Wow! Three weeks has gone by so fast. Work has been especially busy and my hours have been erratic. A lot of stress there and some ugliness that will need to be worked out. I am trying to work on being more positive and more focused on the things that make me happy.
I finally quilted the other Church Ladies Apron quilt top last Sunday. I made several mistakes and that quilt will remain in the house. However I did figure out a few things, one of which is how miserable it is to take out a whole row of quilting. This particular pattern was flowers and there were areas where it stitched back on itself. That meant taking out inch long sections of double stitching. YUCK!!!!
I also learned a little more about placement. I am learning and hopefully I can improve with each quilt. I am hoping to put a quilt on the long arm each week. Life got in the way this week but next week I will try to have Pretty in Pink on.
I also managed to get the bindings cut for both the Church Ladies Aprons quilts. Hopefully this week I will get them sewn and put on. I also started assembling the blocks for the Simply Squares quilt. I think I am going to call it the Lily of the Valley Quilt. So small progress in a few areas which is good.
I haven't jumped deep into in the declutter challenge. I did go through all of my thread and pitch several spools. I am trying to use up thread on my piecing. I also removed squatters but another one came in this week and I will need to find a home for it. I am not taking the challenge by days anymore. I gave up lots of stuff last year and really the thing most out of hand is my fabric stash.
Since, I've decided my biggest problem is my stash storage, that means doing some hard work. Organizing the fabric so I know what I have and having it where I can see it is the biggest hurdle. I am not going to have an answer for that right away. It will be a few months at least. I am hoping that I can inventory it and remove some stuff that I won't use.
I listened to a pod cast where the guest was a organizer/studio designer for quilters. She talked about fabric having energy. She says we walk into the fabric store and get all this creative energy. Then we buy all this lovely fabric that has inspired up and when we get home, we put it out of sight. She says our fabric should be where we can see it and be inspired by it. I am so guilty of this. I have six or eight big bins of fabric sitting in a closet. I have fabric sitting in bags all around the studio. I need to get it out. I need to fold it uniformly. And then for now put it in clear bins. I started that this week. I got six bags of fabric folded. I am going to do the fabric in bags and boxes in the studio first. I am hoping that once I've accomplished that, I can start going through the big bins in the office closet. I do feel better just handling it.
While doing this Declutter challenge, I discovered that there was another lady who lives near me that was also doing the challenge. In a world wide group challenge, who would have thought that we would both be from the same small town in rural Georgia. She and I met up this past week and just started getting to know each other. I hope to set up another "coffee date" with her in a week or two. She is just really nice and fun.
All and all it hasn't been too bad month at least on the quilting/home front. How have you been?
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