2016 Fabric Moratorium
#121
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: VA/tidewater area
Posts: 74
That's me, too. Have way too much fabric but I tend to love it all and have a hard time getting rid of any of it. Haven't bought any fabric yet this year! Twelve days, so far!
#122
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 11,276
I agree with Jennie Pennie. Look at the new fabrics and purchase your favorite one or two to supplement your stash. If nothing else, make sure you get all the patterns as they are posted. You could make a smaller version with fewer blocks.
#123
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Between the dashes of a tombstone
Posts: 12,716
I agree with your advice to Jennie....not only would you use stash fabric, but the quilt becomes one of a kind.....
#124
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: NH
Posts: 645
Whew!! Sanity and reason have returned, thanks to all of your helpful comments. I have plenty of T/berries projects to finish. And if I do sign up for the free BOM , just to keep it in reference , I can use my own fabrics. In the future. Maybe. When I've finished up some of the others!!
Thanks so much for the emergency resistance therapy and support.
Thanks so much for the emergency resistance therapy and support.
#125
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: OFallon, MO
Posts: 2,281
I really need to join in this group! My stash grew by a huge amount in 2015 as I got sucked into the "sales" from several online fabric retailers. Most are all lovely and ones that I can use---but I just over bought in quantity. How do you all handle the fabric deal emails??? I guess I should try to unsubscribe or delete them without opening them. I feel like an addict!
#126
I really need this. I have a wandering mind, so if I tell myself that I must eat yogurt, WHICH I REALLY DO NOT LIKE, while buying fabric (on line) then I will probably lose some weight and not buy as much. It took me two days to eat one Oikos Greek Yogurt cup. But I did not buy any fabric.
Instead, I must decide where to hide my stash of bolts. I'm having a party for my Master Gardener's class in August and it must be hidden by then.
Shame on Jenny Doan MSQC for offering such deals.
Instead, I must decide where to hide my stash of bolts. I'm having a party for my Master Gardener's class in August and it must be hidden by then.
Shame on Jenny Doan MSQC for offering such deals.
#127
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 11,276
Well, I made it 12 whole days! Maybe it's something to do with today being the 13th? I just finished a small throw top and decided to try a minkee backing, which I don't have. I gave myself a stern talking to on the way over to the LQS: 1.5 yards of minkee. That's it. No looking at anything else. Do not go into the markdown room. Went straight over to the minkee and they only had a selection of 3 colors: pink, blue & white, none of which will work. Oh good, won't even buy that. That's when I saw it. A sign. "All Fabric $8.99". Everything. Batiks, lovely name brand fabrics, and WIDE BACKING, all the same price!!! I've been deleting all my quilty emails so didn't even know this sale was going on. I got a couple, I mean a few, well more like several, OK lots of yards of neutral wide backing. Could not pass it up at that price.
#129
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Between the dashes of a tombstone
Posts: 12,716
Well, I made it 12 whole days! Maybe it's something to do with today being the 13th? I just finished a small throw top and decided to try a minkee backing, which I don't have. I gave myself a stern talking to on the way over to the LQS: 1.5 yards of minkee. That's it. No looking at anything else. Do not go into the markdown room. Went straight over to the minkee and they only had a selection of 3 colors: pink, blue & white, none of which will work. Oh good, won't even buy that. That's when I saw it. A sign. "All Fabric $8.99". Everything. Batiks, lovely name brand fabrics, and WIDE BACKING, all the same price!!! I've been deleting all my quilty emails so didn't even know this sale was going on. I got a couple, I mean a few, well more like several, OK lots of yards of neutral wide backing. Could not pass it up at that price.
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