A friend of mine was moved into an assisted living home and no longer able to sew has been giving me her fabric stash. I never knew she was a compulsive buyer. When I was given 5 bins (the flat 18 x 24 x 7in.) stuffed full I thought that was it - no, there have been more bins along the way and they were not small either. And then the bags of fabric never taken from the bag with the receipts still there (one from 1998).
So my friend from AZ has been in town taking care of her mother during the pandemic and the first batch we went thru and basically split it 50/50, and got rid of the fabric we knew we didn't want. We were so accomplished. Then the additional bins came and I was in my sewing room and discovered I had several bins with nothing but Christmas fabric. In all between the new bins and my bins there were 7 bins of Christmas fabric! (I swear it multiplies in the dark!) So over I went to my friends house and we went thru it all and I got it down to 3. (2 large and 1 medium - all wrapped on the comic boards if it was 1 yard or less. The larger pieces were over 3 yards so they are folded and in one bin.) The ones that weren't washed have been washed and put with the older washed fabric so I don't have to do it later.
When the lock down hit, my niece (an emergency room RN) asked me to make masks and we did. It took a while to get the elastic but we made 125 for my niece, then my DD's work needed them so there was another 50 for so. And once people find out you make them, they ask for them. I don't charge for them since I was totally reimbursed for the elastic and I haven't bought any new fabric (except for the San Diego State fabric for my DD and DH). It's just been my contribution to the cause. But I am so tire of making them, so I packed all the stuff together in one of the empty bins and setting it all aside until August. And with the new found space in my sewing room I am able to go back to my embroidering and quilting. It's so nice to be semi organized again.
With being home all this time one would think I would have the most organized home - but I am so easily distracted it just doesn't happen all at one.