Momentum..it is so easy to lose. The work week for me is pretty hectic. After a 12 hour day, the last thing I want to do is deal with the stuff. Luckily, the spring holidays are big gifting times in my family so no new stuff to try to find a place to put them.
Ok, I really should try and at least make a dimple in the mess. But where to start. Everywhere I look there are piles. oh... maybe the pile of stuff right next to me.
I'm a quilter. So the pile right next to me is largely fabric, bits of projects sewing tools under the fabric. and I can't see the rest. Time to do a bit of archeological digging.
1. A partialy constructed fabric bracelet or bookmark. At this stage it can go either way. It goes with the other 15 in progress. Into a project box to go on my project rack.
By the way, I'm pretending you are a friend sittng on the newly cleared off chair in my room, giving me moral support and occassional feedback about the stuff. Not quite as good as having a flesh and blood friend here but it does help me. I usually freeze into immobility and go play World of Warcraft or watch a DVD.
Last week I found a bag with the remains of an old quilting project. I don't know why I made so many of the strips but the leftovers have been knocking around for quite awhile. So I found a compatible fabric in the rubble and made a lap quilt top. Woot! I get to take it to work and have my biz partner quilt it. Took me two evenings after work which is record time for me. Guess what?
2. I still have a ton of strips left. I"m starting a project box with compatible scraps I find as I clean.
The perfect project box is an empty plastic ready-made salad bin, washed up of course.
3. I pile of quilt blocks in progress still all strung together. I sew them in series and cut them apart later. Snip, snip,snip and into the pile on the ironing board to be pressed.
4. 5 yards of fabric. 1 yard of a pretty yellow for quilting and the other is silk. Very pretty turquoise for a blouse and a pair of pants for work. Bought it last year and lost it in the piles. Hope I uncover a cute pattern to use. I know they are here somewhere. I think I have a couple of boxes worth somewhere in the stacks. They might be in storage or in the closet. I'll have to go poking for them later.
Cause I'm determined to find the rest of my couch seat before the end of the day.
5. Two pieces of green canvas hemmed together. I think it is destined to be a shopping bag.
6. Via Magazine from May/June . Yes, this year. I was a bit worried there. Into the recycling. I'm not going there. I just put it round that I'm going anywhere.
7. A tisket, a taskit, I found my sewing basket. I took all the scraps and ftuff out and put my sewing tools in.
The scraps are going into the designated scrap box. What throw them away??? Actually, I spend about an hour each night rumaging thru them and sewing some of them to others of them and eventually they become a quilt top. Eventually.
8. I found the Christmas apron and the Christmas pillowcase. Yes, projects from last Christmas. I think I'll have to start "Project Completion", a post to keep track of all these half-dones and turn them into all-dones!
Woot! My side of the couch is clear! I'm going to stop for lunch and a little World of Warcraft. Next, the person sized pile on the cushion next to me..
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