Yardage Sorted and Now????

Wow I started this blog entry over a month ago on April 29th. It is now June 2nd and I am just now getting back to it. On April 29th I was sitting at the airport and just heading out to my daughter's home to visit the grandkids and get the baby blessed.  But I never got back to writing it.

As usual time has gotten away from me.  Work has been crazy busy and while I've gotten another supervisor, we are still down 3 techs.  Plus our big Audit was supposed to be June 1st and 2nd.  In preparation for the audit we get lots and lots of people down from Corporate.  It has been a very busy month. And the Audit has been postponed until the end of this month.  I don't know how I would have gotten through it without my morning routine. Well without further ado here is the blog I started at the end of April.

I have finally finished going through my yardage.  I thought I was never going to get through it, but I finally did.  Going through it was the best idea from the declutter challenge yet. I should have done it last year. I found fabric that I had forgotten all about. I found fabric that will work for backings on a couple of projects. I found the fabric for a quilt for Emerson. Best of all I am recharged and wanting to start planning more quilts. I have come to believe the statement that the fabric will inspire us.

Going through the yardage did reveal some less than pleasant discoveries. I already mentioned the mice issue.  I was lucky. Only two bins were affected. I discovered that I had a lot of apparel fabric that I will never use.  I didn't think I would be getting rid of any fabric but I have weeded out 3 bins worth. Most of it is going to my daughter Tatianna. Some of it is going to my daughter Arianna.  I also found a bunch of scraps.  I actually have more scraps now than I did before I did last year's challenge. So I now have to catch up on my scrap management. 

The biggest challenge I have right now is where to put all the little clear bins of fabric. It will most likely be going into my dining room. I use my dining room table as a cutting table. The dining room very convenient as it is adjacent to my studio. I have some other rearranging to do in the studio as well.

As for stitching this week, I've basically just done some EPP.  I actually finished covering the Hexies and now am sewing the flowers together. I got two done this week. I am finding this is a good project to do when I am sitting watching TV.  It keeps me from snacking, which is always a good thing.  Now I am thinking about getting some hexagon punches to make my own papers.  

Since I wrote the above, my daughter TaKayren has grabbed my Circuit and figured out how to use it. Turns out the model I have can be connected to the internet. So now I am wondering if there aren't programs for cutting EPP papers? If I ever get some down time I will have to do some searches.

As for other progress, I have cut up a bunch of scraps into various sizes.  I also got the blocks cut and sewn for Haper's and Athena's quilts.  In fact I managed to get the top for Harper's quilt pieced.  Just about 30 minutes each morning sure helps to get things done.

I guess that is it for this installment.  More to come later.  Hope you get to quilt today.