Gearing Up For 2013
Last week, I had run to the fabric store to get a few items that I did actually need, and got sidelined by Christmas fabric being 50-60% off. Needless to say, some followed me home: I hesitate to say I need anything in the crafting world, but when I started on Christmas quilts a couple years ago, I did notice that my Christmas fabric stash was composed mostly of a large amount of small amounts. So, I decided that it might be time to switch my approach and buy bigger amounts of one or two Christmas fabrics a year so I have better options. This--plus a little extra--is done, and I will be diligently avoiding ANY crafting stores for the rest of the year. Which brings me to my next idea: a year without spending any of my personal allowance on THINGS. As we all know--I have a HUGE stash of both yarn and fabric, and sometimes I think my cold-sheeping of yarn has driven me to buy non-yarn things I don't need. Extra buttons, extra stabilizer (thou...