Fabric Moratorium 2023
#51
I thilnk I need to read these posts old and new every day or so to keep me on track. I'm ok looking at on line fabric teasers but touching fab is a different stimulus. I have NO will power at Project Linus so decided I will go once a month instead of two. I can still turn in my quilts, sew and chat with buddies. Maybe I'll have to sit with my back to the donation closet? We meet thlis Friday. I'll keep you posted...lol
#52
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Central NM
Posts: 1,581
Dunster, I will go once a month to PL to sew, chat, deliver quilts but NOT shop. My best friend there has the same issue I have and she just may go once a month as well. I have no resistance to free fab and chocolate!
#53
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 2,575
I bought a magazine that had twenty-four 2.5" squares included. I have fallen off the moratorium wagon....
I am dusting off my pants and climbing back up again. Darn Sam's for having quilting magazines with fabric squares in them....
I am dusting off my pants and climbing back up again. Darn Sam's for having quilting magazines with fabric squares in them....
#55
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 2,575
Remember though.... I get all those square counts back for my birthday so it is just an even trade. I have made a deal with myself. Any fabric I pick up like this, if I use it within the month I get it then I don't have to feel guilty. I think I am going on a quilting book/magazine moratorium wagon, too. I hate reading online but I think I have built up my library now enough that I can stop adding to it.
Time to get my Christmas tree made with those candies that I've collected over the last couple of swaps! Or maybe I'll try one of those new cross themes that Sewbizgirl pointed out.... Only a couple days of quilting freedom left. Meetings for school have started already. Classes begin Jan 23. Let the juggling of work and quilting begin!
Time to get my Christmas tree made with those candies that I've collected over the last couple of swaps! Or maybe I'll try one of those new cross themes that Sewbizgirl pointed out.... Only a couple days of quilting freedom left. Meetings for school have started already. Classes begin Jan 23. Let the juggling of work and quilting begin!
#56
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Virginia
Posts: 229
I'm encouraged by all the posts here, and am hopping on board. Of course, it's easier since I recently "indulged" in the Black Friday sales. Sort of like the motivation to go on a diet the day after a food binge. And that lasts until I see chocolate . . . sigh. Anyway, I don't think I have as much of a stash as many, but still more than I can use for the rest of my life. Soooo my plan, in addition to not buying just for the stash, is to make a lot of pieced backings. That will use up the "what was I thinking?" fabrics, and whittle things down a bit.
#57
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 2,575
Synnove -- I like the way you think! I, too, bought during the sales. If I can stay away from them, maybe I won't buy any more for a while. All my BOOM 28 blocks have boomeranged back to me. So much fun!! I am going to quilt each block individually so I can use up parts of my stash, too. I don't buy large yardage so I don't really have anything on hand that would be a solid backing unless I use a sheet. But why use a sheet when I can use up fabric from my stash? The joy of the stash is the challenge of using it all up for me right now. Ask me again next week if I still feel the same.
#58
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,827
My credit card has a low limit and I maxxed it out over Christmas sales. And used all my cash/checking. Forced to stop. Paid the card. Checking replenished. Oooh! The shopping 🛍 I could do. Then I remember quilts already on my to-do list. And last night did some scraps mgmnt. My mind was very busy with ideas for scraps. Whew! Dodged the “buy me” bullet”. Will need background fabric-there’s boxes waiting in the garage.
But there are carts out there with my name on them and some desirable fabric……. NO! NO! STAY STRONG! I can do this!
Love myself enough to say NO.
But there are carts out there with my name on them and some desirable fabric……. NO! NO! STAY STRONG! I can do this!
Love myself enough to say NO.
#59
Everyone is doing great and there is really good energy on this group. I'm thankfully no longer tempted to buy fabric "just because". My problem is accepting free fabric from people and instead of passing it along it ends up adding to my stash. So after finding room for two large tubs of fabric last week, my new goal for the year is if fabric is given to me, it only stays if an equal amount goes out. I'll keep what I love only if it ends up not adding yardage. Otherwise I'll never be able to make enough quilts to use what I have in my lifetime. And since I'm 74, I don't have a lot of years ahead of me.
#60
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 835
Just use that "We have food at home" energy!