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Sunday, March 03, 2013
backings!
Teenage Daughter needed felt for a project, and I had a green baby quilt and a pink baby quilt in the works that needed backings. With Snuggle Flannel 60% off and a 20% off fabric purchase, it was just easier to buy new fabric than to ransack the sewing room.
Yup, I was being lazy. I also have a couple of nice baby quilts that I didn't want to skimp on by using something totally inappropriate. If I dug deeply enough into my stash, I'm sure there would have been a good choice, but I decided to spend five bucks instead of waiting. And it's not like I don't have other pink and green quilts in my near future.
I'm glad I gave in to temptation. The Snuggle Flannel was completely picked over, but the Quilter's Showcase was on sale for half off -- nice enough cotton for two dollars a yard after I used that 20% off coupon. In addition to the fabric for the baby quilts, I got a nice green print for the turtle quilt, and a nice light print for the big girl version of Annabelle.
Backings are one of my big quilting dilemmas. I hate spending four or five dollars a yard on a fabric I don't love, to back quilts I don't love, just because it's the only choice that'll work. If I've got an appropriate sheet, or big pieces of fabric to piece into a back, I'm in absolute heaven!
Weekly Stash Report
Fabric Used this Week: 2 1/2 yards
Fabric Used year to Date: 21 yards
Added this Week: 15 yards
Added Year to Date: 29.5 yards
Net Added for 2012: 8.5 yards
Yarn Used this Week: 0 yards
Yarn Used year to Date: 230 yards
Yarn Added this Week: 0 yards
Yarn Added Year to Date: 3400 yards
Net Added for 2013: 3170 yards
To see more weekly stash reports, click over to Patchwork Times.
Numbers don't look bad - you'll be in the more used that added in no time, and you had good reasons for those purchases. I'm trying to use my stash for piecing backs - just haven't needed a big back yet to make a stash difference - grin.
ReplyDeleteNever pass up a sale, I always say. You will find time to use what's in your stash later on. That's my motto.
ReplyDeleteI have trouble with sales and just purchasing the fabric instead of searching through my stash too.
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