Quilting Budget
#61
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: western Pa.
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I wish I had a quilting budget I could stick with. I go in spurts, I belong to BOM's and everytime I go to pick them up I go crazy. So many new things are in and I just have to have everything.. Since DD retired (it wasn't planned) there has been a drop in purchases, not all because of money,but, the fact that he is home alot,makes it harder to run to the shop.
I really have to start using my stash.
I really have to start using my stash.
#63
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
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Originally Posted by 3incollege
I wish I had a quilting budget I could stick with. I go in spurts, I belong to BOM's and everytime I go to pick them up I go crazy. So many new things are in and I just have to have everything.. Since DD retired (it wasn't planned) there has been a drop in purchases, not all because of money,but, the fact that he is home alot,makes it harder to run to the shop.
I really have to start using my stash.
I really have to start using my stash.
I have no idea how I ever managed to cook, do laundry, and other household tasks without his "supervision" :?
#64
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Heber City, UT
Posts: 542
My husband challenged me not to buy any new fabric after noticing how much I spent last year when we were doing taxes... I do have about 78 UFOs... well I am only dreaming about 11 of those, and 19 of them are already pieced and waiting for the machine quilter (me), then I have 18 in kits that haven't started yet, just assembled toigether with the pattern. So that leaves about 23-4 projects I have started that are not to a finishing point yet. I won't have an excuse to buy new fabric for years and years.... or do I???
My triplet daughters are TURNING TWENTY next month, and isn't there a quilt pattern called "Turning Twenty" that uses twenty fat quarters????? Hmmmm. What do you think?? Time to go shopping?!?
My triplet daughters are TURNING TWENTY next month, and isn't there a quilt pattern called "Turning Twenty" that uses twenty fat quarters????? Hmmmm. What do you think?? Time to go shopping?!?
#66
I don't really have a budget but about 4 or 5 years ago I went for 1-1/2 years without entering a fabric shop (too much temptation). During that time I was able to pay off everything I owed include the house (which granted is small). I'm retired so my money comes in on the first and I first pay any bills including the one credit card I use online. After they are all paid off I set aside what I think groceries, hair cut, cat hair cut, whatever I think I'm going to need for the month then anything left I can spend on fabric or quilting "stuff". It works for me. It was very hard not to go to the quilt store for a while but it was worth every minute of it. During that time I got reintroduced to my stash and used up quite a bit of it but there is way more to go.
I like to fish too so I can't use that one. I do handwork on the boat sometimes if its not too windy.
I like to fish too so I can't use that one. I do handwork on the boat sometimes if its not too windy.
#67
"Having a man around full-time is a HUGE change.
I have no idea how I ever managed to cook, do laundry, and other household tasks without his "supervision" :?"
:roll: laughing....
I have the same problem uh...I mean blessing.
I have no idea how I ever managed to cook, do laundry, and other household tasks without his "supervision" :?"
:roll: laughing....
I have the same problem uh...I mean blessing.
#68
I organise the budget in our household so I don't have a choice but to be good with the discretionary money. Having said that I have to give credit to my DH for being very supportive of my hobbies both in praise (he always tells me that he is proud of the things I make) and also in trusting that I will not go berserk buying and letting our bills go unpaid. Some months I buy lots and other months go by with no purchases.
#69
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Daytona Beach Shores, FL
Posts: 2,352
I started out that way but now I've started buying ahead when I see material I really like but then when I want to make a quilt, so often it won't work so I buy more. I have to say STOP and only buy for my projects that are actually in the works and that works for a while. My problem is patterns, I see a quilt I love and get the pattern, so far I figure that I have to live be at least 100 to use them all.
Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
I have no stash. Of course, I just started this, but I have never bought fabric without a purpose in mind. So far, I've put the fabric to the intended purpose.
I'm totally in charge of the money here. My husband would have no clue if I spent it all on fabric, but I'm frugal by nature. We both are, so it works for us.
I'm totally in charge of the money here. My husband would have no clue if I spent it all on fabric, but I'm frugal by nature. We both are, so it works for us.
#70
Gosh, I'm glad to see I'm in good company. When DH was alive, I had more income. Now I'm on a fixed one. I have splurged from time to time but now have a good sized stash. All I need is more time. Has anyone talked to the man upstairs about 48 hour days?
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