As with my physical health & eating habits, I want modest fabric acquisition to become a way of life, not a strict, short-term program -- no fabric fasting, just manageable buying that I can comfortably live with.
But, like my wise friend, RachaelDaisy, says, "Moderation in all things, including moderation."
I've been to 2 quilts shows already this year: QuiltCon & the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival. Seeing quilts that get one's creative juices flowing, then visiting vendors' booths, with their arrays of fat quarters & half yard cuts -- Buy x, Get the x+1 Free! -- well, it's just too hard to pass up! At QuiltCon, my haul was pretty small. Vintage-looking colors & prints were speaking to me that day.
I did more damage at the KCRQF. That day, brown was calling to me, as well as birds & brights to go with them.
Then a trip to a favorite store, perhaps my favorite store in the whole world: Fabric Recycles. I can't explain it, but those 60s-70s era bright calicoes make me so very happy. So, again with the brown, then a large cut of cobalt blue with sweet, tiny posies. And to top things off, 2 baggies of these square-ish shapes. The semi-pinked edges make me wonder if they were remnants from a garment manufacturer. The previous owner had drawn squares on the backs of them all but had not done any cutting.
I wonder what she was going to do with them?
I wonder what I will do with them?
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Ooh, those older prints really speak to me too. Aren't you lucky to have that store near you! I like the idea of a fabric moderation diet. I bought some solids yesterday, and restrained myself with quarter yards instead of half yards. But there was a black and white plaid, that I "needed" 3 yards of. At least it was 30% off. The clerk asked what I would do with it. I said, "put it in every quilt!"
Of course brain issue here..I put the right comment on the wrong post..sigh...looking forward to seeing the star, hummingbird, etc finished in whatever size..sigh again...gotta get sewing myself...getting stuck in widow book number five..no longer helpful Making a goal to post something tonight...I mean at least something
Oh my gosh girl, I hear ya! I have vowed a fabric diet for 2 years in a row now and although I have finished many quilts, I have also purchased way more that I should have...ahem...$52 at connecting threads today! All clearance fabric and two pieces that will be backings....good deals! Hang in there and keep on sewing it up....thats all we can do...
I'm with you on the modest fabric acquisition! I love those old style prints you acquired! They will be great fun to incorporate into your quilts.:)
It's pretty hard to be on a diet when surrounded by the tasty morsels you've shown in the photos. And just think of all of the times you didn't buy fabric. I think your diet is working just fine. We'll know something is up when you start saying it was your pretty calico who is ordering fabric. I wish we had a Fabric Recycles here in Oz. I love the idea that there are unique treasures to be found, and the environmental factor of recycling.
I love the bird fabrics! Fabric is so expensive here, because of the import duties, I rely mainly on online sales to feed my need. Problem is one can't always tell the actual colour or size of the prints online.
Those are beautiful fabrics! There are few times I have found and bought fabrics for textures but mostly sticking to my stash, which I love. I can not wait to see what happens to these beautiful fabrics.
I've been fabric crazy for a couple of years now and I have to really scale back. sigh. I have fun with those 70s calicos too, but I worry that they will fade like crazy.
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