Well I'm feeling pretty good about the stats for this first month of a new year. Considering I took advantage of a Christmas gift card and a sale to (mostly) restock several stash staples, along with a few specific colors to finish off my 2022 Seattle MQG BOM, I didn't do too bad.
Thankfully I'd worked all month on the scrappy Sparkle Punch quilt, and used up a substantial amount of fabric. That, and after making the generous purchase, I looked around to see what I could rehome, and found nearly 3# of 2.5" squares I decided I would never use, so off they went to a friend. It all adds up!
I've also begun keeping track of fabric bits (usually smaller than scraps) that I am able to recycle. That makes me feel better about what I am discarding. All in all, it's a decent start, and considering I have a quilt back to piece next, it's looking good heading into February.
January Fabric Usage
Used up: 28.51 yards
Brought in: 19.75 yards
Net: -8.76 yards
Looks like you are off to a great start to me. Can you talk more about how you recycle fabric bits?
ReplyDeletePosting here in case others are interested: Yes! Though our county's yard waste collection service allows fabric to be put in the yard waste bin, we also subscribe to Ridwell, a company that recycles a variety of 'hard to recycle' items. They come every two weeks and the standard pick-up includes 'threads' - which includes nearly all shoes, clothes, textiles and more. "Fabric scraps" is happily one item specifically mentioned that can be included.
DeleteYou weighed the fabric. How do you decide the yardage for that?
ReplyDeleteHi Elle. I got the idea of tracking my fabric from Jeni of incolororder.com, and she has a couple of formulas in this post: https://www.incolororder.com/2017/01/how-to-track-your-fabric-and-yarn.html. I weigh/measure exactly like she does. Hope you get this comment, as I didn't have your email. Debbie
DeleteGreat start into the year :)
ReplyDeleteYay you! In my first month of tracking, I failed in a big way. But I AM looking at my purchases differently now, and that's a good thing. YOU keep up the good work!
ReplyDelete