Now, down to serious business - have you got the Spotlight VIP $10 discount coupon? You can print it from this link. They currently have 30% off fabric and with the voucher you get another $10 off, with a minimum spend of only $10 after discounts. If my mental calculator is working properly that means you can get $26 of fabric for $10.
Personally, I just got 10 metres of gorgeous quilting cottons and light upholstery fabrics for $45. Stuff I'd seen on the full price shelf last week was now on the $6 rack, minus the 30% discount... For the first time I broke my 'no stash building' resolution for 2011 and it was completely worth it! I must share my finds.
This is the whole lot.
These, to finally make my own reversible Pretty Ditty Apron. I don't think I'll get it done by the end of the year and bring my 2011 tally to ten, but it's done in spirit. The rosette fabric was full price and I adore it. The ground is pretty much the alleged 'honeysuckle' that Pantone announced as the colour of 2011. The greys were $6 each, and there's so many variations in the story or family or whatever you call a complementing range.
More of the greys and a complementing yellow, plus a black and white print that looks like a knock-off of a PippiJoe print. I'll make a You Sew Girl sunhat out of some of these. $6 each!
This is a lightweight upholstery fabric, perfect for making bags. I might even try a frame purse. I bought two metres, which I hope is enough to last a lifetime. I'm sure I'll come to wish I'd bought the entire bolt. $10 a metre minus the 30% - a bargain. Get some!
And this I simply had to get as I used up almost all my favourite fabric making myself bags.
I hope I'll continue blogging during 2012. Gina of Clutterpunk shared an intriguing idea with me a little while ago, which is blogging for yourself rather than trying to live up to a sense of communal obligation. I do think the local craft blogging community is a wonderful thing with many superpowers, but I personally lack the emotional and time resources to be an active member. But I think I can use my blog for myself, to document my finished projects and write about things that occasionally interest me. I use Facebook for day-to-day life stuff and personal photos, and Pinterest for "This is so cool!" stuff. If you want to keep in touch using one of those let me know and I'll be happy to friend/follow you. This ole blog, I'll continue to find a use for her, but I'll be making her work for me rather than me working to keep her happy.
3 comments:
I like the yellows and greys too. My blog is for me although it is nice to receive comments too. I think blogging for yourself at your own pace would have to be more fun than enforced blogging for the sake of business obligations. Cherrie
I love theose grey quilting cottons too. I went in with some yucky-to-me gifts from a friend at Xmas, and exchanged for fabric- I can't believe how much I got for 30%! I didn't even have to voucher then! I went back today with the voucher and got more- for 35c!!! Crazy!!
Yesss! To Spotlight bargains and blogging for yourself! I have pretty much been doing that all year by default, and miss feeling a bit more a part of the craft blog scene, but, alas, there is just not as much time as I would like! But I really like documenting my handmades and a few bits and pieces here and there.
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