I commented on a bunch of blogs that we should declare 2010 the 'Use My Stash Year' - then I saw Julie's post about her spreadsheet and was ready to go! A good spreadsheet makes anything fun! geeky Engineer here
To keep myself from thinking the stash was nearing extinction as I watched the numbers, I'm starting the year with the Fabric Shack purchase...especially since much of it was bought specifically for quilts to be completed in these first three months.
As I go along, I'm sure the way I use my tracking will evolve. For now, I enter the fabric as Used as soon as it is cut for sewing on a specific project. And I have all kinds of odd decimals as I add up usage in inches then convert to yards.
I busted a good amount this week as I prepped for three of the auction quilts and made a pillow case for my little nephew. As I say in the sidebar, hopefully you really will "Watch me try to use it all up" this year.
Busted: 16.2
Purchased: (37.8)
Net YTD: (21.6)
10 comments:
Yeah Angela! You go girl! You will get thru lots of fabric from your Fabric Shack purchase with these 3 quilts...
good inspiration for me!
are these pieces for a tumbler quilt???? they are so pretty. i have really been thinking about using not buying for a while, but there are so many lines of fabric that are so beautiful that i would be so sad to have to pass them up... :o(
in the negative already? uh oh!!
Feel free to donate any of that beautiful fabric to increase my stash. I will always take new fabric :)
Do you just typically buy a yard of whatever fabric you buy?
Good luck on using your stash this year! I think this is a great plan and it will be neat to see it all charted out.
I am always trying to use my stash. But I have such a hard time letting go of some fabrics. I feel like a crazy person sometimes. But I like your resolution and I'm going to try and do it with you. It will help that someone else is trying too :)
Good job with you stash busting!
As for me the only thing that is busting is my wallet! More binging than busting!
Keep on busting.
what a great way to track your stash this year...I'm doing this with my yarn through ravelry. I just made a baby quilt with my stash yesterday and I was so pumped to not buy anything for it.
You mean there is a spreadsheet?!?!? How cool! (Geeky CPA here) I will definitely check that out. I like the idea of 2010 being Year of the Stash (or however you worded it). Of course, I also like all the new fabrics I keep seeing. How to balance?!
I'm a geeky CPA as well, and I love the idea of a spreadsheet:) I'll have to check that out!
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