Happy New Year, one and all! I'm delighted to have so many people joining us on this journey. I look forward to hearing lots of stories, both successes and slip-ups! They happen!
I was away from QB browsing for a couple of days and in my catch-up reading had the following thoughts:
Originally Posted by
dunster
I would join - should join - but I have a trip planned to M&L Fabrics in January, just before going to ROAD2CA. I'm going with a friend who has never been to M&L. I'll try to find joy in putting fabrics in her cart instead of mine, but we all know how successful that will be. Maybe I'll see you all in February.
Of course this is fine, Dunster! Do tell us about your shopping spree - we all love a good browse and/or spend at a fabric store, and I'm sure we will enjoy hearing about your time at M&L as well as your plans to incorporate any new purchases into stash-using projects. :-).
Originally Posted by
WMUTeach
Of course I am IN, again. The "shop from your stash first" plan works. I've been at this since pre-COVID and my stash is significantly smaller. Remember that this group does not forbid shopping! I forget this from time to time. It does encourage us to not shop just because we like the fabric or might use it "someday". Stash first, always stash first.
Hint that works for me. I track my fabric in/fabric out. in a small notebook month by month. I am motivated by numbers so for me it works. Each year I shoot to reach a goal of 100 yards out. I count finished quilts, donated quilts, gifts of fabric, donations to other quilters or just anything that gets fabric out of my hands and into the hands of someone who will use it. I haven't totaled my fabric out yet for this year, but I am close to the 100 yard mark. Yay,that makes two years in a row.
I'm very much looking forward to seeing some of your stash-busting projects, WMU. I have a question for you with regards to your tracking system. How do you measure the fabric you've used in quilts? Do you just work with a rounded number based on the size of the finished quilt or do you factor in all of the seam allowances as well? I know you work a lot with candies and those seam allowances can add up...
Here's to a great stash-busting 2025!