What are we organizing today 2021
 

Hey y’all, Here’s the new thread for the new year. Happy New Year everyone and let’s talk organizing stuff!

Rob

My sewing room is a mess, out of control! My plan is to sort, purge, clean and organize it. I have way too much stuff that I've been holding onto that I haven't used and probably won't use.

Comic boards have really helped in controlling the chaos in the fabric room but sewing room gets out of control while working on projects. Goal today is to finish piecing this lap quilt, tidy sewing room, and then do sashing for this top.

I have learned to scale back my goals to something I just may accomplish. However I have to confess tidying up anything can be and has been a huge undertaking.

I am in the process of planning a whole makeover for my sewing room. I'll be making decisions of the final layout of the work tables and storage cabinets so they can be ordered soon. The plan will also include new flooring, office chairs and paint. The room is only 10x12 so has to function well in every square inch!

Happy Stitching in 2021!

Oh Rhonda! How exciting! I hope you will be able to post pic of the work in process. You just may have organizing ideas we never thought of. Have fun!

Thanks Julie!

I have to be organized in this small space. I will take before and after pictures to post for you. Happy 2021!

Can't wait to see how this comes together! My space is a touch larger...12 x 14 but houses a LA and boy it is tight.

Exciting time, Rhonda K!

My sewing area is L-shaped and very spacious but too much stuff in it. I cleared the top of a small table by my die cutting machine this morning to give me an uncluttered look when I go downstairs. Of course, the bits and pieces of fabric got added to my trim pile. Lol. But I did put all of the dies back on their appropriate shelf.

My sewing goals this year will be, of course, to reduce fabric and to keep my sewing area fairly organized.

My January specific goals for my house will be 2 hours per week in my office which has the pictures/memorabilia, loose papers, and a box with papers to be shredded. Another 2 hours per week will be spent in an extra bedroom that has been a ‘toss in’ room along with a weight lifting machine and the treadmill. I’m giving myself permission to break the time into little pieces and have a notebook in each area to record the time spent. Only M-F though.

Wish me luck!

Retired, praying for perseverence. What tricks do you have to stay the long haul?

Today, I emptied the scrap box: strips to friend, pieces to QB participant and the trash got the too little stuff. Now there still is stuff in the scrap box, which will stay until for some reason, the box must be moved. Then I'll be forced to make a decision.

I got my sewing room moved around n had a table set up to hold my quilt as I pinned one and my daughter is reducing my fabric pile by cutting into 10” layer cakes 5” strips n 3” strips for jelly rol. We also tied a quilt for a friend using my fabric n my batting

Happy New Year.

I don't need to organize much, just a few fabrics put back in proper stacks. After I finish three quilts.

petthefabrics: Thanks! I don't have any tricks for staying the long haul. I did well last April and May with 20-30 minute spurts a couple times a day. I was trying to adjust to the new normal of being home. I was used to working as a substitute teacher 3 or 4 days a week and needed something to keep my mind occupied. Once summer came, my brain said 'Wahoo! I can sew all I want because that's what I do in the summer when I'm home.' Lol! My brain just didn't switch back to organizing when school started again and I didn't choose to return to subbing. Fingers crossed that I can finally get the remaining rooms organized/reduced of stuff.

What a wonderful surprise today when I walked into the sewing room. IT WAS TIDY! https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/eek.png HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/wink.png I vaguely remember putting stuff away before starting to assemble this quilt. Maybe that's what I need to do. Hide, no, put stuff in the proper place before serious sewing? Any way I should be able to get two small baby quilts pieced today. Have to confess there are a few items should be put back but not the usual mess. Have my coffee. Had my biscotti. TV on. Ready to sew! Best part of my day. Marathon sewing!

I began sorting through my fabrics the day after Christmas...every bit of it, including my crumb bins. I pulled stuff that I was tired of looking at and stuff I know I will just never use. DH helped me move a dresser so I would have more space in my ironing alcove (aka dormered area) so I took the time to organize the drawers which contain embroidery supplies, stabilizers, rolls of heat n bond and Misty Fuse. It feels so good to start the new year off in a cleaner studio.

Rhonda, we look forward to seeing your new space and ideas. I remember how exciting it was when we built my room over our 2 car garage 3 or 4 years ago.

I have just gone back into the working world as a real estate agent but since we are not working in an office at this point in time, I have now had to make room for books, documents and files in one of the desks in my sewing room. 😏

To Rjwilder - I’m doing exactly what you are doing. I have two friends who wants all the fabric scraps I don’t want. So I have been loading them down

Our daughter and GD came yesterday . Nice to have them here. (Today's my sister's birthday..the first without her.. no phone call teasing her I'm still 5 years younger. ) Last night we sorted tshirts for GS's graduation quilt and a rough sketch of layout . DD had some great ideas. We need a couple more soccer and golf themed shirts. I have a red black buffalo plaid flannel sheet for the back. DD asked if I'd make 2 more for the girl and boy friends of the 2 Grands who also graduate. Sounds like I will be making my first 3 t shirt quilts this year!

My heart hurts for you, OKsewglad. Hoping your memories bring you joy, today...hugs!

So, really not an organizing thingy but, today, I bought a quilt ladder for the guest room. I’ve been wanting one and can’t yard sale to find a ladder and restore, so I just bought one. Pulling out a couple of fav quilts for displaying, which will make a bit more room in my quilt chest. I’ve got to get a handle on these quilts somehow...they are breeding...to my delight..

Happy New Years, Jingle!! You are certainly a busy lady with all the lovely quilts you make for foster kids. Your community is very blessed to have you...

oh goodie, Love seeing everyone sewing rooms. Mine is about the same size as yours. I can't add another hobby in there lol. Finally found a spot for my accuquilt dies so they are easily accessible. I really need to go through the ufo pile next.

I started putting away Christmas fabrics and decided I needed to sort and organize it better- so, I found stacks of swap blocks from years ago, aprons cut out, numerous ( holiday projects) now I have a tote with yardage- foldable Christmas fabrics, one with ( projects- tree skirts, table runners, placemats, aprons, swap blocks...all organized to be able to open it, grab a project and get something done in a couple hours) and a bag of scraps I might pass on. Oh, and a tote of holiday stuff I actually finished but ( lost / forgot about) so now I have a dedicated place to put the projects as I finish them.
I have a lot of other stuff to get organized and cleaned up. But it was a good start.

Hugs, oksewglad! Have fun with those t-shirt quilts.

Good luck to everyone with your organizing goals. We can do this! 👏👏👏👏

organizing: decided I'd gotten all the use out of my Christmas fabric, so giving the rest away. At this point, it might be hoarding and I don't need that. That's 10-15 yds of fabric. And I get to start new in 2021. No more adding new to the old stuff, just to use it.

Just read a novel about hoarding and decided to evaluate my stash for that possibility.

Thanks, Teen and retired T. One of my memories of my sister was the day she declared her life's vocation. I was 6 or 7 and we were cleaning up dishes after a meal. I clearly recall her declaring as she was wiping a plate, "I am going to be a nurse". I always admired her clear vision of her life's work. She graduated from St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota, specializing in Pediatrics and practiced in several hospitals all over the country as she ended her career as a travel nurse.

petthefabric: It feels good to donate it, doesn’t it? I gave away a lot of Christmas fabric in September for a fundraiser. Such a weight lifted off of my shoulders because I didn’t need to wonder how to use it.

oksewglad: What a great memory and one you remembered from such a young age. My sister has a friend that was a traveling nurse for a while too. Such a great experience.

I need to get my fabric area organized. Found a tip in using Bobby pins when folding to keep it secure, so purchased some, now to find the time to get started after some other crafting projects I need to complete. Looking forward to later this year having a “sewing shed”!

A place for everything and everything in it place.

I started a new project last night and of course looking for just the right fabrics for each block. OMY it was so easy to shop my stash because not only do I have fab on comic boards, but organized my fat quarters at the same time. I just may be difficult to live with today because I feel so smug. My stash looks nice now but the pressure is on. Do I need someone to stand in the doorway after shopping stash to glare at me saying, "Where does it go, Julie? Put it back where it belongs, Julie."

I can picture a little gnome perched on your shoulder in an annoying scratchy voice “now Julie you know where that belongs.” 😆

Now that I have sorted every bit of my stash and rid of unwanted fabrics, I’m going to start on my books and patterns. I have a few that I recently printed and have just piled on a bookshelf. I will put them in plastic sleeves and file them in the appropriate binder.

Jmoore, I think I'm going to invest in page protectors and 3 ring binders. https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/biggrin.png

I woke up in the middle of the night with some items in my head that I no longer use and could donate to get them out of my space. Of course, I went back to sleep and now can’t remember what they were...

Hey everyone. I’ve definitely got the bug to do some more decluttering, but I’m having a hard time deciding exactly where I want to start. Anyone else having this problem?

Rob

Every day Rob, every day. I always start in a corner, closest to the door!

Rob...I remember that feeling when I was about to start packing to move. Ugh....I just picked an item “candle holders” and went through the house and sorted, and chose, and packed. I was off and running. You aren’t moving but maybe if you did something like this it may give you a jumpstart on decluttering. Good luck!

I do the same...they say it helps to keep a pen and paper on your nightstand to jot things down and they also say it helps you fall back to sleep faster knowing that you’ve written it down, With my luck I would start writing and then not be able to put the pen down with so many ideas in my head...heck by then I might as well just get up! 🤪

Writing down ideas in the middle of the night? Hmmm...turn on light. Find paper and pencil in nightstand. Write down quickly.

Not in my bedroom. DH would wake up yelling...What's wrong or What's wrong with YOU? So if I WAS able to jot down a few notes, would I be able to decipher what I wrote when I got up?

I continue to wrangle scraps and will get to the basket of "mask fabric" today. These were leftovers in the first place and now they need to go to the scrap locations. I will also empty a small two door cabinet that houses sewng machine maintenance items, Row by Row items (yikes) and some home decor stuff. A few things every week....

I must confess the weather here has been almost spring-type tempts & I have spent most of my time cleaning & replanting up the yard. That feeling of renewed energy after being sick for weeks has been wonderful. But I vowed to spend time in my sewing room the next couple days. I am ashamed to admit I have had the same quilt waiting to be finished for over a month. That absolutely needs to get done before I start organizing my threads-my goal is to remove the thread racks on the wall & get the thread all in drawers.
HAPPY NEW YEAR

Working on Project Linus UFOs. One under the needle right now, three on hangers, one started to piece, and several ideas I found on Pinterest. I think I need someone to organize my brain.

I am organizing plastic tubs trying to find a way to sort through and discard things that will never be used, like non-quilting fabrics and put them on freecycle to give away. I also want to organize batting and put it in the guest room. I have this wonderful cart with these big bins on top that I want to roll out to use with my accuquilt. I have it started I just have to stay at it.

I've been trimming some HST's to 1, 1.25 and 1.5 "...mostly 1.25. Mini designs dancing in my head!

Someone on one of our threads said she has 16 cubic feet of stuff in a 10 cubic foot room. So question is: Was she looking in my window? At on time I was pretty proud how my sewing and fabric rooms were looking. Fabric room is still ok but the sewing room is a wreck.

This afternoon decided to reorganize my the credenza that sits next to my sewing table. Three novelty coffee mugs hold sewing notions. Scissors, container of pins, little wicker basket of wonder clips, small TV and remote, lap top and mouse for lap top, portable phone, Kleenex, water bottle, magnetic pin container, and one quilt theme wine tumbler.

Quilting clutter! How many pens, pencils, seam rippers, little scissors, hand held calculators, measuring tape, etc do I need at my finger tips? .Packed up the coffee mugs and put only ONE sewing notion from each category listed.in a small pink, plastic basket. The rest when in zip lock freezer bags.

Can you tell I like shopping for sewing notions? Novelty coffee mugs? I have to quit shopping. I have to quit looking at Pinterest. I wonder what I'll think of this new arrangement tomorrow.