2020 Fabric Moratorium
12-19-2020, 11:31 PM
#1241
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 835
Originally Posted by WMUTeach
Hey, all. Just a reminder that it was OK to purchase if the purchase was needed for a WIP. We were just to pull back on wild impulse buying and to shop our stash first. Don't beat yourself up or carry unnecessary guilt for purchasing to finish a project. I sure liked the exercise of working with what was on hand. Yes, I did purchase backing for some of my quilts, but most backing came from stash. Thinking that 2021 will be pink crazy. I have bin of pink that was hardly touched this year. 
Hope project Linus likes pink!
Hope project Linus likes pink!
12-20-2020, 04:07 AM
#1242
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Portage, Michigan
Posts: 7,388
OOOO Pink bear paws! Love the idea. Thanks. I am a 2.5 addict and don't mind HST so that pattern would work for me. Now I want to get into the sewing room and start. No, No, No! Must finish at least one more UFO and a few more miscellaneous Christmas sewing project first. After the new year I will start creating pink bear's paws.
12-20-2020, 06:00 AM
#1244
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Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Ontario
Posts: 309
I finished the year with a large purchase (21m). My blender selection had been decimated this past year, particularly blues and greens. I hit the clearance section and picked up 11m to round things out a bit.
The remaining 10m was for a gorgeous line I have been resisting all year. I told myself if I remained in love at the end of the year I could reward myself for good behavior! Although 2020 hasn’t been without impulse purchases (2 charm packs and 2 panels) and it took a bit of searching to find a complete selection......I am now the happy owner of a very pretty stack of fabric. It is displayed in an otherwise empty storage cube as a monument to my improved self control
The remaining 10m was for a gorgeous line I have been resisting all year. I told myself if I remained in love at the end of the year I could reward myself for good behavior! Although 2020 hasn’t been without impulse purchases (2 charm packs and 2 panels) and it took a bit of searching to find a complete selection......I am now the happy owner of a very pretty stack of fabric. It is displayed in an otherwise empty storage cube as a monument to my improved self control
12-20-2020, 09:22 AM
#1246
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Ranger, Texas
Posts: 788
So my trip to the LQS was successful. K bought nothing! She & her daughter went through many closets & unearthed even more fabric, so she's on a fabric diet. She did find some suitable for backing though.
I bought 2 fabric pieces for my still-unplanned western quilt. One is for the backing. It is a cream with line drawings of cowboys with cattle & the Alamo. I asked for 6.5 yards & it had 6.75 so I finished the bolt. Just in case my top needs some filler... So that bit was an impulse. The other is just over a yard of colorful cowboys on horseback, Texas flags, & the Alamo. I finished the bolt there, too. But now i shouldn't need any more fabric for that quilt, just a pattern! I want to showcase the cowboy fabric, so I'll look for layer cake layouts.
I bought 2 fabric pieces for my still-unplanned western quilt. One is for the backing. It is a cream with line drawings of cowboys with cattle & the Alamo. I asked for 6.5 yards & it had 6.75 so I finished the bolt. Just in case my top needs some filler... So that bit was an impulse. The other is just over a yard of colorful cowboys on horseback, Texas flags, & the Alamo. I finished the bolt there, too. But now i shouldn't need any more fabric for that quilt, just a pattern! I want to showcase the cowboy fabric, so I'll look for layer cake layouts.
12-20-2020, 01:17 PM
#1247
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Southwest Idaho
Posts: 5,999
Good for you, Conchalea! Sounds like you kitted up your project and ready to go...
Here is the FQ bundle quilt I made this last week. Finished the borders today. So satisfying to power thru my precuts...
Take the Roundabout, by Pat Sloan
Here is the FQ bundle quilt I made this last week. Finished the borders today. So satisfying to power thru my precuts...
Take the Roundabout, by Pat Sloan
