Originally Posted by alikat110
(Post 5915023)
Confession time. I am going to the Dallas Quilt show tomorrow.....gonna spend some $$$$$. It is, after all, my birthday month!!!!!
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Originally Posted by alikat110
(Post 5915023)
Confession time. I am going to the Dallas Quilt show tomorrow.....gonna spend some $$$$$. It is, after all, my birthday month!!!!!
Originally Posted by createfourpaws
(Post 5915271)
I am going to the Dallas Quilt show too tomorrow.........gonna spend as much as I can. Have several projects I am working on. have fun alicat
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OK, I bought fabric today, but I didn't exactly fall of the wagon! I went to Joann's because I was down to 2 strips x WOF of what I'm using for a swap. Dang it, my calculations said I had enough! Well, I was so happy that they still had some that I bought their last 2 yards, 1 at half price for end of the bolt. I'll have probably 2/3 of that left over, but I know I'll have coordinating fabric leftover too, so it won't be stashed. If I have the time, I may use some of it for throw pillow covers to match, since it's for a living room project.
I told the lady at the cutting table I was getting out cheap today, as that was the only fabric I drove 45 minutes away to buy (I was going near there anyway though). Her reply was "that's just wrong." I did buy tracing paper and a wheel, and a table runner book though, and more black and monofiliment thread. I still spent $45 even after my two 40% off coupons. I think I did well though. I saw some gorgeous batik jelly rolls that were calling my name, but I left them there! |
I have been very good and stayed out of the fabric stores. Even though I got gift cards and there is sales going on like crazy. Have made a baby quilt and some receiving blankets out of my stash. Also, some slobber rags which is fun.
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Just finished reading this thread from start to finish. Enjoyed reading about your triumphs. Honestly thought I had already joined. No fabric purchases since the end of November. Plus I have completed two UFO's this year. Well so much for good intentions, CT trapped me with their sale. So basically I actually joined just to say I fell of the wagon. Can I still play with you guys?
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Originally Posted by Emma S
(Post 5919835)
Just finished reading this thread from start to finish. Enjoyed reading about your triumphs. Honestly thought I had already joined. No fabric purchases since the end of November. Plus I have completed two UFO's this year. Well so much for good intentions, CT trapped me with their sale. So basically I actually joined just to say I fell of the wagon. Can I still play with you guys?
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Oh Paper Princess, I read that you stopped your e-mail notifications. Your a brave, brave woman. Just can't give them up. If I can go another 3.5 months without buying fabric I will call it good.
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I can gladly say that I have used some of my stash up. I am doing a side swap of twelve blocks, and I cut them all up yesterday. THen I just could not stop there, I had to cut myself up about 9 more blocks for a quilt. Yep, all from my stash. I feel a bit accomplished. Then I did finish that bronco quilt. I had to buy a little more blue to get the sashing completed, but top all done. Posted a photo in the UFO 2013 sister thread. Now working on that stack of fabric from the mystery quilt I started at the beginning of the year from the fat quarter bundle that has been in my stash for 7 years. Pretty fabric. I will have some scraps from it that will make some nice squares to make something else. But it is looking good. I may use the scraps for the border depending on how much is left. Will see. I could also cut them into strips to do the binding so I can get it all gone. WOrking the ideas here.
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I had a bag of scraps that I inherited from a dear friend who died December 2011 from a brain tumor. She left me her entire stash which is why I am on a fabric moratorium! The other day I picked up this bag which I have moved from place to place and decided to do something with it. Looked inside and there were hundreds of cut triangles, a light and dark one paired, right sides together, just begging to be sewn. Must have been corners cut off of snowball blocks or flying geese. So, away I went. Sewed 'em, trimmed 'em and ended up with lots of half square triangle blocks. Now what to do? Looked again in the bag and there were charms in coordinating colors. I like to think I finished this quilt for Julia - hopefully in the design she had in mind. And here's a "connection to the other world" thing. ONE of the blocks had the star points reversed - green, not white as I had made every single other one. Now why would I make a mistake like that????? Pretty sure she was saying - no, I had planned green star points!!!! So, I left it that way and put it in the quilt.
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Beautiful quilt Paulswalia!
Ok gang I must confess to having jumped head first off the wagon (again). However it is all fabric I know I will use so I don't feel too guilty about it. And I did leave a couple of gorgeous batiks sitting there as well as a really pretty flannel so I could have done worse. I have been using up quite a bit of my stash and was needing a couple of specific fabrics. Just didn't stop at those two. . . |
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