December Stashbusting Statistics

The year is over.  Here's the scoop on my fabric ins and outs for December and the whole year. 

2015	Fabric In Month	Fabric in Year	Fabric Out Month	Fabric Out Year	Total In or Out Year
Dec	6.00	66.205	4.750	77.150	10.945

Not bad! I used almost 11 yards more than I brought in. That's fabulous.  Take a look how 2015 stacks up to the last 5 years before 2015.  That's as long as I've been keeping statistics. 

Year	Fabric In	Fabric Out Year	Total In or Out Year
2010	65.00	70.250		13.000
2011	186.5	72.00		114.500
2012	113.545	108.970		4.575
2013	100.71	103.015		2.305
2014	108.25	79.75		28.500
2015	66.205	77.150		10.945

2015 was a great year.  I brought in a small amount of fabric.  Second lowest.  I used nearly 11 yards more than I brought in.  2015 comes in 3rd lowest for usage. Hum, not as good as it should be but it's hard to argue with using more than buying.   (plus I have about 4 quilts waiting to be quilted from a queen size to a mini quilt.  It could be a really good start in 2016. )

I've spent the last few days piecing two donation quilts.  I still need to put the borders on, quilt and bind them.  But for the second of January they are a good start.  

Do you keep fabric statistics?  Any cotton that comes in gets added to the monthly "in" list.  When the binding is done on a quilt the fabric amounts get added to the "out" list.  By not taking the fabric used out until the whole quilt is done helps motivate me to actually finish quilts.  

I'm hoping I have another good year controlling my fabric purchases and continuing to finish quilts off. 

Happy Quilting All!