Krisb

I pulled all the fabric for the BH mystery from my stash except some more golds and neutrals. Bought a backing for the Northern Lights quilt and some black. That should be it until spring—or later, because have three more quilts kitted, and down to three for quilting on the big machine in A’ville.

retiredteacher09

SillySusan: Congratulations on making progress on decluttering.

I needed blenders so I bought 2 grays for a total of 4 yards from my LQS plus other supplies on Small Business Saturday. They had 40% off most items. Then I went to JoAnn Fabrics and purchased more blenders plus a red for an extra color for Bonnie Hunter's quilt. I washed the red with another red 2 times because the color catcher was very red the first time. More like pink the second time. I was surprised as I did a swish test and they didn't fade. . I may need to wash once more. These fabrics will be basically used in donation quilts.

SillySusan

Thanks, y'all for the encouragement and kind words. I think we all did well on this year's moratorium. Most of the fabric that everyone bought was necessary for the quilts in progress and not for stash.

I delivered the quilts and sheets today and was handed 17 receiving blankets that needed hemming. Someone cut them out, but donated them without finishing them. So they are now on the ironing board,.. waiting for me. ... Another pile, but I will have them done in a few days, along with the two tops that are ready to be sandwiched. Life is good!!

Conchalea

Even though our moratorium is officially over, it seems everyone is shopping mindfully instead of ‘just because.’ I think it’s great! I haven’t bought any fabric since late summer to finish my daughter’s UFO. It is now being quilted so that fabric is not in stash. For the big sales, I only bought a Prime deal on thread, so still no new fabric!

rryder

Silly Susan- congratulations on your declutter holiday!

Vasilisa

Hello Here in Poland we don't have much of a Black Friday, so my moratorium is no buying unless I have a good reason or a good excuse Today I got a permanent contract at my work and this month's salary arrived on my account, too - and now I'm coming home with a good dinner's price worth of fabric. I got them in a thrift store, though, which means a full bag of nice material!

rryder

Congratulations on the permanent contract! I'd say a nice thrift store bag full of nice material is an excellent way to celebrate!

Rob

Battle Axe

Congrats to Vasilisa on the contract. You are just like me, celebrating with fabric.

There is a pattern of leaves that I want to do, and it calls for batiks. The only batiks I have are a couple of jelly rolls. So I sewed them together. Will it work?

Marcia

Teen

Vasilisa...congrats on the contract and your thrift store find... Excellent way to celebrate...

Battle...a pieced leaf will look awesome, I bet. Very creative..

SillySusan

Wonderful, Vasilisa. Good for you on the contract and the great buy on the fabric! Happy quilting!