DON'T LOOK!!!! (ok, don't say I didn't warn you!)You're looking at a picture of my "walk-in" closet in my sewing room. OK, so I can't walk-in - LOL - but I can reach. LOL ;-)
The time has come for me to "gut" my sewing room, including the walk in closet. Yes, it's time to take a long serious look at everything and make some reality based decisions. i.e. am I ever going to use "that". I've made arrangements to borrow a couple of 6 foot folding banquet tables to set up in my living room and I'm going to start the big sort. Of course, it'll be very interesting to see if I can really get rid of some of the stuff but I must do it. I have boxes and boxes of fabric in a storage unit away from my home. I'm planning to bring one box home at a time and sort through all of those, as well.
So, stay tuned for updates of the BIG SORT. teehee
Cherries Jubilee Update!
Thank you so much for all your help - the links, etc to help me find Cherries Jubilee. I knew I could count on you! I have three charm packs coming from Over The Rainbow (they will be shipped today - woohoo) and late yesterday afternoon I found this tin box with one charm pack enclosed. I should be able to do something really, really cute with four charm packs (each has 45 charms). I'm still coveting some yardage but we'll see! :-)
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At least your walk in closet looks used! lol I did a clean up last year. I ended up bringing a big box of fabric to my Mother in law to give to her church. They make quilts for under priviliged children. I was surprise at how much I was able to give away. One advice, once you've placed it in the box, don't go looking back. You'll pull a whole bunch of stuff out. Ask me how I know ;o)? I did a small cleaning recently and that's exactly what I did and took most of it out. If you haven't used it in years, chances are you wont now, that's what I kept telling myself. Looking forward to seeing what your creative mind will come up with using the Cherries Jubilee! Happy quilting!
OOOOHHH WEEEEE....Good Golly Miss Molly!!!! I didn't know what had become of your closet. :o) When you clean dont forget to give to the little people here or I can just come and help. OKay? LOL Have fun finding things you have forgotten about. :o)
You are going to have so much fun...you will find things that have long been forgotten. I found that out last week when I cleaned and organized that end of my storage closet in the sewing room. It is truly a treasure hunt :)
Don't ya just love it??? ROFL Girl, go look at MY walk in closet (posted pics sometime last Fall) if you want to see a mess, and one that you REALLY can't walk in!!! I'll come help you have a 'fabric fling', and we'll just fling your 'uglies' into MY pile!!! ROFL Now you've got me thinking I NEED charm packs...:D
WOW, dear ! You're going to unveil some treasures, I'm sure !
Oh, I'm happy for you about the cherries fabric, hurray ! (can't wait seeing what you do with it !)
Biiiig hugs & smiles !
NADINE
How did you get into my house to take that picture Darlene? Very familiar looking...... Great idea to set up folding table to make the sorting easier. This summer I plan to go through my things and arrange things better. The cool thing is, I just know you are going to find some fabulous fabric that you had forgotten all about. It will be a chance for you to "shop at home"!
It looks like a wonderful space, Darlene. Just needs some straightening/weeding out, right? Any quilting friends available to keep you on track? Pam had good luck with her friend Diana helping her stay on task and take a realistic look at things. Just a suggestion.
Good luck with your clean up and re-sorting. And have fun with your new purchase of charm packs -- thats the way to do it, you gotta get rid of stuff every so often so you can buy new stuff - LOL.
Darlene, a couple of years ago I brought over 500 yards of fabric to the good Nuns down in Temecula at a retreat, and it didn't even make a dent. Good luck! LOL
You've probably been quilting longer than I have, so it might be easier to get rid of stuff. My stuff is only five years old. It's tough but I'm doing it. Slowly but surely! Now if I can stop buying duplicate things!!
Can't wait to see the 'after' shots!
(Hugs)
oh how i wish i was there to help you. I would love to see all your fabrics. I always love the fabrics you use in your quilts and the Cherries Jubilee range is just right for the Spring season.
When I was a new quilter, my MIL cleaned out all of her quilting supplies and reorganized her room. On a visit there was a LARGE box of things she was going to get rid of and I was welcome to go through it and see if there was anything that stuck my fancy. We plopped on the floor and talked while I pulled things out of the box. Every (I mean EVERY) thing I started to put aside to bring home she suddenly realized she couldn't part with . . . an old favorite, necessary to complete a project, how did that get in here, etc. I went home empty handed and her box was empty *s*
Wow Darlene !! That's some closet !!! good luck with that reorganizing project ! (I'm avoiding that !) By the way - thanks for stopping by my new blog !
Mary Anne
You are going to be so pleased when you finish. And it doesn't take as long as you think.
I am looking forward to seeing the results.
Good for you, starting the biiiiggg sort, I'm afraid to dig into my stuff, I want to keep everything.
My closet looks worse (if that's possible) and I just moved here. I have a lot less room and although I put things neatly in the closet - it wasn't organized that well and I've made a mess pulling things out. I also have 3 rolls of batting which take up a ton of space.
At last a room or closet I can identify with as it looks very similar to mine. Good luck with the big sort. Keep us posted.
Oh my - boxes and boxes off site? You are SO courageous to tackle this. We'll be eagerly awaiting reports of your progress.
I can't wait to see what you do with it! And your closet isn't nearly as bad as my sewing space. I won't even share a pic of that!
Oh what a nice storage closet. You'll be so glad when you get it cleaned up and you can open those drawers again. I set up a wonderful storage closet (have more than one actually) but it needs straightening up again desperately. Hope I can get to mine like you're doing.
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