pattypurple

Have to admit to one fabric purchase-But, it was for a good reason. Working on a charity quilt and needed a yellow border. Yellow fabric is very scarce in my stash, so off to Wally world where I found some really nice quality fabric for $3.50 or so a yard. Bought 1 1/2 yds. So that isn't too bad for all of this year. Still using up stash but have a long way to go

Greenheron

[ATTACH=CONFIG]309746[/ATTACH]It's t-o-o-o-o late for me. I'm just back from the thrift store with 4 paisley 25 inch squares, three yards of something pale and romantic with a border, 3 sets of pillow squares in the same pattern, a yard of pale heather wool and a good 'hunk' of upholstery fabric for a sewing machine cover for $8.50. I can resist LQS and even on-line shopping but fall off the wagon at thrifts and flea markets.

kateyb

Some of you have gotten some good deals. However, if you have a huge stash you should really try to resist. Part of the object is to have more room in your sewing space/storage space.
As one of my friends said, "If you die tommorrow who will get all that fabric?"
My sister just gave me 5 boxes of fabric so my stash isn't getting smaller but I didn't spend any money.

jillaine

yeah, I have run out of room in my tiny sewing room. My closet is stuffed, and now I have three sets of those plastic drawer-bins, and they're stuffed. And then there are all the baskets with scraps in them... When my latest "slip" arrived, I had trouble figuring out where to put it. Another reason to STOP BUYING MORE FABRIC.

(The good news about my most recent purchase is that it was for a specific quilt I'm going to make; not just stash-building fabric or "I just HAVE to have that!" fabric.)

ckcowl

i am working on 2 'new quilts' right now- one at work- one at home- both totally out of my stash! i am so happy- one of them i've been looking at (pattern in a magizine from 2009) for ages and a few days ago i thought---it called for about 30 fq's of batiks---i kept looking at it then thought---i bet i could come close to having enough in my 'batiks tote' so i went in & started digging through it---and found plenty to be able to cut all of the peices i needed---then it called for 5 yards of beige batik----i kept looking at it- thinking---but i don't want to go buy 5 yards of fabrics---my shelves are full---kept thinking about it---pulled out the stack of scrap white on whites ---and yup- have enough scraps of whites to get all of the peices needed- i put it all in a big bag with cutting mat, ruler, cutter & magazine and took it all to work with me---and managed to cut the whole (queen sized) quilt yesturday--- today i started the sewing---
then in another magizine i kept looking at this interesting log=cabin that would work for my Neice's pink & black quilt request---so i pulled my bag of left over black & whites and started cutting strips for that tonight while dinner was cooking- so---2 queen sized (scrappy) quilts totally from my stash! Yea!!! i'm feeling pretty motivated---it is so great to be using up what has been accumilating...so far though- it doesn't seem like i've made any (dents)...anyhow---i will be able to show pictures of another out of my stash quilts soon- getting that french braid done was a great motivator...did i post the picture of my (orange) french braid here? anyway- it was totally out of my stash too---and all of my stars from the '50 stars in 50 weeks' challenge are out of my stash too----and i'm actually saving $$---as in-every week that i drive past the quilt shop---and don't stop in i put $50 in my savings account! figuring i always spend at least $50 when i do stop in---so far i've saved $275 (i put in an extra $25 when i was enticed with a special savings coupon from a favorite on line shop )

kateyb

Have a special dinner to go to tonight so yesterday I went through my stash of clothing fabrics and made a dress. Just need to hem it today. Since it was 3 yards of velour it opened up some space on my shelves. Didn't have to buy anything.
How is everyone doing on the challenge?

jillaine

I've been successfully deleting all messages from fabric.com, sew I quilt, quiltconnections, etc. before reading them (much less clicking through and visiting them....)

Does that count?

annies-best

estate/yard/church sales ... don't count. Ha Ha I was going to try this but my stash is 600 miles away in storage and with cuddle bugs $2.00 yd sale and the other site that had batiks for $3.68 to $4.00 a yard and a couple purchases on here i got way carried away this month but the good news/bad news is i won't have money to buy any more the rest of the year.....

BETTY62

I didn't realize the size of my stash until I started cleaning a couple of closets right after the 1st of the year. I decided then and there that I needed to stop buying fabric until I use a lot of what I already have. I also told myself I wasn't going to buy any more fabric till 2013. Well, it looks like I may have set myself up for faliure. It hasn't even been 6 weeks and I'm already getting weak. LOL But, I'll try my best to hang in there with you guys as long as I can.

sewbeadit

You have got to be nuts! I have tried that each month and nothing works for me. I always wind up buying fabric somewhere. Wish I could do a diet though.