Fabriholics Anonymous March Check In

(Well, March flew by with one snow day and one two-hour delay and lots of annoying snow dustings.  Can't it be summer already?

As usual, school gets going with all of it's organized chaos and drama, and the sewing and blog world fall behind.

Ah, well, it's time to fess up. I'm linking up to Rebecca Lynn: Fabriholics Anonymous March Check-In

According to my pinterest board, I've finished 0 (ZERO!) projects in March.  That can't be right.
Off the top of my head, I know I made scarves, TSA polos, fixed a belt, made a purse/key set...  Wonder where those pictures are and why I haven't posted them.  Look for those on pinterest soon I guess.

February Purchases Usage Update:
I made the pillows for the guest room that I bought. Yay! (but no picture? hmmm)
Haven't made any of the dresses, didn't start on the word quilt quilt-a-long, haven't started on guest room curtains,
I made Morgan's fundraising gift!

That means I got two of the eight things on my list done. Great.

On to March!
- I got an order for three t-shirt quilts, and purchases all the supplies for those three quilts out of the deposit for that order.  WIN! (Not breaking fabric fast rules there!)
- Bought 4 yards of holiday-themed fabric for doggie bandanas - and they're already finished! WIN!)
- Bought some notions (stuffing, dog sqeakers, pillow form) - not breaking the rules since I didn't have any of those to start with, couldn't make do with nothing.

Overall, I was much better in March. Purposeful purchases, no mindless shopping.

This weekend is the Parole-a-Pooch Meet the Parolees Day.
I'll have doggie bandanas for sure, I'm halfway done with several dog toys, and would like to make doo-ty bag holders to sell as well.

Pica will get a bath before the big day. A cute puppy raises more money!  So far we've raised $191 of our $300 goal for the animal shelter. Every puppy deserves to be as spoiled as my pup!

Visit the Marshall County Animal Shelter webpage here to see more information. Or click on through to help bail Pica Oreo Creme Deluxe aka Viscious --every dollar helps.

Hopefully school will settle down and I can get some sewing done!

Fabriholics Anonymous January Check-In

So - it's time for the check in!

I'm linking up to Rebecca Lynn: Fabriholics January Check-In

Also linking up the the Fabricholics Anonymous Flickr Group

So far, I've finished 22 projects - with out buying any fabric! -- Anything from lanyards, to bedroom curtains, to a t-shirt quilt! Most of them are posted here on the blog, but all of them are posted on my Fabric Fast '14 Pinterest Board

I'm pretty happy with my decision to fast on fabric purchases - so far, so good.

I've also added notions to my list - and I've only bought a couple of things that qualify there:
January 1st - Sulky Sticky+ Tearaway Stabilizer $15.65 (Then I organized a bit and found two more rolls! - Which is why notions are now on my list...)
January 1st - Pinwheels and Daisies Quilt Pattern (from Red Pepper Quilts) $8.50
January 8th - Ginger Seam Ripper Replacement Blades $11.73
January 20th - Babyville Turtle Snaps $6.41

I also went to Target yesterday and found these great little bins in the dollar section:

And used them to transform this mess:

Into this happy little bit of organization:

I still need to work out a solution for the Velcro/Elastic/Zippers/Webbing mess.  The other bins I got yesterday didn't work out as planned so I'll be returning those.

All in all, a very good January so far.  It really feels good to clean up, finish up, and save a little money. Hopefully this feeling continues!