![]() ![]() The problem is that they sat piled in her basement for years when she stopped being able to travel to classes and retreats, so they need a really good cleaning. I know what those things cost and they’re still in good condition. I’ve got two bags hanging from my strip hanger (tie rack) at the moment that will be leaving in the next couple so that corner will look much better than it does in the pic.Īs another goal that I actually think will happen naturally once all this gets worked out, I have several quilt-tool-travel-bags that I inherited from my Mom that I hate to get rid of. ![]() The other two photos are my shelves of quilt books that needs another culling of the herd, and then my fabric stash which just needs to be cleaned up once I get some of the project bins and other space-hogs off the shelves. It all depends on how much space I can get cleared off. I may use that for my scrap storage instead. Hence, I’d far rather have clear plastic bins that I can label but will also show me at a glance what’s in it.Īlso, when the office stuff is purged, I’ll have more room on the one set of shelves that’s still half-office and half-quilting. Several of them are pretty much empty but as I like categories, once I throw a couple of things that seem to go together into a bin I don’t want to put anything else in there. Otherwise they become what these are-random dumps of stuff that I don’t know where else to store and, well, out of sight out of mind. I’m visual-I need to see what’s inside a bin. Also, the pull out fabric containers that came with the storage shelves are cute but useless. My plan is to get those cleaned out and then either use the cubbies for project bins of ongoing projects and UFOs, or for bins of scraps. Meanwhile you’ll see that the storage cubbies on my cutting table are being woefully under-utilized. I’m a little more hesitant on that one at the moment and it’s not really in the way, so it’s not high priority. If not, I may vote that unit off the island as well. I have to go through it to see if I’ll actually use any of it. As an “oh yeah, and…” item, I have another variation on this drawer unit that I use to hold all sorts of embellishment laces, specialty yarns, and such when I was art quilting. (Yay, Accuquilt!) That means in the long run I’ll need fewer but larger containers. The drawers just really aren’t big enough, and I think I’d rather sort everything by size and get all the random pieces cut down to usable sizes to begin with. But it drives me nuts every time I go to use it. In the gallery below you’ll see a photo of my current scrap storage solution-a nice set of shelves on wheels in which I’ve got my scraps mostly sorted by color (uncut) and then by cut size when I trim them down. It’s organized, but in a way that makes it hard to use. The quilting-related big issue for me is that, now that I’m doing scrap quilts with regularity, my scrap storage system is woefully insufficient. Meanwhile, I’m going to pare down office supplies, cord storage, work-related books, and so forth. ![]() Some of that will take a long time as it involves breaking down my current L-shaped desk and finding one with a much smaller footprint that will still suit the task. Stuff is in drawers that hasn’t surfaced in years.) So, in my usual mode of using y’all to keep me accountable, here are my goals for this project.Īs I said in Episode 207, one big issue for me is moving my office stuff back to my external (region) office and reclaiming the space for personal use at home. (Waiting with apprehension for Karen gets to the book day and the tools/notions day, LOL. But once I get the day’s assignment done I’m using the remaining 30 minutes to move forward on other organizational goals as well. I did have one pile of stuff in a corner that got taken care of on day 1, and a few things that had fallen off the wall that I took care of on day 2. It’s FULL, mind you, wall to wall storage units, but organized. ![]() I thought I should clarify for myself what my end-goal for this decluttering challenge is as, if you visited my sewing room today, you wouldn’t think it was overly cluttered. I have a couple of tablerunners that need sandwiching and machine quilting that might make a nice break from the Storm at Sea Saga.) (Today, day 3, is magazine day-I’ve already gotten rid of most of mine but have a few I’ll go through this afternoon after work then we’re supposed to spend 30 minutes on a UFO. If you’ve listed to Episode 207, you’ll know that I’m participating in the 21-Day Decluttering Challenge run by Karen Brown of Just Get It Done Quilts. ![]()
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