I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!  And all the stuff crammed into these poor baskets, OK here we go last pile of stuff to purge!!

I think I didn’t realize how junky these two bins had become…my intent was for them to hold fabric/projects that were next up on deck.  Instead they have been relegated to the bottom of the closet and had stuff dumped on top.

Keeping

-Leftover lengths of PB “Simone” drapery fabric…I had to hem all of my draperies when we moved into our new house and I kept the cut off bottoms to make pillows, cover benches etc…

-Handmade batik fabric… My mother bought me two yards of this from one of the cruises she went on back in the 80’s.  She thought it would make a great skirt…which it would have but I’m glad I saved it.  I used pieces of this to fill the glass doors on our console in the front hall.  I’m going to use the rest of it to make a quilt.

-Orange bottomweight fabric – shorts for Gwen, when I see orange fabric, I buy it for her. Think I have a pattern in my stash

-Printed interlock knit – top for Gwen, need to find a pattern

-Paisley cotton – A’la Amy Butler, have perfect pattern to make a tunic/top/dress…need to go get some coordinating fabric as it’s a really pretty patchwork-y top

-Paris Fashion conversational print… originally purchased to make a window treatment in my old studio, never did anything with this…may use to slipcover my office chair.

-Gardening jeans to patch

-Knit top (one i love) need to figure out how to camouflage hole in front at waistline.

-Three crewelwork pillows that my great-Aunt made, I love them and I know how much work she put in to them.  The really sad thing is that she lost her sight to macular degeneration and could no longer embroider, or near the end, do much of anything.  So I really love that I have them, need to figure out how best to display them.

Pitching / Donating 

-Almost one bins worth of fabric scraps from making the quilt for our bed.  I’ve never done anything with these pieces and they are taking up space so out they go.

-Two apple green gingham check long curtains … from girls old bedroom, was saving in case they wanted to use them in their new rooms but they are not interested… out they go.

-Two pieces lavender gingham check…was curtains in our old house, cut off the trim to re-use and out they go.

Throwing out

-Old muslin for blouse

-Misc scraps and pieces of lining.

Oh My Word, got through everything and its in some kind of order!!   The two piles on the left are keepers, the bags need to be hung up and the pile on the right in front of the basket are pieces that are going away.  Next step…putting all this in some kind of order that makes sense and figuring out where to store it so it is not i

See the other posts in my 2014 Fabric de-stash series:  

Box ONE  ,  Box TWO , Box THREE and Box FOUR