Project Stashbust is a GO GO

I haven't sewn anything properly for ages. It's been a really busy summer, feels like I've hardly been at home. We seemed to have lots of visitors in August too, and as my sewing room doubles up as the guest bedroom, everything got packed away for a month and I got a crack on with my knitting instead. Proper lost my sewing mojo I did, and at one stage I felt like it was gone for good.

We got back from holiday last week and after the joy of unpacking and sorting out the holiday washing, I had a few hours to myself. So, I put my sewing room back together and had a nosey through the stash. I really have got loads of fabric, far too much. Some of it I've had for yonks. I've spent this week going through it all and doing a stocktake. And not just of the fabric - I've done a mini stocktake of the patterns too. Turns out as well as buying fabric that I never use, I do the same with patterns. Surprise surprise!

The results are in - 69.5m of fabric, a selection of pdf patterns (a list of these is on the blog, will add the links soon), a box of printed patterns (can't be arsed to list all these, you'll have to made do with a photo), several sewing books, a pile of sewing magazines complete with free patterns and several Burda magazines. I should be able to put all this to good use without having to actually buy more fabric or patterns, right? That's the challenge I've set myself.

There are a couple of exceptions to these rules:

• Buying stuff - although I won't be buying fabric or patterns, I will be allowed to buy thread, zips, buttons, interfacing etc.
• Patterns - free downloads are allowed to be added to the stash!

How long is it going to take to use up all the stash? I have absolutely no idea. I'm not putting a deadline on it, because if I do its bound to go to ratshit. Plus, stuff just gets in the way and takes priority some times - my job often means I have to work late, family commitments (my Mom is in a nursing home and my Dad lives alone so I like to spend as much time as I can with them), general day to day life schizz, and to be honest sometimes I just want to sit in front of the TV with my knitting. Ooh and I have a husband and friends too, I quite like spending time with them So when its finished, its finished. Until its all gone though, absolutely no fabric shopping.

I think I'm pretty much ready to start now, everything has been counted and documented (worra geek). I have come across some proper "WTF did I buy that for??!" fabric whilst getting ready for this, some of it I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with it, so that's going to make things interesting. I may need some help with pattern suggestions!