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05-27-2012, 06:27 PM
#1353
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With the exception of 3 bathroom breaks, 1 food break, and 2 mini rest breaks;
I have been in my fabric room ALL day (since 9am) cleaning, rearranging,
re-stacking bins of fabric, and I am still not finished.
Once that room is done then I have to go to the sewing room, and get
all the bins of fabric from there and move them into the fabric room (or
as many as will fit).
Here is a little peak at my closest with the fabrics I have on the bolts
(these bolts have 2-1/2+ yards each) anything less than 2-1/2 yards
gets folded and put into bins.
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And of course before I got fully into my cleaning I had to get
cat scanned, I guess it passed inspection because he soon left.
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I have been in my fabric room ALL day (since 9am) cleaning, rearranging,
re-stacking bins of fabric, and I am still not finished.
Once that room is done then I have to go to the sewing room, and get
all the bins of fabric from there and move them into the fabric room (or
as many as will fit).
Here is a little peak at my closest with the fabrics I have on the bolts
(these bolts have 2-1/2+ yards each) anything less than 2-1/2 yards
gets folded and put into bins.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]338325[/ATTACH]
And of course before I got fully into my cleaning I had to get
cat scanned, I guess it passed inspection because he soon left.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]338326[/ATTACH]
05-28-2012, 06:54 AM
#1356
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MO (the Show Me state)
Posts: 2,947
louise have you thought about trying this method of reorganizing your fabrics? it looks like it would save you some space. i am sure all of those cardboard bolts take up a whole lot of needed space.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...t43871-25.html
wow if i had that much fabric and add to that the 256 fq's you were ironing, i would be immobilized. now if i had a much larger home with the space i have seen in some of the sewing rooms i have been in lately, i could handle all of that fabric, but in my tiny space it would visually/physically immobilize me. during my sewing days i had much more fabric than that but i had a much larger home, 3 children, a husband, 4 cats and a sewing business.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...t43871-25.html
wow if i had that much fabric and add to that the 256 fq's you were ironing, i would be immobilized. now if i had a much larger home with the space i have seen in some of the sewing rooms i have been in lately, i could handle all of that fabric, but in my tiny space it would visually/physically immobilize me. during my sewing days i had much more fabric than that but i had a much larger home, 3 children, a husband, 4 cats and a sewing business.
Last edited by Havplenty; 05-28-2012 at 06:56 AM.
05-28-2012, 08:00 AM
#1358
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado
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Mary,
Yeah I thought about them, but I can't afford the cost of them;
however the bolts are free for me at Joann's, Hobby Lobby, and
sometimes WalMart (if the store carries fabric).
That is NOT all of my fabric by any means. I have about 15-25
more bolts of of fabric that is in the sewing room. PLUS I also
have all the bins of fabric which I think is about 43-50 bins, and
6 of those bins are scraps only, 2 are fat quarters and working on
a 3rd bin for fat quarters.
I will be posting more pictures when I am done.
The condo we live in is only about 750 sq ft, 2 bedroom, 1 bath
the dining room is my sewing room, and the spare bedroom (now
that it is kid free again) is back to being my fabric room, it is also
where I have my folding cutting table.
The shelves on the wall how holds my wi-fi printer & my photo printer.
Since I gave my daughter the tv I had in there I no longer needed to
keep the DVR satellite box hooked up so I took it out.
More pictures to come soon as I can finish.
Yeah I thought about them, but I can't afford the cost of them;
however the bolts are free for me at Joann's, Hobby Lobby, and
sometimes WalMart (if the store carries fabric).
That is NOT all of my fabric by any means. I have about 15-25
more bolts of of fabric that is in the sewing room. PLUS I also
have all the bins of fabric which I think is about 43-50 bins, and
6 of those bins are scraps only, 2 are fat quarters and working on
a 3rd bin for fat quarters.
I will be posting more pictures when I am done.
The condo we live in is only about 750 sq ft, 2 bedroom, 1 bath
the dining room is my sewing room, and the spare bedroom (now
that it is kid free again) is back to being my fabric room, it is also
where I have my folding cutting table.
The shelves on the wall how holds my wi-fi printer & my photo printer.
Since I gave my daughter the tv I had in there I no longer needed to
keep the DVR satellite box hooked up so I took it out.
More pictures to come soon as I can finish.
05-28-2012, 08:07 AM
#1359
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Long Island, NY
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Mary, I am going to put that idea to use this week! I have a ton of boards from Joann and will have the hubster cut them up for me ASAP.
As of today I am on a fabric and embroidery fast FOREVER. You know that saying about the one who dies with the biggest stash wins? Well, I want to be the Biggest Loser!!! I decided that when I turn 60 I am going to do my best to sew through all of my fabric and use every single embroidery design I own. I'm going to start blogging about it later on today.
I sent the following to two of my dear QB friends ... and you'll understand why I am now fasting!!!
Here's how my weekend started.
As of today I am on a fabric and embroidery fast FOREVER. You know that saying about the one who dies with the biggest stash wins? Well, I want to be the Biggest Loser!!! I decided that when I turn 60 I am going to do my best to sew through all of my fabric and use every single embroidery design I own. I'm going to start blogging about it later on today.
I sent the following to two of my dear QB friends ... and you'll understand why I am now fasting!!!
Here's how my weekend started.
I am embarrassed to let you know what I've been up to. Hahahaha!
OK. Hubster is on vacation. He took Friday off so we could go to Jones Beach to see the
air show rehearsal. OK. Hubster is on vacation. He took Friday off so we could go to Jones Beach to see the
Not my cup of tea, but he goes to quilt shows with me, so fair is fair. The rehearsal is always easier because the parking -- including the illegal parking on miles of the road shoulder -- fills up by 6:00 am. But, sad to say (although not for me) it was rainy and foggy so no rehearsal.
So ... since he is a Marine and since Joann was having a huge sale with 20% off for Vets and the red dot section was 50% off ... we went to the far-away Joann. I filled the trunk and back seat of my car -- and I mean FULL -- for a little over $100.
Then I said, OK. I am starting my blog on Tuesday and that means a complete FABRIC FAST. We got home kind of late and the pupsters were upset, especially Daisy who is by my side all day every day ... so we went to the dog park, came home, tried to go to this incredible little Italian place for wood oven pizza, but they were done, so ... foo ... plain old pizza for dinner and then I promptly fell asleep watching TV.
Saturday morning ... SURPRIZE!!!!! You know all about that one! GIANT box of FQ's as a birthday surprise.
Meanwhile, the pups were walked and we were too late to go to the air show (YAY!) so my dear enabler hubster saw that I received a Joann gift card from Brenda (thank you, thank you, thank you) and said, let's go to the REALLY far away Joann. So we did. I'd never been to that one before but heard it was nice. And it was ... so ... once again the trunk and back seat got filled up for a little more this time - about $130. And again I said, OK. That's it. NO MORE FABRIC!!!
Then it was about 4:00 and we were starving. I didn't even have breakfast and while there was a half a small bag of cheese crisps in the car, hubster glommed them up. Nothing too interesting around in the way of restaurants and I wanted to get back to the dogs ... but we saw a Denny's and neither of us had ever been to one AND there was a 20% discount for SENIOR CITIZENS!!! I'm starting to like this being old stuff!
Food wasn't great, but c'est la vie. Then we stopped at the Walmart there ... and I didn't even LOOK for the fabric department. (clapping wildly for my self-restraint) Picked up some cute sun dresses to go with my new hair do ... lots of length chopped off -- and some fun blingy jewels ... (in the grocery store today one of the trust fund baby condo dwellers stopped me to say how much she looooved my necklace. Ha! $7 WITH earrings ... but I demurely said, "Ohhhh, thank you so much")
We finally got home and decided to take the pups to the dog park. On the way I informed my hub that part of his vacation would be spent helping me to organize all my fabric. He reluctantly agreed. I think he just wants to eat on the dining room table again some day ... and then I got a text from my wonderful neighbor, Diane. "Are you interested in fabric and an antique sewing machine?"
ARGHHHHHH! She sent me the address.
We got home, ate dinner and, again, I fell asleep watching TV. I'm a real party girl!
Sooooooo. .... today I went to the garage sale where this fabric was. *SIGH* I picked up several gorgeous hand stitched lace and embroidery pieces ... and ... FOUR HUGE ROLLS OF SILK!!!! How much? $7!!!
Back home and I finished washing some other stuff I picked up a week ago ... had a smell ... including an amazing hand stitched quilt top in 30s fabric. Still a stain and a little whiff of something .... so ... off to the supermarket for borax, oxyclean and vinegar. And now I am done. Really. I am ready to start blogging about the great end of life sew off tomorrow.
And that brings us to dinner time ... went back to the little Italian place in the hope of getting some of their amazing pizza ... and the tables were on end ... they ran out of dough! Hmph! One of these days ... so hot dogs it was. But to even things out, we went to Marvel -- which I guess is like Dairy Queen but without the parking. There is a little old Italian man who vigorously waves you in and out of the parking lot where you are permitted to spend 10 minutes eating your ice cream. There's no parking on the street since it's part of a beach community with no street parking allowed. If you're having guests, you must tell the police in advance!
This morning all I really wanted to do was walk up to our main street and watch the parade with my husband. But nooooooo. He had to take the dogs to the park -- and then he couldn't get back home. Grrrrr. Nonetheless, I am having a fabulous weekend. I will pick today's strawberries, then pick some of the delicious Martha Stewart roses that are blooming all over the place, and relax! Maybe play with my fabric. As for that little Italian place ... I give up. Maybe next week.
So ... since he is a Marine and since Joann was having a huge sale with 20% off for Vets and the red dot section was 50% off ... we went to the far-away Joann. I filled the trunk and back seat of my car -- and I mean FULL -- for a little over $100.
Then I said, OK. I am starting my blog on Tuesday and that means a complete FABRIC FAST. We got home kind of late and the pupsters were upset, especially Daisy who is by my side all day every day ... so we went to the dog park, came home, tried to go to this incredible little Italian place for wood oven pizza, but they were done, so ... foo ... plain old pizza for dinner and then I promptly fell asleep watching TV.
Saturday morning ... SURPRIZE!!!!! You know all about that one! GIANT box of FQ's as a birthday surprise.
Meanwhile, the pups were walked and we were too late to go to the air show (YAY!) so my dear enabler hubster saw that I received a Joann gift card from Brenda (thank you, thank you, thank you) and said, let's go to the REALLY far away Joann. So we did. I'd never been to that one before but heard it was nice. And it was ... so ... once again the trunk and back seat got filled up for a little more this time - about $130. And again I said, OK. That's it. NO MORE FABRIC!!!
Then it was about 4:00 and we were starving. I didn't even have breakfast and while there was a half a small bag of cheese crisps in the car, hubster glommed them up. Nothing too interesting around in the way of restaurants and I wanted to get back to the dogs ... but we saw a Denny's and neither of us had ever been to one AND there was a 20% discount for SENIOR CITIZENS!!! I'm starting to like this being old stuff!
Food wasn't great, but c'est la vie. Then we stopped at the Walmart there ... and I didn't even LOOK for the fabric department. (clapping wildly for my self-restraint) Picked up some cute sun dresses to go with my new hair do ... lots of length chopped off -- and some fun blingy jewels ... (in the grocery store today one of the trust fund baby condo dwellers stopped me to say how much she looooved my necklace. Ha! $7 WITH earrings ... but I demurely said, "Ohhhh, thank you so much")
We finally got home and decided to take the pups to the dog park. On the way I informed my hub that part of his vacation would be spent helping me to organize all my fabric. He reluctantly agreed. I think he just wants to eat on the dining room table again some day ... and then I got a text from my wonderful neighbor, Diane. "Are you interested in fabric and an antique sewing machine?"
ARGHHHHHH! She sent me the address.
We got home, ate dinner and, again, I fell asleep watching TV. I'm a real party girl!
Sooooooo. .... today I went to the garage sale where this fabric was. *SIGH* I picked up several gorgeous hand stitched lace and embroidery pieces ... and ... FOUR HUGE ROLLS OF SILK!!!! How much? $7!!!
Back home and I finished washing some other stuff I picked up a week ago ... had a smell ... including an amazing hand stitched quilt top in 30s fabric. Still a stain and a little whiff of something .... so ... off to the supermarket for borax, oxyclean and vinegar. And now I am done. Really. I am ready to start blogging about the great end of life sew off tomorrow.
And that brings us to dinner time ... went back to the little Italian place in the hope of getting some of their amazing pizza ... and the tables were on end ... they ran out of dough! Hmph! One of these days ... so hot dogs it was. But to even things out, we went to Marvel -- which I guess is like Dairy Queen but without the parking. There is a little old Italian man who vigorously waves you in and out of the parking lot where you are permitted to spend 10 minutes eating your ice cream. There's no parking on the street since it's part of a beach community with no street parking allowed. If you're having guests, you must tell the police in advance!
This morning all I really wanted to do was walk up to our main street and watch the parade with my husband. But nooooooo. He had to take the dogs to the park -- and then he couldn't get back home. Grrrrr. Nonetheless, I am having a fabulous weekend. I will pick today's strawberries, then pick some of the delicious Martha Stewart roses that are blooming all over the place, and relax! Maybe play with my fabric. As for that little Italian place ... I give up. Maybe next week.
05-28-2012, 08:34 AM
#1360
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MO (the Show Me state)
Posts: 2,947
wow louise i am in 1078 sq ft and i don't have nearly the stash you have. i do have one br i use for all of my ebay stuff which are big things such as feather bed toppers, premium sheet sets and comforter sets and they take up a lot of room. as a matter of fact that bedroom is mostly filled with ebay & wholesale things i bought to sale and then the other half is quilting stuff and my vintage sewing machines. my dining room, which is a nice size, has bins of fabric covering one whole wall and 2 sewing machines sitting on the table. i am feeling a bit closed in now and it doesn't look like i can sew fast enough.
in that organizing thread one women mentioned she is using the inserts from the yogurt boxes that she is getting from the grocery store. free of course. and another used her 6x24 ruler to fold and no boards. i wonder if you used the folding method and just cut your bolt boards in half to use would that give you double storage. good luck with your organizing. for now all of my fabric will have to stay in bins. i have 2 bookcases but they are filled with books. go figure.
i keep wondering if i set up a 3rd sewing machine to sew would i get through stuff faster. that way i do not have clear what i am working or change threads from one project to the next. it's just a thought right now.
in that organizing thread one women mentioned she is using the inserts from the yogurt boxes that she is getting from the grocery store. free of course. and another used her 6x24 ruler to fold and no boards. i wonder if you used the folding method and just cut your bolt boards in half to use would that give you double storage. good luck with your organizing. for now all of my fabric will have to stay in bins. i have 2 bookcases but they are filled with books. go figure.
i keep wondering if i set up a 3rd sewing machine to sew would i get through stuff faster. that way i do not have clear what i am working or change threads from one project to the next. it's just a thought right now.
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