My sister gave me a 3 yard length of this Nutcracker fabric for Christmas, it is the last of the yardage to be added to my stash for the year.
Week before last, I was given a bag of scraps – some with batting still attached. I finally sorted the bag out and have a lovely pile of fabric.
The binding for the Black & Bright quilt, plus the pillowcases, is the last of the yardage that is used for the year.
Overall for the year I think I did very well. I personally only bought 59.448 yards of fabric — the rest , another 172.017 yards was either given to me or I won it. You truly will be amazed at how much fabric there can be in a bag of “scraps”.
Total fabric brought into the house this year: 231.465 yards
Total fabric used this year: 177.859 yards
Net fabric in my stash: 53.606 yards
How did you do with your stash this year? Do you anticipate a different outcome next year? I know I do. I avoided the thrift shops this year, but I’ve been asked to make another quilt from recycled shirts, so will be bringing in more shirts after the first of the year – at 1-1/2 yards of fabric a shirt and at most only using 1/4 of a yard from each shirt, I expect to have plenty of fabric left over. I’m guessing nearly 60 yards.
Hop over to Patchwork Times to see how others did with their stashes.