Accountability Time: January Stash Purchases

One of the goals in starting to craft down the stash was that I’d spend less money on fabric and yarn, and thus save money, and be able to buy a house in 18 months.

insert nervous laughter here

Even though you can tell the girl to not buy yarn or fabric, but that doesn’t always happen. There are sales, and there are OMG MUST HAVE buys, and there are pretties and shinies that one thinks might be a good treat at the yarn shop at the end of a long, long day.

But, not buying more fabric or yarn without using it is the goal for 2012, and thus I must at least attempt to be good. I figure if I put the cold hard truth up here, it’ll at least be staring me in the face.

January totals: $39

$8	Buttons at Joann
$31	Fabric, a pattern, a zipper, and lining fabric at Joann

 

All in all, I’m not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, I could have made do with the buttons that I’d initially bought for the dress. But I didn’t particularly like those buttons, and I wasn’t convinced that they really worked with the fabric I was using (I’d already attempted this dress once in a plain grey wool jersey, and it was a massive fail). But I could have been better about not going for the buttons that were $2 each.

Oops.

And then there was the fabric, pattern, zipper, and lining. I don’t quite call that an oops, because it was a good deal.

So I’ll start February fresh. Goal for this month: under $20. I know I’ll need a zipper for the dress I want to sew for this month, and I’m hoping to snag that Vogue pattern when it goes on sale on Friday, but I’m really hoping there’s nothing beyond this.

I know that’ll mean I can’t hit up my favorite bead shop in Dupont Circle this month, or go to a yarn shop when I head to New York later in the month, but it’ll be worth it. In 18 months, I’ll have a house with a real craft room, and hopefully less stash to move when I move.