rryder

Today I re-organized my sewing area which had gotten rather trashed since I've been working on multiple projects and all the stuff for each project has been left laying around--every horizontal surface (including the guest bed) was covered. While I put stuff away I also found some things to put in the yard sale box and I even found some things to donate and also some to throw out! YAY!

Rob

tkhooper

Excellent. I finished the homework on the blooming nine patch so I did some basic cleaning chores while I considered what to do next. Put a new blade in the rotary cutter and washed the ironing board cover and replaced it. And while it was washing I cleaned the iron and iron shoe. Now if I could just vacuum.

oksewglad

Why do we continue to mess things up...as mentioned in another thread I am sorting through fabrics and organizing pieces by half yard increments up to 2 yards...anything larger is getting a tag with yardage. I want to use up stash and this will allow me to quickly match according to amount needed...this is only for fabrics not already tagged for a designated project. I have been scouting out patterns to use it up as well...

QuiltnLady1

DGS and I dove into the closet in the sewing room and we got 1/3 of it organized before we had to quit (lots of shelves and stuffed drawers that needed sorting - sigh). It is crazy the way we mess things up -- I had wonderful help getting a large part of the sewing room organized and it now looks like it was never touched. Sigh -- I plan to finish the closet because I have been able to free up lots of room.

tkhooper

It's just so hard to stop in the middle to put things away. I've always had this problem. It's a little better now than it used to be because I've slowed down so much. It's easier to stop and put something up. But the extra pieces when I am working on a project stay out because I never know if I might need them because of a mis-cut or mis-sew.

Notwendy

It has been a while since I last checked in on this thread. Any inroads I made have since exploded. : )

I was helping my spouse clear out the walk-in closet that has accumulated random stuff over the past few years. I started getting all the old jeans I have been collecting into a pile to start cutting into useful pieces. Oy! I can't believe how many pairs I have (approx. 30). And that doesn't even come close to my collection of wool & cashmere sweaters to felt. Dozens and dozens hidden away in various nooks and bins.

We filled several large boxes for donations and set aside various items to give to friends. We're slowly making progress but I am appalled at the sheer amount of odds & ends that we forgot we even had.

Wish me luck! At least I finally cut up and folded all the vintage sheets I acquired for a project. I'm making large, narrow diamonds in various pinks, grays, & whites. Some florals, dots, various stripes, & solids. I'll have to post it once it is done (or at least done enough for a photo). Maybe that will spur my endeavors.

rryder

Good going. I have searched and searched but I can't find the little gremlin that puts stuff in my house when I'm not looking... I wonder if it's the same one that keeps trashing my sewing space

Rob

tkhooper

lol, who gave the gremlin my address...is what I want to know.

oksewglad

I have got the fabrics sorted from my neighbor's...ready to go out the door tomorrow...I get to play gremlins....

Altairss

I did some more downsizing today and organized some strips by colors and neatly folded them into trays for ease of use. I cleaned up my work area but then pulled out a really old UFO to work on so it didn't really stay clean long lol