So since this is the first day of the new year I decided to start with a new beginning. For a long time I have wanted to do a strip style flying geese quilt using a border stripe fabric for the strips. However, I had sorta forgotten about this idea until today when I was looking at a fabric pile I had pulled together in my sewing room. This was so fun and easy and in one day I was able to accomplish what you see in the photo below.
While I was sewing this I got to wondering about how others work. I rarely buy fabrics with a specific quilt in mind. Instead I usually buy things I like and then might pull a bunch of stuff together and hope that an idea of how to use them comes to me. Or I might run across a pattern that speaks to me and go to my stash to see what I can pull together adding a few new purchases if necessary. I rarely use only one line of fabric but may use it as a jumping off point. Of course I can do this cause I have a HUGE stash. Embarrassingly huge. So that comes to my next goal for 2013. Cut down on fabric purchases (not totally cut out) and use the stash more.
I think this new beginning meets all my goals!
Beautiful!Now I only buy fabric for a specific quilt. I have so much that I don't need to buy just because I like it. I am really trying to use my stash.
ReplyDeleteI made my last fabric purchase at a fabric store just a couple of days ago. Remnants at half off the ticketed price. I didn't need them but I knew they would be my last purchases for a long time. I plan on using up the stash too. I don't want to buy anymore magazines or books either.
ReplyDeleteWhat I really wanted to say is that you have been quite busy today. Nice results.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? You did that in a day? I bow down to you. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou did that all in one day??? Obviously you weren't up too late the night before ;), unlike me! Sounds like good resolutions to me. I do it pretty much the same way; I buy fabric that I like and then use it (or not) as and when needed. The problem is that I tend to use the latest purchases and I have a lot of older fabric in my stash which I'm probably never going to use again. Maybe it is time for me to only buy for a specific project, or at least until my stash has gone down considerably. I also don't like to use one line of fabric either. I feel it takes the fun out of quilting as choosing the fabric is probably the part I love best! And it makes it really mine as probably nobody would put the same fabrics together.
ReplyDeletebeautiful quilt, amazing that you put this together in a day! I'm a fickle fabric acquirer - I love something, I buy it, and then I lose track of it as the next must have fabric appears. When it is finally time to make something, nothing I have works, and I'm off to buy some more! I'm trying to stay accountable and not buy more than I use, but it is tough!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! As is all your work.......
ReplyDeleteI really like your flying geese quilt - you got that far in one day!? Well done!
ReplyDeleteAnother wonderful quilt!! I buy fabrics because I love them. My stash is at a stage where I can always find something to work so I'm hoping to cut down on my purchases this year.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt, love that you achieved your goal. I relate to so much of what your voicing here, I think along the same lines and now I'm trying to only buy for projects I have on the go.
ReplyDeleteI wish I lived closer and was able to see your fabric stash! You have an eye for the perfect fabrics and patterns. I love that border print. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteYou are inspiring!
Oh, a woman after my own heart! This is exactly how I go about my fabric purchases. Great flying geese quilt - you're machine must have been on fire!!
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