No More Quilting Purchases!!!
07-26-2011, 02:49 AM
#81
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Posts: 2,616
These are the things you don't plan for. But it happens, we all know that. I went to Hancock's to get some netting for our black raspberries and they had a shelf where they had some really neat fabric (cotton) for $1.00 yard - bought five!
Then a few days later, after this had mulled in my brain - prices going up on cotton, and what all else, I went back over there and bought 18 yards of six different fabrics (3 yds each). I figured that would hold me, but then I got to thinking and I said to myself, "Self, go over to Hancock's by Mom's house and see what they have on their shelf!" Lucky for me I haven't gotten there yet. I don't even know if their store has that shelf. But the other one did. The lady said that the fabric had been there for a while and they just wanted to get rid of it. It was good fabric too.
So, no more quilting purchases----------------------until the next time. Edie
Then a few days later, after this had mulled in my brain - prices going up on cotton, and what all else, I went back over there and bought 18 yards of six different fabrics (3 yds each). I figured that would hold me, but then I got to thinking and I said to myself, "Self, go over to Hancock's by Mom's house and see what they have on their shelf!" Lucky for me I haven't gotten there yet. I don't even know if their store has that shelf. But the other one did. The lady said that the fabric had been there for a while and they just wanted to get rid of it. It was good fabric too.
So, no more quilting purchases----------------------until the next time. Edie
07-26-2011, 02:58 AM
#82
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chillicothe, OH
Posts: 132
Originally Posted by MellieKQuilter
HELP!!! I am SOOOOOOO over budget in my quilting related purchases this month, and my trip to Joann's sure didnt help. (but I did get camo fabric for the bbq apron for my bf, fabric to make a purse, and interfacing for three purses, fabric for a four patch posey and materials for my WIP Dresden Plate Block quilt, and lots of thread and some quilt clamps).
My question to you is how do you stop!! I see something that I just have to have, since who knows if it will be there later! I just need to stop LOOKING. :) Which is IMPOSSIBLE. :):)
Any thoughts QB friends?
My question to you is how do you stop!! I see something that I just have to have, since who knows if it will be there later! I just need to stop LOOKING. :) Which is IMPOSSIBLE. :):)
Any thoughts QB friends?
07-26-2011, 03:38 AM
#85
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,152
I buy new fabric only when I have a need for a fill in. Usually it is a solid color to match something in my stasch. I have so much stasch that I've started a bunch of crazy quilts. The Madeline way, a drunkards path and 9 patch crazy quilt. May even start a crazy crib quilt. What child doesn't like a lot of colors?
07-26-2011, 03:41 AM
#86
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Glenmoore, PA
Posts: 7,941
Originally Posted by MellieKQuilter
HELP!!! I am SOOOOOOO over budget in my quilting related purchases this month, and my trip to Joann's sure didnt help. (but I did get camo fabric for the bbq apron for my bf, fabric to make a purse, and interfacing for three purses, fabric for a four patch posey and materials for my WIP Dresden Plate Block quilt, and lots of thread and some quilt clamps).
My question to you is how do you stop!! I see something that I just have to have, since who knows if it will be there later! I just need to stop LOOKING. :) Which is IMPOSSIBLE. :):)
Any thoughts QB friends?
My question to you is how do you stop!! I see something that I just have to have, since who knows if it will be there later! I just need to stop LOOKING. :) Which is IMPOSSIBLE. :):)
Any thoughts QB friends?
I don't stop. Back in the winter I put myself on a "spending diet"...failed miserably. I find those spending moratoriums seem to work in reverse. Kinda like when we were kids and our parents said "you can't...." Makes you want to all the more. Good thing I planted a little garden this year. Because yesterday I went to my LQS (Hayloft in Morgantown) to get a piece of fabric for backing and ended up going $87 into my grocery money. Hey, nothing wrong with eating zucchini 3 times a day. Zucchini bread for breakfast, zucchini fritters for lunch, and summer squash for supper. I have always tried to have a pantry of canned goods and staples for emergency rations. Same thing can hold true for fabric. You never know when your car will break down or bad weather will come and you can't get out to shop. You will always have your stash to shop from. Just keep doing what you're doing
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07-26-2011, 03:46 AM
#87
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Charleston, MS
Posts: 315
I live 90 minutes from JoAnns and Hancock Fabrics, so I don't have many opportunities to blow my mind and my budget. Of course, when I'm there I guess I make up for lost time. Its hard being a Fabricholic!
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