Good Thursday morning everyone! Before I head off to the gym for team training (post on THAT formulating in my feeble brain) I’d like to announce the winner of the seat in Art + Science of Scrapbooking:
Four boxes and two bins…the two bins
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!!
Giant Pile of Mess
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.
yes, another blurry picture…so exhausted from sorting I couldn’t hold the iPhone still 😉
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
Four boxes and two bins…part four
Yay! The last of the big boxes…I am so happy I took the time to work on this project. Definitely time to clean out the old and start making stuff…I can feel new projects on the horizon…but now on to Box Four…
piles of stuff…
Ah ha! So this is the box with the lighter weight fabric earmarked for clothing…. wondering where this went….Have a lot of sewing to do from this box in the next few months.
Re-purpose
-pieces of fleece leftover from making “cozy pants” for the girls…I’ve been cutting them up into 6” squares and will sew those squares together for throws for each of them.
Keeping
-Two lengths of linen colored linen fabric…originally purchased for shorts/capri’s and a jacket…may turn into shorts and skirt
-Three lengths coordinating Amy Butler “Blossom” (I think) prints….one for a skirt, one a blouse and one for jacket lining…. definitely going to sew these up this year, not quite sure into what yet.
-Three lengths denim, from mid to very lightweight…. skirt? shorts? top? All of the above?
-Linen/cotton windowpane plaid…have had this forever, not sure what to do with it but it is really beautiful.
-Three lengths cotton prints for sleeveless blouses….honestly, one of these pieces I am not really that thrilled with so I may let that go. The other two are cute and I have to dig around and see what pattern I could make with them…
-One length pansy print fabric I have had forever and have been afraid to cut up… I think this is the year
-Two pieces cotton twill, black and brown…for shorts…now that I’m wearing my shorts longer, I hope there is enough of each.
-Length of linen/cotton/poly blend print…black and brown batik…I really liked this when I bought it but now I’m not quite so sure… can’t decide if I want to put the effort into making something out of it or not…would probably be a full skirt….will keep for now and think about it.
-Big length of muslin for fitting.
more crummy photos, I know…trying to shoot quick and move on to the next pile of stuff!! you get the idea!
Pitching
-cotton print no longer thrilled with
-pieces of blue bottom weight cut out but never sewed…now lily is too big for them!
*Yay*! (insert jumping up and down and hand clapping) The big boxes are done and just taking things out and re-folding them I have gotten a lot more room. Definitely will not need all four boxes going forward.
Now just the bins to go through…on to the next post!
See the other posts in my 2014 Fabric de-stash series:
Box ONE , Box TWO and Box THREE
A Giveaway!! Free seat in Art + Science !!!!
Hello all my scrappy friends….and even my non-scrappy/not quite so scrappy friends! I am thrilled to have a give away for you !! As I mentioned a few months ago, I was asked to contribute content to the Art + Science of Scrapbooking re-run class at Big Picture Classes. The class is going to start running this month!!!! (insert hand clapping and jumping up and down!!) In honor of this, I have one seat in A+S to give away to one of my blog/facebook/twitter followers!!
Here is the info on the class:
Art + Science of Scrapbooking, 16 brain-boosting challenges to strengthen your creative process taught by Stacy Julian and Jennifer Wilson
http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/art-science-scrapbooking.php
Starts 5/15/2014 $45
Class Description
Are you a right-brained person who embraces possibility and spontaneity, thrives on imagination, relies on feelings, and thinks in symbols and images? Are you a left-brained person who practices strategy and order, finds comfort in facts, relies on logic, and thinks in words and language?
The answer to both questions is “yes!” In The Art + Science of Scrapbooking, a mind-bending workshop from Stacy Julian and Jennifer Wilson, you’ll learn to harness the creative power of both sides of your brain.
In four illuminating weeks, right-brainer Stacy Julian and left-brainer Jennifer Wilson will help you embrace your natural cognitive strengths. But they’ll also challenge themselves, each other, and YOU to find a new sense of balance and power as you explore the other side of your brain.
Read rest of description here
Link to Promotional video on YouTube
To enter, leave a comment here on my blog, or on my twitter feed or on this post via Facebook. I will put them all together and draw the winner on Monday. Contest Closes at Midnight, EST, Tuesday May 6th. Good luck and even if you don’t win the free seat, I hope you will join us in the classroom!!
AND THE WINNER IS !
Thanks for this giveaway! It would b awesome to be in this class!!!
Thank you everyone who popped over and entered, I’m so excited for the class to begin!
(inter)National Scrapbooking Day is almost here!
Yup, a whole holiday devoted to one of my favorite hobbies!! One of my favorite places to take classes is Big Picture Classes and they will be hosting a FREE online event tomorrow from 9-6 pst. Hope on over to their site HERE and sign up. It will be tons of fun with give-aways, challenges and loads of inspiration!!
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National Scrapbook Day “10k” On National Scrapbook Day 2014, come help us complete our very first “10k”—together we’re racing to add 10,000 new scrapbook pages to Instagram in just one day! Sign up now for this FREE, one-day, online event brought to you by Big Picture Classes and Studio Calico. Ten expert scrapbookers will be sharing ideas and inspiration throughout the day, from inside a private online classroom. Get inspired by nationally known scrapbookers!
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Special thanks to our Team 10k members:
Come scrapbook with us on National Scrapbook Day 2014!
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triggsey 
Thanks for this giveaway! It would b awesome to be in this class!!!
Congratulations Kim and I’m so excited for the class to start!!