Are you a goal-oriented person? Do you set arbitrary goals and deadlines for yourself? I am and I do. I find that I get more accomplished under these conditions. I made a goal for myself last week to use twice as much fabric as I've purchased by the time I head out for Quilt Odyssey - which is in less than 2 weeks. I thought it was a reasonable goal because I only needed to use 14.75 yards by then to make it. (I had a math error in last week's post.) I had several near finishes that I knew would help me towards that.
And I finished several things this week. I've posted about all of them recently so I won't detail them again. I'll just summarize...
Finishes this week
I finished Blue Boxes and used 4.75 yards for the backing and binding. I donated 60 bunnies to Care Wear and figure they used 3.75 yards. And finally, I finished the Purple Mountains quilt top (after fixing some mistakes) and that used 2.75 yards. That's a grand total of 11.25 yards of fabric this week! I was pleased and well on my way to that arbitrary goal. And I also didn't purchase any fabric this week.
Can you sense a but coming? If so, you're right. I looked at the Hancock's of Paducah website today. I periodically go there to look at their Pre-cut Web Sale. (Pre-cuts are my thing and so are sales...) They're having an amazing sale on some of their Fat Quarter bundles - including Park Avenue by 3 Sisters and Bar Harbor by Minick & Simpson. Everything I ordered was 49-60% off. I couldn't resist and I'll have to come clean about it all next week. But I do know this is going to put my arbitrary goal out of reach. It's highly unlikely I'll use 25+ yards before July 22nd.
Oh well, I can comfort myself with the knowledge that I bought some beautiful fabric at some wonderful prices and it will eventually show up in the used column. Just not for a while...
So...
Purchased-this-week: 0 yards
Used-this-week: 11.25 yards
Purchased-to-date: 142.5 yards
Used-to-date: 281.50 yards
Net used: 139 yards
Until later...
"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up"
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV)
Your stash report looks great for this week: 11 yards used - that's huge!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on using 11 yards this week! As for next weeks report like you said you got some awesome deals!
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