I did finish the top for my older sister's baby/wall hanging quilt. Well, maybe not finished. Do you think it needs more borders, or is it okay where it's at? It's approx. 48" square. I don't have much of the white left, but could do a narrow border to separate the blue from whatever comes next, but I don't know! There are two blues and one gold left, but the other gold (with blue in it) is mostly gone.
Judy asked if we'd be trying to bust a lot for the rest of the year or if we'd go ahead and buy everything we want since we've blown it...
I was thinking about how much fabric I've bought this year (167 yards). Last year I bought/received 211 yards by years' end, but I think I'm more determined this year to stay in the busting category. Last year I busted 183 yards, and this year I'm already at 210 yards busted, so that's good too... Still, 167 yards of fabric, even if I didn't pay full quilt-shop price, is way more than I could possibly have purchased on my "allowance." That means there were plenty of buys from the budget, and that wasn't supposed to happen - I'm always giving DH a hard time when he wants to buy an expensive tool, and obviously I've busted the budget a few times too. I know some was gifts and one was a major trip to a closing quilt shop, but 167 yards, even at $4-5 a yard is $668-835, way more than I had in allowance. This is going to take some thinking about... I want to get hard and fast numbers on gifts, and then we'll see how much extra money I spent. It's definitely going to keep me from buying more for a little bit! My job ends in the next month (God willing), and that means less leeway in the budget for SURE! Plus, we're thinking about buying land - NO leeway in the budget after that!
from the room of Zana's Ninis,
katie z.
2 comments:
Cute top. I could see a wider blue border, but think it will look fine the way it is also.
When you buy a little here and a little there you don't realize how much it all adds up. I keep track of it in a spreadsheet, it's eye-opening.
Good luck on reaching your goal next year.
I don't think I'd change my numbers this year, I've thought before I bought, looked in my stash first, and bought almost all my fabric on sale/coupon. And I'm close to several finishes. So I'm happy. And, I don't plan to do the "buy now--worry next year" plan!
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