'Use what you have' cont.

Wow! Just wow. I didn't even expect this kind of response. For some of you, 60+ comments is just a way of bloggy life. But for little ol' me, it's a major traffic explosion! A very big THANK YOU to each one of you who left a comment.  It is really wonderful, although now I had better be sure to keep my challenge! *gulp*  Lots of eyes out there will be looking, or maybe not :) Every time the thought crosses my mind that maybe I won't be able to do this; I just look at my towering pile and tell myself, "You had better darn well be able to!" g-OLL-yyy.

My bag of thrifted clothing, waiting for a new life as??? There is
quite a bit stuffed in there!

Sooz has gotten very excited about this and set up a Flikr group you can join here.  We can all post pictures of the things we made using only what we have. She set up the group to be an ongoing thing, which means if you can't take part during April you can choose another month! Great idea, no? Thank you Sooz for all your energy and enthusiasm!! And, have you seen the new button that Suzy made just for this purpose? Look   here.  I can't wait to get that up on my blog. So perfect.

Recent fabric purchases....

Some of you have businesses and may need to purchase things for a custom order. Of course! Do it. By all means do what you need to to keep your business going. I don't want to be blamed because there is no food on the table!! ha. Some of you have said that you have made recent purchases and is that O.K.? Hey, so have I. ....uh, um, see the above photo. My challenge is for the month of APRIL. There is still almost 2 weeks left in March, hehe! Well, if I over spend in March gearing up for the challenge in April, that will be counter-productive don't you think? Yes, me thinks. I personally am going to try to not spend anything in April towards crafting. But , what I think is most important is that we catch the spirit of this whole idea. I am not legalistic about this or anything else in life! If you resist the urge to buy fabric or what-not even just once and use what you have, then super! Don't despise small beginnings. I would like (and have been trying to think this way for many years) for this to become a way of life and something that transfers over into other areas of life as well. Think of the possibilities ?!

Sorry for being a bit long-winded. If you have come this far you are very sweet*