Destash!

I haven't been keeping up with my fabric in/out policy and the scale has become extremely imbalanced! I just finished posted a ton of fabric in my shop including FQ and 1/2 yard cuts, some uber cheap custom bundles, and a ton of rainbow scrap packs.

PLEASE help me get rid of my scraps! If I see my blog coupon code pop up in the checkout area, I will load you down with even more scraps since you're a reader...seriously...I'm drowning over here! Especially if you get one of the solids packs...it will be borderline obscene how much fabric I stuff in there, lol!

The code is plaidscottie10 for 10% off. Click here or on the link in the right sidebar to reach my shop.

Thanks peeps!

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So, call me crazy, but I had an idea last night. I've bought a good bit of fabric lately, and need to do some serious destashing. The thing is, I don't have very many small cuts of fabric. Usually if I like a print enough to buy it, I buy at least a yard - mostly because I sew a lot of different things, especially quilts and bags, that rarely call for less than a yard of each print (I use more yardage for quilts than normal because I've been designing a lot of my own quilts this past year, and that process uses/wastes a good bit of fabric).

So rather than pulling a bunch of random fabrics, chopping them up, and listing them individually in my Etsy shop, I thought it might be more beneficial for all parties involved if I made custom FQ bundles. I know a lot of you are new-ish quilters, and many of you have told me before in our chats that your biggest struggle is pairing fabrics. 

That being said, here is my idea:  I go through my stash, put together a half dozen or so Fat Quarter bundles, and list them all in my shop. I'm thinking 8 FQ's per bundle will be perfect, because very few quilt patterns call for much more than that, and it's an even 2 yards of fabric. Many of my fabrics are pre-washed, so I thought I'd list each bundle for $14 ($7/yard)...normally I list my prewashed fabric for less than that, but it's going to take me a lot of time to pair and cut all the fabric.

I was thinking about doing one or two rainbow bundles maybe like this one???

And a few random palettes of my choosing. I was in an Easter-y mood after seeing some cute new wreaths in Joann's, so I put this one together and dubbed it "Spring Fling" :)

I also thought that if any of you have specific projects or color palettes in mind, you could email me with custom requests. If you give me an idea of the colors you're looking for (or even a Design Seeds palette), I can pull some fabrics from my stash, snap a photo, and send it to you for approval.

So...whaddya think? Any interest? Circle One:  Yes   No   Maybe

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Updates.

1)  How did everyone's gift presentations go for the Quilting Widow(er) Appreciation Day this past Saturday (the 24th?). My hubby loved his new quilted Marvel pillowcase...so much so that I didn't get a chance to take pretty staged pictures of it before it was in use (see below)

Aren't my sleeping boys precious? I'm gonna get an earful about this picture later. He caught me trying to take a photo once before this (I thought he was asleep, but he was still partially conscious), and I got a groggy verbal warning, LOL! I pounced again 30 minutes later once the snoring started. Snoring = definite sleep.

2) I hope to have the last post for the DWR Quilt Along ready by the end of this week. Not that I don't love you all, but we had 3 family birthdays last week, and some things are just more important than quilting :) Thanks for being so patient with me this summer. I've had a lot of unexpected speed bumps in my personal and professional life, and it's been a real challenge to keep the Quilt Along going. I have my DWR quilted, so all I need to do is bind that beast, snap a few photos, and the post will be ready!

3) I'm sick of owning too much stuff. And that means another DESTASH. Between myself, my family and my friends, we've participated in FIVE moves this summer, and there's nothing like moving to make you realize how much stuff Americans own. Ever since we moved in April, I've just been feeling sick about the amount of fabric I have. I've been destashing a few things here and there the past couple weeks, but I really needed to get control of myself and do a major overhaul. I finished the first wave tonight, and hope to do a second one this weekend. I love fabric, and there's nothing wrong with buying it, but you know there's a major problem when you can't even remember what you own. Recently, I can't tell you how many times I've bought fabric online/in a LQS/swapped on Flickr, only to find out I already have a cut of that exact print in my stash. That's bad.

It's been weighing on my conscience, and then I read this post, and it's so true - you can't take it with you, so what's the point of my ridiculous hoarding? And that's what it is - hoarding - really! I know we all joke about hoarding fabric - but I honestly do! I keep fabrics for years because I'm terrified to use it...or if I do actually cut into it, I feel this compulsion to buy more to replace it in case I ever need it again. I'm crazy, what can I say?

I already own enough fabric to last me a lifetime of quilting...so I'm killing two birds with one stone. I get rid of my guilt and clutter, and you lovely readers gain some really nice fabric for a steal. I've listed some yardage of Ann Kelle and Laurie Wisbrun prints for $6/each, and also some FQ bundles for $5 to $6 each. I will refund any shipping overages, and as always, readers can use the coupon code PLAIDSCOTTIE10 in my shop for 10% off.

(The coupon is always active, so you can use it any time you buy anything in my shop - not just when I announce new fabric/patterns/goods on here :) ).

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