because Children Protection needs them & they’re appreciated which is important to me. A local cancer center has a quilt room with sewing machines and I make a few every month for them with their stash. These projects cost me nothing except thread. Speaking of thread, I bought 200 spools at a garage sale for $12. I give them the “snap test” to see if they’re strong & most of them are. I kept track one year and emptied over 80 spools. Of course they weren’t all full. That’s about 6 cents a spool. Sewing for charity is great but I’m selective where finished quilts go.