Stash Report
Cory and Mitchell visited last night and they loved their shirts! We had a great visit with them. They love being outdoors and fishing and they are really well-behaved kids. They can come back any time! Cory has decided that he wants to learn to make tie dye shirts so that he can make them and sell them for $9.99.
I spent a little too much time outdoors with them and I always have issues when people visit in general because so many people use so much fragranced soaps, lotions and shampoos. I'm not too bad though. A few naps and some Benedryl and I'll be as normal as I get!
On the stash front, it was another quiet week. 1.75 yards in from the dye studio and only 1/4 yard out for Alana's box lining. Some day soon I really will have a significant out count but I'm afraid there might be a large "in" purchase first.
We are six months in to the stash control program. When I started I had 2 objectives. One was to reduce the amount of fabric that I have. I'm accomplishing that. The second goal was to reduce the overall amount that I spend on my hobbies. I only track my fabric status here so the other stuff I buy, dyeing supplies, rolls of batting, mixed media stuff, doesn't get counted. In monetary terms I have actually spent more this year than last for the first 6 month. I did some analysis to see where I spent the money. It turns out that most of the additional expenses fall into 2 categories: supplies for new/expanded interests and bulk supply purchases. In the first category falls dyes, paints and plain muslin for dyeing. The second category includes 2 large rolls of batting (a 3 - 4 year supply), a bolt each of black and white Mistyfuse (a 5 year supply) and a Wacom tablet and CorelDraw software. I can't think of much else I could buy in large quantities for either if these categories so maybe I can stabilize for the rest of the year!
The current tally:
- This week IN: 1.75
- This week OUT: .25
- YTD IN: 110.5 yards
- YTD out: 156.5 yards
- NET OUT: 46 yards (Goal 100 yards)
they look great in their shirts!
A Wacom tablet...now do I need one of those too?
Posted by: Sue B | June 29, 2008 at 05:49 PM
Love the shirts! You know, last year I added how much I spent on quilting. Thanks to my credit card company, they provide a yearly breakdown as to where my money went. The total gave Stephen a heart attack! lol And I didn't even buy a machine. What I think did it is that he only spent half on his hobby. This year, I think I'll skip it! hI don't need to know, really, and neither does he. It's fine! lol ;o)
Posted by: Carole Meier | June 29, 2008 at 08:38 PM
Very good stash report, Vicki. Truly I would be afraid to know what I spend on my hobby, so I'm not going there! What my husband doesn't know won't hurt him!
Posted by: Sue R | June 29, 2008 at 09:39 PM
Love the boys' shirts!
As to the spending....makes me feel better about mine to hear your report lol!
And the Wacom, Don'e getting me one for my birthday...though he doesn't know it yet...
Posted by: Deb Levy | June 29, 2008 at 10:05 PM
The boys look great in their shirts.
I just got the Wacom tablet and Painter 4 Essentials after it was demonstrated at computer club. I haven't loaded the software yet.
Posted by: Wanda | June 29, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Love the shirts, Vicki!! Terrific Tie dye!!
Btw, I tried one of the soaps and it was wonderful!! My skin feels so silky smooth now! It was the jojoba mango one.
Posted by: Carla | June 29, 2008 at 11:59 PM
The shirts look great on your models.
Do you like the Wacom tablet? I've looked at them several times but don't *really* need one so I've resisted so far. I did go online and start to purchase stuff to the locker hook rugs but then deleted my shopping cart. Since I'm going to be gone most of July, I decided not to purchase them yet but I WILL eventually try it.
Posted by: Mary | June 30, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Great shirts, Vicki. You're doing great on your stash goal -- almost halfway. I really don't think basic supplies like batting and muslin should count. You can't do the other work without them. How do you store your stash? Especially the large bolts? I usually don't have space for something like that but would love to.
Posted by: Deb | June 30, 2008 at 07:38 AM
The shirts are awesome as well as your niece's box!
I haven't tracked my purchases that well but I'm more aware and not spending so mindlessly. :)
Posted by: Yvonne | June 30, 2008 at 10:33 AM
I love the shirts, they look great. My husband says, it is just money ...you can't take it with you when you die. ( his hobby is expensive too).
Posted by: amy (sew~amy) | June 30, 2008 at 12:40 PM