The annual reckoning
 

A couple of you have asked when I'd post my
annual bought/used totals. I have been hesitant
because I'm, well, embarrassed.

From November 15, 2004, until the end of May, 2005,
I was very, very, very good about not buying fabric
(about 4 yards, all legal). Then while en route to the
quilt shop to get a piece of very legal backing fabric
for a specific quilt I stopped at a neighborhood garage sale.
The seller was a commercial crafter who was clearing
out her stash. I spent $88 and got a stack of books and
magazines and 70+ yards of fabric! The next weekend
I went to another neighborhood garage sale and found
another crafter selling off stash -- how could I turn
down a 5-yard piece that was $1?

It went downhill from then on. Or should I say uphill?
Because in the end I purchased a mountain of fabric.
BUT!! 97% of it was ON SALE!! AND!! in 2005 I sold
a quilt desing to a magazine ($200) and sold quilts at
the guild biennial show ($485). I also sold quite a few
books and notions through Quilters Flea Market.
ALSO!! I spent 26% *less* in 2005 than in 2004.

So, all that said, here it is. Now you can tell your
DH that whatever you bought, you know someone
who bought more.

Nann, who is *determined* to behave better in 2006


Yards Yards Used/Bought Amount
Year Bought Used Ratio Spent

1998 356 170 48% n/a
1999 297 172 58% n/a
2000 283 124 44% n/a
2001 317 163 51% n/a
2002 289 153 53% n/a
2003 335 136 41% n/a
2004 655 228 35% $2264
2005 1033 270 26% $1673

total 3565 1416 40%

The annual reckoning
 

"Nann Hilyard" wrote in message
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So, all that said, here it is. Now you can tell your
DH that whatever you bought, you know someone
who bought more.

I bow to someone who has clearly acheived heights I can only begin to dream
of reaching. I am but a humble grasshopper at your feet. :)

Nann, who is *determined* to behave better in 2006

Where's the fun in *that*???? ;-)

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
remove the obvious to reply

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Wow! Where does one store 2500 yards of fabric? You must have a very
large crafting room to put all of it. That's almost equivalent to 167
bolts of fabric at 15 yards per bolt.

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I want to go with you to the next garage sale!

I look forward to your "reckoning" almost as much as Polly's Christmas poem!
Keep up the good work, Nann!

--
Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/
"Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a
grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack



"Nann Hilyard" wrote in message
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:A couple of you have asked when I'd post my
: annual bought/used totals. I have been hesitant
: because I'm, well, embarrassed.
:
: From November 15, 2004, until the end of May, 2005,
: I was very, very, very good about not buying fabric
: (about 4 yards, all legal). Then while en route to the
: quilt shop to get a piece of very legal backing fabric
: for a specific quilt I stopped at a neighborhood garage sale.
: The seller was a commercial crafter who was clearing
: out her stash. I spent $88 and got a stack of books and
: magazines and 70+ yards of fabric! The next weekend
: I went to another neighborhood garage sale and found
: another crafter selling off stash -- how could I turn
: down a 5-yard piece that was $1?
:
: It went downhill from then on. Or should I say uphill?
: Because in the end I purchased a mountain of fabric.
: BUT!! 97% of it was ON SALE!! AND!! in 2005 I sold
: a quilt desing to a magazine ($200) and sold quilts at
: the guild biennial show ($485). I also sold quite a few
: books and notions through Quilters Flea Market.
: ALSO!! I spent 26% *less* in 2005 than in 2004.
:
: So, all that said, here it is. Now you can tell your
: DH that whatever you bought, you know someone
: who bought more.
:
: Nann, who is *determined* to behave better in 2006
:
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: Yards Yards Used/Bought Amount
: Year Bought Used Ratio Spent
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: 1998 356 170 48% n/a
: 1999 297 172 58% n/a
: 2000 283 124 44% n/a
: 2001 317 163 51% n/a
: 2002 289 153 53% n/a
: 2003 335 136 41% n/a
: 2004 655 228 35% $2264
: 2005 1033 270 26% $1673
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: total 3565 1416 40%
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Dh just read this over my shoulder and told me not to get any ideas LOL

Its okay he's only joking ( I think)


Dee in Oz

Nann, who is *determined* to behave better in 2006


Yards Yards Used/Bought Amount
Year Bought Used Ratio Spent

1998 356 170 48% n/a
1999 297 172 58% n/a
2000 283 124 44% n/a
2001 317 163 51% n/a
2002 289 153 53% n/a
2003 335 136 41% n/a
2004 655 228 35% $2264
2005 1033 270 26% $1673

total 3565 1416 40%

The annual reckoning
 

I always look forward to your year in review
Nann. I would love to yard sale with you!
It seems to me you have a pretty good year in
2005. Will be interesting to see how much better
you can do!
Thanks so much for sharing.
Taria


Nann Hilyard wrote:
A couple of you have asked when I'd post my
annual bought/used totals. I have been hesitant
because I'm, well, embarrassed.

From November 15, 2004, until the end of May, 2005,
I was very, very, very good about not buying fabric
(about 4 yards, all legal). Then while en route to the
quilt shop to get a piece of very legal backing fabric
for a specific quilt I stopped at a neighborhood garage sale.
The seller was a commercial crafter who was clearing
out her stash. I spent $88 and got a stack of books and
magazines and 70+ yards of fabric! The next weekend
I went to another neighborhood garage sale and found
another crafter selling off stash -- how could I turn
down a 5-yard piece that was $1?

It went downhill from then on. Or should I say uphill?
Because in the end I purchased a mountain of fabric.
BUT!! 97% of it was ON SALE!! AND!! in 2005 I sold
a quilt desing to a magazine ($200) and sold quilts at
the guild biennial show ($485). I also sold quite a few
books and notions through Quilters Flea Market.
ALSO!! I spent 26% *less* in 2005 than in 2004.

So, all that said, here it is. Now you can tell your
DH that whatever you bought, you know someone
who bought more.

Nann, who is *determined* to behave better in 2006


Yards Yards Used/Bought Amount
Year Bought Used Ratio Spent

1998 356 170 48% n/a
1999 297 172 58% n/a
2000 283 124 44% n/a
2001 317 163 51% n/a
2002 289 153 53% n/a
2003 335 136 41% n/a
2004 655 228 35% $2264
2005 1033 270 26% $1673

total 3565 1416 40%

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Gee, Nan, you did really well on your average price per yard. BUT....
I am totally impressed that you work and still managed to use up 270
yards!!! That's the equivalent of at least 13 king sized quilts-
fronts and back! Now THAT is something!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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Nann, it looks like what you earned selling the quilt and the design,
and the spare books and stuff, paid for the year's excess acquisitions,
so you broke even! ;) D'ya like me maths?

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

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You can be my accountant any time!

Nann

"Kate Dicey" wrote in message
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Nann, it looks like what you earned selling the quilt and the design,
and the spare books and stuff, paid for the year's excess acquisitions,
so you broke even! ;) D'ya like me maths?

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

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Maybe I can make you feel better.

At our local guild tonight they were announcing this year's trip to the
quilt show in Ft. Washington, PA this September. Apparently they've been
organizing a trip to this show each year now for awhile. The person who
was describing it put on a sort of cowboy-type hat that had little price
tags dangling from the brim. Turns out that whoever spends the most at
the show gets custody of the hat for a year. The woman who had it last
year spent over $1000 in their ONE DAY there--all on fabric and
patterns! (She said she was going to the show this year...and didn't
want the hat back g)


--Heidi

Plattsburgh (UPstate) NY

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b

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Nann Hilyard wrote:
A couple of you have asked when I'd post my
annual bought/used totals. I have been hesitant
because I'm, well, embarrassed.