before and after pictures would be great!!!!!

That's a LOT!! 4 large garbage bags out? Wow. And 15' of counter cleared off which I assume wasn't cleared onto the floor or other surface! LOL. That should be good for folding fabric on as you clear fabric off the cutting table.

I was thinking the same thing! Take a picture of wherever you are in the process if you didn't take a "before."C'mon, be brave!!!


QUOTE=Terry in the ADK;7420749]before and after pictures would be great!!!!![/QUOTE]

I folded and labeled several pieces of fabric, put in new 2nd hand cupboard.
Looked at my low volume fabrics
Googled L V quilt patterns
decided on kaleidoscope
did a test cut on isoscoles triangle accuquilt dies, figured out what HST die I will need for the block corners
Cleared a small living room table that will go out when I rearrange for the given to me recliner.
the table worked nicely with the accuquilt, so it has its new assignment.
Packaged red/navy/blues for a planned stash buster.
found several pieces fabric that will work with a sewing theme panel.
put several quilt books and three ring binders on new 2nd hand bookshelf

Spent the day shoveling out my sewing room. Made chalkboard fabric tags for all my drawers and cubbies. Hope to find the chalk pencils so that I can write on the labels. The fabric sort is last once I reorganize my storage. Been getting rid of those plastic storage drawers for a few years now. Tired of the visual storage. I wanna see more floor space vs. plastic.


KITS! Putting my future projects into large zip lock backs and storing my kits together. Ready to tackle! My Row By Row rows are already binned together.

Sandy

I shall clean out the bottom cupboard of my china cabinet. Not quilty? Well this china cabinet does not hold china. Rather it holds my quilts. When I clean out the bottom cupboard area, I can store UFO's, started projects that are monthly quilt along projects so they do not clutter up my sewing area, or other quilts! So here I come china/quilt cabinet!

I have a small bookcase under my cutting table. I tend to just jam everything under there when I am finished with it. Right now it has my pins in tins, full size and travel size iron, best press, spray starch, fabric glue, rulers, thread, sewing basket, painter's tape and tons of fabric scraps shoved on it. Today I will pull everything off and re-organize. At least that's my plan...

In December I organized all of my paper stuff into notebooks with organized dividers. Today, I will add the labels to the outside of the notebooks. My plan was to have everything in its place by Jan 1, so I could start to sew in January. This labeling is the last chore. Being organized is very important to me.

Well I didn't see this post until this morning ... but I did organize a bag of leftover fabrics and scraps yesterday to see what I might be able to put together to make a baby or lap quilt.

I know this post started yesterday, but I just found it this morning... better late than never. I have an antique thread drawer that I purchased at an auction about 5 years ago and just found it in the attic when I was hunting for Christmas decorations in December. I am going to bring it down, clean it up and organize my thread collection today.
What a great idea to pick a project or space a little at a time... Thanks Zozee

Yes, a good time to get organized! I have many scraps that need to be tamed. I think I'll take that 15 minutes each morning and see if it will work the wonders that is needed!

I, also, just came across this thread this morning. I spent yesterday taking down decorations. Need to do a bit of cleaning this morning and then will hit the studio. I plan on doing some machine embroidery today. While that is running I will clean off the area to the right of my machine and press fabric that has been washed and get it on my wall. Thanks for the motivation.

I spent some time yesterday clearing off most of my sewing table. My sewing area is in my master bedroom and I have a large sewing cabinet, kept open all the time, so it's a great large surface to drop things. As a result of pre-holiday travel and then Christmas gifts it was overflowing with "stuff". I cleared that off and then got the ambition to move to another pile on my storage boxes. I'm planning to spend 16 minutes a day (for 2016) to organize something in the house.

It it is what it is.

My resolution is to get rid of everything I don't want or use. I'm starting on my sock drawer today. Why do I keep socks with no mates or that are full of lint? I think I may have a smidge of a hoarder gene. I think I will use them to stuff a dog bed and give to the animal shelter.

oh how familiar that sounds . Somehow all things that need to be shifted around for Christmas seem to end up in my sewing room.

Christmas stuff--I find that once everything is put away, something escapes their box. And I have to start another box for all the escapees until next Christmas.

Today I finished my four days of cleaning, sorting, organizing and purging in my sewing room. Looks great an I have my car trunk full of stuff for Goodwill. No more moving piles so I can cut, moving same piles so I can iron and again so I can sew. I'm tired but it feels so good.

PLUS... more time to SEW.

Ask me how I know this?!:D

Yesterday I did reorganize my sewing table BUT didn't get a chance to sew. Today I just got done paying all the bills so now is my chance to sew. Thanks a bunch zozee and everyone else for your encouragement.

Whew! I'm tired after reading your list. Good for you! That's what I call a productive day!

I need to do more purging! I have some fabrics that are still boxed up from when we built our house twenty years ago. It is time for them to go to the church quilters. Some of it is polyester and they will use it for making quilts for homeless. The polyester wears better and is warmer. Plus it can stand washing when they take their stuff into the shelters or places that have washers and dryers for their use. 2016 is the year to get this done.

I love pressing fabric. Very relaxing, I find, and instantly gratifying. Glad you found motivation here.

Don't hang onto them for a dog bed. My vet has seen more dogs' stomachs in tangles due to playing with socks. If they stuff a bed, there's a chance a dog will chew through at a shelter. I say donate them to Goodwill. They send them to third world countries, from my understanding. I was never so relieved as when I finally gave away a huge trash bag full of loner socks. The real estate they had taken up in my bedroom was ridiculous. I need to do it again. They "mate" and then they separate somewhere when they're tired of each other!

Pictures, PLEASE??!!!!

Thank you for putting this up here to get me motivated so early in the year. I'm moving this spring and need to start purging things so I don't have to leave everything in a mess for the movers. Thank you. I get sidetracked real quick but I can stick to this for 15 minutes a day. I'm hoping 15 minutes by the end of the week leads to 2 hours then to 4 hours. I only want to move what I want to take with me. I don't like cleaning out and unpacking at the same time.

You're welcome. Glad it helps. Moving is no joke, no matter what. I try to give away 27 things a month from around the house. Sometimes it's more, sometimes less, but I have found it very doable. And for a while we thought this was the year to put our house on the market, but now my hubby is facing major heart surgery this week and it's a loong recovery. He says he won't have what it takes to make all the repairs and do the fresh painting (he's a DIY guy extraordinaire) before summer, and we're in no rush.

Having considered it , though, made me start pitching stuff with reckless abandon. Well, maybe not reckless--more like careful but I was determined not to hang onto anything that brought me down instead of up. Things that didn't fit my body, my style, my house, whatever. Out it went, and the liberation is contagious.

Think also how much $ you'll save if movers don't have to pack and weigh the stuff you don't REALLY love and want to keep in the next house.

I use a hard case which has a piece of magnetic strip glued to the top side. I use it to hold needles and a few pins for carrying with handwork. I also keep a needle threader and bobbin with the thread I'll need for the hand project.

Today my templates ordered on the 30th arrived from MSQC. I went into the sewing room and plopped up another Command hook to hang them up. I've found these hooks to be a great asset in keeping my tools organized.

The magnetic strip glued to the inside if the lid sounds genius! I'll have to do that.

Have fun with those templates!

I sorted some patterns - anything with cats on it went into one box - anything that was a bag or tote went into a laundry basket for further consideration.

I will start today by gathering bins to pack up my former stamping room. 11 years worth of supplies will be packed away to clear out the room and revamp it for sewing. Big mess ahead!

Getting more insulation added to my attic, so had to remove some items from sewing room closet to get to the attic access door. I am always amazed when I find things I don't remember purchasing. I was going to purchase batting, but there must have been a sale a few years ago, as my closet has plenty.

I did not find the pattern I was looking for, though!

Two years ago, we came home to a flooded basement ( where my sewing room is). l was so thankful l'd cleared my fabrics into bins and stowed my machine footpedals/cords etc. up on counter before leaving. After the painting/renos were done, l kept up my organizing by spending the last 15 min. of each sewing session putting away my tools, folding away access fabrics , and putting current project in a project box and/or on design wall. lt feels SO GOOD to walk into that room next day with a clean start! So if you want your tidying to " stick" make it a habit to clear up before leaving the room for the day.

As to the scraps...to cut or not to... l chose to cut only the oddly shaped ends into strips, bricks, or squares...the largest each could make, ( and if any "wings" left over into next smallest).l stow those by size in baggies for "quickie quilts" . My tiny bits ( any shape/colour) that l love are kept in a clear shoe box size container labelled "schnibbles" for future applique. My larger scraps are folded in with my fat quarters by colour.

Yes a good idea. I hope I can stick to it. I don't want my room to get in such a mess again. Zozee I will take pictures and ask my son to help me learn how to post them.

Isn't that always the way! So often I look for something in the place where I KNOW I put it but it's not there.

I picked the rest of the house - I closed the sewing room door!

Lots of great ideas. I organized one of my quilting closets when DH "fixed" floor in sewing room. The 15 min is great idea.

Every year I vow to be more organized, I find inspiration on you tube. I have a couple v loggers {spelling?} that I particularly enjoy. They refer to purging. I've gotten much better lately and it's such a good feeling. When I clean out a cupboard or drawer I find myself opening it and looking at it all the time. I've had to learn to just be brutal and throw sentiment out the window. The more you downsize the easier it gets. I still have my obsession with quilting rulers and templates. Baby steps baby steps! I do love organizing anything and everything. I'm also a compulsive lister! It's a good feeling to be able to cross things off. I also love bins! Bins bins and more bins! Our local Big Lots is a great source of containers. Did I mention that I'm trying to do this economically {CHEAP!} It's a fun challenge! Maybe we could all share some before and afters{ When I figure out how to post photos!}.

What a great idea! I should try that with every project; not just sewing!