Thread: some things are not usable "forever"

Jan thanks for the kick in the pants -- your comment about 'scraps' -- I need to just toss some of this cheap, thin fabric that I inherited --- I have been hanging onto it for what????

Originally Posted by Jan in VA

Bearisgray,
You can add:
irons....which lose their spray action, leak, or don't heat thoroughly
marking pencils....I hate nubs!
templates....with dinged or chipped corners
leftovers....fabric scraps, partial patterns, 3-out-of-4 buttons, that trim you'll never use, batting scraps when you have yards of leftover batting pieces, a "finished" bobbin with about 2-3 yards of thread left on it
UFOs older than dirt which you'll never get around to completing
(These last two are "attention span". THAT does not seem to last forever either. )

Jan in VA

Originally Posted by Onebyone

Any item that gives me frustration I get rid of and replace. I don't save used up items that may be useful some day to use for other purposes because I wouldn't have room to live in the house and never has that someday ever came.

Reminds me of the time when we were putting an addition on our house. Hubs is a great 'saver'. BIL and I were cleaning out the back porch as that was coming off the house. There were a host of things that he kept asking if I wanted to keep because 'somebody might be able to use this someday'. My answer to him quickly became 'then take it to YOUR house until SOMEBODY comes and gets it'! Old, used up, ratty items just have no place in my life. I will certainly repurpose any number of things but not everything.

Originally Posted by NJ Quilter

Reminds me of the time when we were putting an addition on our house. Hubs is a great 'saver'. BIL and I were cleaning out the back porch as that was coming off the house. There were a host of things that he kept asking if I wanted to keep because 'somebody might be able to use this someday'. My answer to him quickly became 'then take it to YOUR house until SOMEBODY comes and gets it'! Old, used up, ratty items just have no place in my life. I will certainly repurpose any number of things but not everything.

Haha! This made me laugh!

I despise clutter so I've gotten pretty good at deciding if I'll truly use something or should just pitch it. I need order and clean surfaces to focus. I've seen people here say many times that if your sewing room is clean, you must not be creative. I beg to differ... I'd never be able to create amongst clutter.

And, I forget that I have these 'maybe I'll find a use for it someday' things saved.

Originally Posted by Onebyone

Any item that gives me frustration I get rid of and replace. I don't save used up items that may be useful some day to use for other purposes because I wouldn't have room to live in the house and never has that someday ever came.

Boy howdy, Bearisgray, you are right! Yet I struggle on, especially with those rotary blades!

Needles I'm better with; I bought a box of 100 so have enough to last a good, long time. When I start to hear a pop when sewing, I know it's time to change it out. Pins, as they bend, are put in an old pill bottle to be thrown away.