This weekend I was putting away a few piles of fabric that I
had used to make the border on my current quilt in progress. No matter how much I rearranged there just
was not room in the drawers to get the correct colors put back with each
other. How could this be? I keep vowing that I am going to use up my
scraps and I faithfully do it, but then somehow other fabric just seems to show
up on my cutting table begging to be included.
I know I could make quite a few quilts using just what I have without
making one more purchase. Why is it that
those colorful bolts of fabric just call from the shelf begging to come home
with me? While I was folding and straightening and
grumbling that I need more storage space I came across a scrap of fabric that I
had used in an apron.
That led me on a whole other search. Where was that pattern? I had made an apron for myself and my sister
Laurie. I'm the one on the right. It was such a simple pattern and
it occurred to me that I could use up a whole lot more fabric if I made some of
these aprons as gifts. Since I have been
displaced from my sewing room to make it a bedroom for my grandson I have
sewing stuff stashed in various places.
One thing led to another and soon I had a mess everywhere while looking
for that particular pattern. I got to
thinking that I really should de-clutter.
Do I really need all this fabric, all these pattern books, all these rulers? Am I a hoarder? What a thought! I looked around at my mess,
at all the lovely patterned cottons, this one was made into a baby quilt, and
that one was a scrap left over from a quilt for my mom. And then I knew. I did need it all. I just needed more space to put it. Another cabinet? Another closet? Another room maybe??? I knew that if my husband could be inside my
head he would begin to worry. But in the
meantime where is that scrap of lavender?
As I began putting everything away I realized that I never did own that pattern. I had borrowed it from a friend. I hope you all have a marvelous day! Quilt a stitch for me……
Oh my dear…ROFL…I thought I was perhaps reading a post I could have possibly written. I wondered if I was a hoarder too. I don't think I want to know the answer, LOL. My sewing space is a real mess right now too. I will be doing a bit of cleaning up this weekend to get my head straight.
ReplyDeleteTFS and I really enjoyed reading your post.
Thanks! Another way of looking at a hoarder is "a person who is always prepared for something they just might need in the future." LOL Seems like a sewing room is either extremely neat which means there's been literally no activity or a complete wreck which means creative minds and fingers have been at work. Have a great weekend!
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