Stash Busting Contest - January 1st to January 31st

[BrendaP]

Unless you have to store the stash somewhere inaccessible (in which case it will never get made up!) I really don't see the point of spending time typing up a spreadsheet.

The fabric is there to be looked at, albeit crammed into a cupboard.  If the cut ends have been overlocked I know that it pre-washed.  The fun part is looking at it, patterns in hand, and trying to decide if it's suitable for any of them.

[Manuela]

Two jerseys are on the top ready for January. Can we cut and prep early? I need to print the PDFs.

yes 

[BayCreekGal]

I have a couple of garments made from stash yardage planned for January, so if I get them finished I will enter. 

I have a couple of bins of yardage, but much of my stash is made up of thrifted garments that I have purchased specifically to make into something else.  Many of these have been waiting around for years.  I know there is a refashion contest coming up in Sept., but I really want to get some of these garments either made into something I will wear or use or out of the house in the near future.  I guess my question is, does the stash fabric have to be yardage?

[Manuela]

@BayCreekGal you can use the thrifted garments as long as you’ve had them in your possession for at least 6 months. After all, this is what you stash...

[BayCreekGal]

Thanks for replying so quickly, @Manuela

[Renegade Sewist]

@BayCreekGal you can use the thrifted garments as long as you’ve had them in your possession for at least 6 months. After all, this is what you stash...

Whoopee! Does an imaginary triple back flip. Opens up a few more possibilities. Thank you Manuela.

[Holly Berry]

B£00*y h*** , @Holly Berry , that's a bit organised!!!!  (with aplologies for the "magic" words!) 

It doesn’t help me make it up though, I just know how much I’ve still got to sew 

[warpjr1965]

I'll happily join in on this challenge!  I hope to sew at least 2 garments from stash in January, this will give me extra motivation.

I use the same stash shrinker spreadsheet that Ruthie uses, I think I actually learned about it from her.   Lately I've been ignoring it and purchasing some yardage, some I needed to complete a specific project, some just called to me as I wandered through the fabric store and jumped into my cart!

I'll redouble my efforts in the new year to whittle down the fabric storage.

[mudcat]

We can cut stuff out before 1Jan? 

I'm on vacation until the 2nd so cutting things out during that time would be great.  Mr MC will be in Asia for a couple of weeks in January so I should have some time to sew while he's gone. 

[Renegade Sewist]

Yes @mudcat ! I asked and Manuela said yes.

[Lyn-J]

coming to this a bit late, but only until the 31st January! Do you know how MUCH stash I have, better get a wiggle on!

[Acorn]

I may be on for this one, having stuffed up the blouse I was making to wear at Christmas - I ironed a hole in the centre front seam, and even though I could have fixed it, I realised I didn't like it anyway.  I absolutely looovvvve the fabric, though, and I'm fairly sure I have enough over (and can rescue enough) to be able to make it in a better style.

it qualifies doubly for this contest, because I bought the fabric from @Francesca in April, so it has been in my stash since then, and was in hers before that!

[SewRuthieSews]

I'm really looking forward to this contest. Hope to cut out a little in advance.

[samtowanda]

I'm in. I have several pieces of fabric that I will cut out tomorrow to work on over the next few weeks. My stash is sizable but it could use some downsizing in 2019. My goal is to sew more than I purchase.

[toileandtrouble]

Ditto.  Going through the boxes for useful candidates.