What are we organizing today (2017)?
#181
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Location: Va.
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[QUOTE=petthefabric;7828175]The guild show is behind me. Have a group project-quick. Then a commission quilting. Deadlines keep me focussed. THEN, CLEAN UP THAT ROOM. Everything has a place, but the "place" is empty. And in the mess, I know where some things are. Still have a little work space-good to go. ]
Your work space sounds like mine right about now. I finished my outdoor organizing project YAY! Now I need to get back to my studio and figure out what things to put in those drawers that I freed up after last month's purge. For some reason I have a hard time deciding what needs to stay out all the time, and what can be put away. It's like I'm worried that if I put things away I'll forget about them-- that out-of-sight-out-of-mind thing. Anyone else have that problem?????
Rob
Your work space sounds like mine right about now. I finished my outdoor organizing project YAY! Now I need to get back to my studio and figure out what things to put in those drawers that I freed up after last month's purge. For some reason I have a hard time deciding what needs to stay out all the time, and what can be put away. It's like I'm worried that if I put things away I'll forget about them-- that out-of-sight-out-of-mind thing. Anyone else have that problem?????
Rob
#182
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Oh, for goodness sakes, I gathered up some things to put in those drawers, only to find that I already put stuff in them and dated them so anything still in them after one year should be donated.....Um....so now I'm trying to remember exactly how this other stuff ended up laying all over every horizontal surface in my studio-- and where to put it since I'm now back to moving piles around to free up work space....
#184
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Rob
#185
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Rob I am with you my friend! I love what the younger kids are now calling "repurposing". Sheesh...I've been doing that for years. Growing up with next to nothing taught me to not get rid of things for the 'just in case' scenario. Some people must have more money than brains.
Unfortuantely, I'm not one of them!
Unfortuantely, I'm not one of them!
#186
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Today, I am going to put away all the crumbs that I have out. Also my featherweight which is what I use for sewing my crumbs into larger pieces for scrappies. I had pulled them all out when I wanted to do some mindless sewing, then got busy with two UFOs and have been moving the featherweight and crumbs from one horizontal surface to another. My two UFOs are sandwiched and one is partially ditched, so I really won't be needing a mindless sewing project for at least the rest of this week.
#188
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: New Mexico
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I haven't sewed or quilted for a month, we remodeled our hallway (2 layers of panelling removed, textured and painted) and our bedroom ( 1 layer of panelling removed, textured and painted), another bedroom painted. New carpet will be installed tomorrow. Will give it a week to put everything back in including my longarm then watch out! Might not come out for a while! Lol
#189
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This past weekend I went through...."The Box". You know what one I'm talking about. The one where you really want to, or should keep it, or have to, or whatnot....but after a while it gets out of control and you don't know what is even in there any longer.
I sat down with my accuquilt cutter and made 2.5" squares, 5" squares, 2.5" strips, and 1.5" strips. The rest that were odd sizes or too small I either threw out or placed in clear jars for string quilts. Not sure I will ever DO a string quilt, but if I do they are there. I can always give away if I get too much. The rest went into clear boxes of the same shape/size.
It felt SO good to get rid of "that" box!
I sat down with my accuquilt cutter and made 2.5" squares, 5" squares, 2.5" strips, and 1.5" strips. The rest that were odd sizes or too small I either threw out or placed in clear jars for string quilts. Not sure I will ever DO a string quilt, but if I do they are there. I can always give away if I get too much. The rest went into clear boxes of the same shape/size.
It felt SO good to get rid of "that" box!
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