Almost There

  I still have things to move out of my sewing room but at least they are sorted and ready to go. Whatever I am keeping is sorted and ready to use. I do not have things all back in order but I did set up my sewing machine and I did some mending. I really hate mending, especially when it involves taking out seams. However, it was the first thing I did when I got my machine set up and it is good to have it out of the way.

Although thing are not back in order, I have cleared a space that is orderly enough to work. I made 2 blocks for an Underground Railroad quilt that our church group is making. They were pretty fast and easy to make. When I work with triangles I usually press the seams open but I followed the instructions and pressed to the dark and I have lumpy intersections and grumbled a lot.

These colors are pretty  true, maybe a little darker in the photo.  Not the colors I usually choose to use but they are true to the era the quilt represents.

I have 2 other blocks to make from the same fabric pool but a different block. After I finish them I hope I can complete the job of putting my room in order. I am looking forward to using some of the things that I had forgotten. I have a few things I was all fired up about but life got in the way and they were put out of sight and out of mind.

Life is still getting in the way but I need to find the time for the joy of creativity and accomplishment.

That's what keeps the cranky pants in the closet. 

Stalled

 It seems as though I have been working at purging and organizing for months and making no progress with organizing. July came and went and nothing to post about.  In an effort to make my sewing space more cheerful (an area I don't want to avoid) I hung some of my older pieces on the design wall.

This is Summertime in the Land of OZ. It is from a class with Lorraine Torrence . It looks a little dull here but is really light and bright.

This is spider web from a pattern on Bonnie Hunters blog. this were made years apart but my color choices were  pretty much the same.

This is a wall hanging I made for our bathroom before our last move and it now resides in my sewing room closet along with the three banners below, which hung beside and between the mirrors above the countertop with 2 sinks.

I had finally resorted to drastic measures and took my sewing machine out of the sewing table and folded up the table and put it away. I kept coming across things that distracted me. Instead of sorting to give away I found myself putting together little packs of things that looked good together to make something. I even sewed some blocks together and quilted a couple of things for which I have no use and don't know anyone else who would want them. That is when I put the machine away and rearranged furniture to make a  sorting area that is not conducive to any sort of work involved with sewing. I think I have finally tackled every box, drawer, basket, bin or stack of trays. I gave some things away and have some boxes ready to go, SOMEWHERE.  I am not ready yet to get my room back to sewing/quilting mode. When I moved a chest from my bedroom to newly freed up space in my sewing room closet I found a drawer of old paperwork that needed to be shredded and disposed of and then 2 drawers of the same in Jack's dresser. He has always kept things very organized but paperwork going pack to 1980 is just over the top too much. Four very large bags of shredded paper later, there are three drawers freed up but I am still stalled.

So...... here I am with boxes and bags finally ready to move out but not yet gone. I'm feeling ready to sew again but my room needs to be put back in order and my machine put back in the table. I am going to get help to move everything again.  After moving everything around to make a better working area I was exhausted and aching.   I hope I will be back to "normal?" soon.  We'll see!