2020 Fabric Moratorium
11-08-2020, 03:25 PM
#1111
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Thanks, Retired! Yes, K & I have been working through many UFOs. She's now an accomplished quilter & binder & loves both. She's also practicing her FMQ & is pretty good at it. I've made her practice pieces & she is also using panels for FMQ. I think she's a quilting junkie now.
11-13-2020, 01:30 PM
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I had to buy backing for a quilt...I had nothIng to match...however, I found some yardage for $6/yd on-line so I don’t feel too bad about it. Also, I bought another 40/yd roll of batting. I ran out this summer and was just going to buy “by project” but I really like having that available...and it was 1/2 off.. Other than that, staying true to moratorium as we enter holiday season and close out our year.. goodness...it’s hard to believe this challenging year is almost over.
11-14-2020, 10:27 AM
#1116
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These are the latest quilts I've kitted up, from FQ bundles supplemented by stash. I plan to keep 'kitting' while I do the Bonnie mystery as a leader/ender project (we'll see how long that lasts). The first is a pattern called 'Field Greens' and the last is a Cluck Cluck Sew pattern called 'Vintage.'
11-14-2020, 10:37 AM
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Beautiful stuff, Joe'smom! Nice work and good stash use on all but I really like the color shifts in the 4th one. I'm so rigid I'm really trying to loosen up to actually make things like that instead of just appreciate them.
Am still not feeling any huge urges to buy new fabric, but I am going to order my "normal" 3 yards of black for the next year. That silly little raggedy end was all I had, but it got me through the year.
As a reminder to me and for the newer members, we have birthday exemptions and then our behavior from Black Friday to New Year is actually not covered by the moratorium? The two yards I did buy for the round robin were fair use but since I don't really have anything else to confess, will consider it a birthday exemption. I'm so cheap it did feel deliciously wicked to pay full price!
This year I switched from Kona Cotton to AMB for my solids. There are some differences, I wouldn't say the AMB is really lighter but it feels/handles silkier. The selvedges on both the white and the black are quite large, about an inch and so I have to watch that while cutting, but the usable width is still reasonable.
http://www.clothworks.com/AMB
Am still not feeling any huge urges to buy new fabric, but I am going to order my "normal" 3 yards of black for the next year. That silly little raggedy end was all I had, but it got me through the year.
As a reminder to me and for the newer members, we have birthday exemptions and then our behavior from Black Friday to New Year is actually not covered by the moratorium? The two yards I did buy for the round robin were fair use but since I don't really have anything else to confess, will consider it a birthday exemption. I'm so cheap it did feel deliciously wicked to pay full price!
This year I switched from Kona Cotton to AMB for my solids. There are some differences, I wouldn't say the AMB is really lighter but it feels/handles silkier. The selvedges on both the white and the black are quite large, about an inch and so I have to watch that while cutting, but the usable width is still reasonable.
http://www.clothworks.com/AMB
11-14-2020, 10:51 AM
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OH thanks for posting joe'smom! My fav is the simple large block quilt. Great use of fabrics all brought together with the cornerstones and border. What size are your large squares if I may ask?
Iceb, we have used Kona, AMB, Bella solids and Michael Miller at the LQS. I can always tell when I cut MM fabrics for a customer...it is so silky. All of them are great. Primitive Muslin also has a silky fabric, but it is not solid.
Iceb, we have used Kona, AMB, Bella solids and Michael Miller at the LQS. I can always tell when I cut MM fabrics for a customer...it is so silky. All of them are great. Primitive Muslin also has a silky fabric, but it is not solid.
