Do You Buy Fabric With/Without a Plan?
#21
I'm trying really hard to only buy fabric for a project I will work on and not put it in my stash. I'm going to get my UFOs completed and the quilt kits I have put together done this year -- OK - maybe not all but -------
#22
I'm a sucker for fat quarters. Then I start something and dont have enough. Recognizing my addiction, I buy all the fat quarters available. Only I bought waaaaay too many today but I'll have enough for what I have in mind. lol
#27
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: At my laptop
Posts: 280
my fabrics are part of the palette i use to create with...so i buy any color/texture/print that i like that is on sale. you never have to buy full price when you have a stash.. when i pull fabrics to work with for any project, it is because that's the mood i'm in... pet peeve? 'Lines' of fabric....i don't want people deciding for me what to put with what... FAbric stores: just put your fabrics in color order and let me choose what i like, i hate to have to go all over the store to see ALL the yellows... just put the yellows together...let me choose one or 10...
So, again I repeat...pat yourself on the back. I have been at my job for many many years, You are the exception not the rule.
#28
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
Posts: 3,992
I buy without a plan if the fabric is totally awesome and I would be sure I would eventually regret not making the purchase. I am always looking for a good OBW fabric (sort of an addiction). Thrift store fabrics are different. I buy them if they are of good quality and good stash builders. But I hope that I don't fall off the Fabric Moratorium this year.
#29
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Mabank, Texas
Posts: 8,780
I wish I did but sadly the majority of the time I do not have a plan/project in mind. I will buy fabric if I see a piece I like even if it's not on sale. Since I don't have a plan/project in mind, I usually buy far more fabric than I need and it sits around for months before I use it. I would like to break this habit and start buying fabric only after I have selected a specific pattern that I want to make. My goal for 2012 is to stop buying fabric without a plan/project in mind and to use more of the fabric in my stash.
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