Let's Organize Something Today
#11
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Northwest suburb of Chicago
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I would really like to organize my scraps. Currently they are divided by color but I have strips, squares, snippets, etc. Can't decide if they should be cut uniformly and if so, to what size. Any suggestions?
#12
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado
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Well seeing as I am not at home it will be impossible for me to start
today.
But as cold as it is here in the mountains of Colorado (-19 at day break),
and is currently only up to 4 degrees. That would be a wonderful project
to work on.
today.
But as cold as it is here in the mountains of Colorado (-19 at day break),
and is currently only up to 4 degrees. That would be a wonderful project
to work on.
#13
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Long Island
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Zozee, you are too enthusiastic for me already. Everything in my sewing room goes in neatly and when I turn my back for one minute, they all decide to play together. Then they get in arguments with each other, have a fight, and it looks like a mess. Sometimes, the threads will join in with them, tangle everything up and poop out and just lay there. I go in there to clean it up and the scissors start in. It's just one big mess and everytime I clean it up they all get together for a party. It's and endless pit to me. I'll stay on the side lines and watch you all get organized, if that's o.k.
#14
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 181
I started yesterday also. I cleaned part of my cutting table cabinet and found a white elephant gift, 17 long cabin quilt blocks. Looked at them and used 16 to make a table topper. Not through with it yet. Will need a piece of backing fabric. I will use leftover batting to make the sandwich.
#15
I started looking for my sewing room on Dec. 30,2015. Hope to have found the last of my counter tops by the end of the day. I had high hopes of sewing all day today, but alas, that is not to be. It seems I am always starting to clean that room, one of these days I hope to say I have finished cleaning that room, that will be about the same time I can say I have no UFO's. LOL HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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How the rainbow colors are ordered --- red,orange,yellow,green, blue, indigo, and violet. I organize my scraps into shoeboxes on open bookshelves this way also. My mind just thinks that way and I can see at a glance how much of each color I have. My yellows are in very short supply. My blues are prolific. Blacks and whites get their own boxes. Greys and Browns share a box.
QUOTE=ctyankee;7419999]I will start with organizing all the Christmas fabric that is literally all over the place!
And what does ROYGBIV mean? (Maybe I can do that, too!)
Thanks for the motivation![/QUOTE]
QUOTE=ctyankee;7419999]I will start with organizing all the Christmas fabric that is literally all over the place!
And what does ROYGBIV mean? (Maybe I can do that, too!)
Thanks for the motivation![/QUOTE]
#17
I have a new sewing table coming this week so re-organizing is a necessity! Started on my fat quarters yesterday, but much more to do to make my new table fit comfortably! It's a Tailor Made brand and I can't wait to put my machine on it and utilize all those drawers!
#18
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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I work work better when I have a likeminded cohort along! you all who join up on this are that cohort
As for the 15 minutes, yes, it's almost always just a starting point and gets me in the groove, but sometimes I need both the push to start and the promise of an end in sight.
As for the 15 minutes, yes, it's almost always just a starting point and gets me in the groove, but sometimes I need both the push to start and the promise of an end in sight.
#19
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I'll say yes because it was fabric. And because you may have needed that more than you needed to organize something in your sewing room. I made myself take all my Christmas crap down and box it up before I headed into my play room.
#20
I did this a week ago so my room is all pristine and waiting for me to mess it up again. I am taking down christmas decor and ready to put it all away today. That of course reveals the dusty counters and furniture. Nevada is a dusty place to live. So I guess my fun job will be to dust clean and put away that stuff and vacuum . I sometimes wonder if the decor is worth the hard work and effort. Don't mind me, I just wanted to join in the fun, but got overwhelmed for a second there. LOL... I just would like to sit and sew. Know what I mean?
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