2015 Fabric Moratorium
#141
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,200
So far I haven't purchased a thing this year... 18 days in! I was on a few websites and even put two items in the shopping cart. Thought about it - delete! Finishing up a wild and crazy sampler this week with piano key borders. Thank goodness I have a stash as I ended up sashing the blocks with black from the stash instead of sewing the blocks together like the pattern instructed. Keep the stash moving everyone!
#142
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,312
I too came close and got a few items in an on - line shopping cart . Then very quickly emptied the cart , and said "what do you think you are doing" to myself. WHEW ... it was close , but still holding firm.
#143
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 11,276
I had a reprieve. My girlfriend couldn't come out for our mini shop hop. Instead, my DH & I went to 3 thrift stores. I bypassed the fabric & bedding aisle. I feel so smug! I might make it thru the whole month!
#144
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,451
nice selection sewred...................Rhonda I like your thinking too.........I am still yes still dilly-dalling in my sewing room..............purchased additional tubs to aid with organizing..................dah.............I have also decided that I select my "print" key at "free" sites................way to often...........we can see the ground here in Michigan after this warm weekend, well 40's..............later.................calla
#145
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: OFallon, MO
Posts: 2,281
I purchased a class from Craftsy yesterday. Is that on the "no no" list? I think I am going into withdrawal!
#146
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Ballwin, MO
Posts: 4,256
I am going to join in following this thread. I haven't been quilting long, and don't have much of a stash (in comparison to the legendary stashes I've read about here), and would actually like to have a bigger one, but I have absolutely run out of space to store fabric (our house is small, and bursting at the seams). So I'd better focus on using what I have before I buy more!
#147
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Between the dashes of a tombstone
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Welcome joe'smom. "Nip it, nip it in the bud!" ....the key is to stay away from temptations, ie LQS, on line fabric sources, yard sales, thrift shops...where ever there is fabric.... just "Nip it, nip it in the bud!"
#148
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Southeast Idaho
Posts: 3,210
Sunrise...classes don't count so you can always buy those. It's always good to find more ways to use up our stash.Welcome joe'smom.
#149
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 15,639
Classes are good, sunrise - I mean we have to help the economy somehow. As long as you don't buy kits or new fabric just to do the class.
Joe'smom - my very first class was a sampler class, only I hadn't read that it was a scrap sampler. Silly me, didn't own a single scrap. Well, THAT problem was soon solved. Unfortunately I went on a "oh I love that - give me a yard" "Oh I really love that - give me 5 yards" buying spree that lasted a few years. I wish someone had told me to nip it in the bud. Stash has a tendency to grow without much effort.
Joe'smom - my very first class was a sampler class, only I hadn't read that it was a scrap sampler. Silly me, didn't own a single scrap. Well, THAT problem was soon solved. Unfortunately I went on a "oh I love that - give me a yard" "Oh I really love that - give me 5 yards" buying spree that lasted a few years. I wish someone had told me to nip it in the bud. Stash has a tendency to grow without much effort.
#150
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Between the dashes of a tombstone
Posts: 12,716
Oh I so understand, MadQ...same here--now to use it up..
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