Just Made the Deadline

I finally sorted my Sewing Room and am so thrilled. It only took most of March to do. I had to come the realization that I have a lot of fabric. When you're shuffling things around, it doesn't seem like it's out of control. When you have to box it up to add/remove furniture, it's another story.

I am reaffirming my pledge to not purchase any more fabric for the rest of the year. (Said after I placed an order today to use my expiring vouchers at Pink Castle fabrics. I couldn't let that deal go!) I am done with online fabric shopping. For real this time.

Now that I have my long desired design wall in place, it's on! I still have to figure out how to get more time to sew but that's another problem for another day. I'll share pics of my room later.

So, I also needed to make my BOM for my Stash Bee hive due in March. Since I didn't even have a place to sew for weeks, I was able to work on it last night and this morning. Finally.

I just made the deadline!

Here's my March BOM for hive #6:

Super Scrappy Sunny Day block

I love that I was able to chain piece each section as I went and whipped it together pretty quickly. This was a lot of fun to make for Melodee.

Hope you've been making a dent in your stash.
Enjoy your week!

Saturday - Day 12

Some Saturday Thoughts:

-Why am I working on a Saturday? (I did procrastinate a little on Friday and had a great lunch with a dear old friend.)

-I'm taking my vacation in November. Let the countdown begin!

-I love this quilt that I'm making for my friends' 10th anniversary. The Tetris quilt is coming along quite nicely. (I hope to have the top done tomorrow if I can finish my work tonight.)

-I can't stop buying fabric. My addiction is currently being satiated at:

Pink Chalk Fabrics - So many modern fabrics, so little time. Most of these were purchased for no reason at all other than being fabulous designs and colors. I may have gone a little overboard.

    

 

Now, what to make? I love the endless possibilities.

Loralie Designs - Such fun panels and colors. (It's harder to find African-American women on fabric so I had to buy some!)

Missouri Star Quilt Co. - You can't beat there Daily Deals when you can get such great discounts. I wait until I see a few things I want to make the shipping worth it.

$1.99 for this yummy charm pack.

Sprightly Fabrics - Discovered this website by accident and am so glad I did. They don't have a large selection but what they do have is at a real steal!
(No photos yet since they were just ordered on Friday!)


Two more from JoAnn: Halloween Fabric for my godson's quilt!

What are you into this weekend?

Weekend Review

Ok, I did get much of the room sorted but am not done yet. I had way more fabric than I realized! I used comic book boards to fold up my fabrics into uniform stacks. (Fat quarters are on on smaller boards. Bulkier fabrics were folded into separate piles or sealed in vacuum bags.) Here's what I have so far:

It's a marked improvement from where I started last Friday. I am eager to get more of it finished later this week. Finding some hidden gems underneath piles of fabrics was like Christmas in a way. I also sorted all scraps by colors into separate bins that are labeled underneath my sewing machine table so I can find them quickly.

I did manage to sort and organize my tools into pretty labeled drawers. It's nice to have them all in one section of my room instead of 3 separate areas.

I started sewing again today and am working on my idea for the Madrona Road fabrics from my guild. Our projects are due in March and I have a bit more work to do. I have a design in mind but need more hours in the day to work, sleep, eat and quilt. I'll take pictures and share those later this week when I have time to post.

I can't wait to get projects done now. I love the fabrics I've collected over the years and am eager to make great things happen with them.

P.S. -Is it wrong that I want to go shopping for even more fabrics now that I have a great system to sort them?

Weekend Clean Up

A Hoarder's Reckoning 

Somewhere along the line, my room has become chaotic with fabric shoved here and notions shoved there.  I really want to clean and organize my space this weekend so that I can find what I need. I want see all of my beautiful fabrics to inspire creativity.

Looking at pages of how others have stored their fabric made me ready to get my shelves set up this weekend. I've already stored bulk fabrics in vacuum sealed bags since they are not materials I would use for quilting. (I eventually want to learn how to make my own clothes but am not there yet.) I also have a great organizer with rainbow drawers from Christmas (Thanks Love!) that needs to be labeled so it can house all of my favorite tools. I have 3 shelving systems of needles,bobbins, binding and buttons that can be condensed into one, I hope. If I am to be more serious about my quilt work this year, I need to clear my space to make it happen.

Before
(Sadly, this isn't even all of  it. I need to fit
secret stashes in there, too.)

I wish I was at QuiltCon this week! (Although, I would be probably come home with lots of fabric and no where to put it.)