Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Scraps Make a Mess

 The sewing room is once again upside down. Sometimes it feels like I spend as much time cleaning up as I do getting anything done.
 Trying something new for now by pulling all of the dot fabrics for a home of their own. I do love me some poka dots.
 Most of the fabric is wrapped and back in place. All this scrap/stash sewing is not whittling fabric down as fast as I would like
DD#1 media room pillows have new slipcovers, only kitchen window treatments left on her Mommy To Do list.

My sewing room was a mess after pulling scraps and stash last month. I had hoped it might look like I had made a good dent in it all but..Na, lot even close :(

Since everything was upside down anyway I figured I would try to tweak some of the organizing I had going on. After two days of work it looks worse now than when I started. I do however see a light at the end of the tunnel. I almost have a handle on all of the magazines and patterns. The scraps are back in there rightful tubs. The majority of fabric has been wrapped an tucked back in place. I sat last night for FOUR and a HALF hours to cleaned up the PC embroidery files.

My plan for tomorrow is to concentrate all day on the sewing room, I might not get it all done but by golly I am going to stick with it. I think the only way to make a good dent in all the fabric is to get going on some quilt tops. I pulled out a few scrappy patterns that just might help some. Hope to also start working on a new charity sewing project using only what I have on hand.

Thinking about even walking in a fabric store right now turns my stomach. I MUST recover quickly as we have our GF mountain trip coming up at the end of the month. There is such a sweet quilt store there that I would like to take a peek in :)

The other downfall I have found is patterns! Oh my. Many/most are from magazines or online quilt alongs. Oh ya, and books, sew many sewing books with pages tagged of must do's that haven't been done. Fat quarters....I have a plan for you too!!

Please tell me I am not the only one that is being overrun by fabric and patterns!!

5 comments:

  1. You are not the only one. My scraps have multiplied and replenished the earth! Sewing with scraps doesn't use them up, it simply makes more. No matter how much I use up there is still more, and more, and MORE! I keep thinking that when I have some grandchildren I'll use it up. Probably not, but it's nice to dream. Keep sewing!

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  2. My name is Debby, and I'm a fabricoholic, right? :) At least you create a mess doing something you enjoy :)

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  3. Oh- I have WAY too much fabric and I bet I have well over 100 patterns! I have too many scraps to count..and like the gal above I, too, am a fabricoholic. Your craft room is looking GREAT!!!! xoDiana

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  4. I have plenty too, mine are in big storage tubs on a giant shelving unit. I wish they were stored more stylishly but I am thankful for a big stash and that I usually already have the supplies for so many projects.

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  5. When I tell my husband that I am serious about UWIH (Using What I Have) and that I have been using only fabric from my "collection", he shakes his head in disbelief. So I finally told him to picture a large plate of spaghetti -- when you eat 2 strands of spaghetti, you do not notice that the amount on the plate is diminished. So when I make a whole stack of doll clothes, I am using what I have, but I would have to use up a great deal to make a noticeable difference. Yeah,I'm losing it.

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