After reading this post on Sharon's blog, I have decided to take the challenge...my fabric stash is way out of control and I need to use it up...also I have several ufo's that I want to finish this coming year...here is the challenge:
GOALS:
- To use the Stash I
already have!
- Finish UFOs without
distraction by shifting to other new beautiful fabric.
- Stop the insanity of
constantly buying the latest and greatest fabric.
- Save the $$ I spend
on stashing. For me, this is going to mean I start saving for a long arm. That
dream simply isn't going to happen while I spend every little bit of my quilty
earnings on fabric. And it's a dream I desperately want to happen.
- Destash the fabrics that I realize I am
never going to use.
FABRIC FAST RULES:
1) No fabric purchases
for 6 months beginning January 1, 2014.
2) At 6 months
reevaluate status and decide whether to keep going for full year.
Evaluation July 1, 2014.
3) Create a UFO list
and complete them!
4) Exceptions
·
Backing: purchasing a
backing to finish a quilt top is permissible. However, attempting to use
fabric in your possession for a backing is preferable.
·
Books and Magazine
purchases are allowed as they are not fabric. Notions acceptable too.
·
Swap Mama Fabric: if
hosting a swap you are permitted to by fabric to execute swap duties, but you
may not join a swap simply for the sake of being able to buy fabric!
·
Quilts for
Publication: if you are making a quilt for a publication and need certain
fabric to execute it correctly then that is a major exception - who can blame
you?
8 comments:
I've been doing this for almost two years now and I LOVE using up what I have! It's so liberating! :0)
I am so tempted to do this...
Wishing you Wendy the best of luck in your fabric stash challenge. I just always look for that special piece that I know would be perfect for a latest book or journal but I buy little these days!
Wishing you much inner peace and love for the New Year. We trust and pray
we can move on from the previous one!
New Year hugs to you,
Suzy
oh my...no fabric purchases for 6 months??? No way I could do that, I admire you for taking up that challenge!!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Wendy...your family too x
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Thanks for taking the pledge. :)
Good luck with the challenge too.
You failed, Mother! Buying two BOLTS of fabric is not stash busting. :p
Wendy, I wish you luck with the Fabriholics Anonymous challenge!
I'm in, too, and feeling a bit inspired by the challenge of using what I have--even as I am planning a couple new starts this year. Maybe the creative solutions to being restricted will be just the push I need to get going.
I think we all have wwaaayyyy more stash than we could ever work through - what a great idea for at least making a good job of reducing it... I will be very interested to see how you go, Wendy!! x
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