UFOs - The Results of Cleaning a Craft Space

This week I have been working on cleaning and organizing my craft space.  I live in a small house with a large bedroom so my bedroom is where 2 tables and all my supplies live.  Due to many issues; small house, general lazyness, and 2 cats and a dog plotting revenge on me when I left them for 2 weeks; my craft space is a general disaster.  I also work from home with my office being off my living room and slowly 2 sewing machines and lots of supplies have made their way into that space.

So this week I finally got all my cottons reorganized and put away.  I now have a separate space for solids, and my character fabrics are separated by theme.  Batiks are up on top as I tend to use them the most.  Everything else is separate by color.
Cottons by color.  Of course the batts go up top!  Batiks in reach.  The empty spots is where I have to fit the character fabrics, somehow.

 Then there is the non-cotton items.  I have more of those fabrics than I thought so I am thinking I need to organize them by weight.  Or by color.

I thought it would use up 3 drawers, instead the non-cottons use up 6; and I still have a bin on the floor!
Then there is 2 huge drawers of various ribbons and trims.  This week I tackle the various mixed media items like stamps, scrapbooking papers and beading items.

The ribbon and trims so far in 2 large drawers.  I am still finding random ribbons in various places - hope they all fit!
While working the cottons, I found a lot of UFOs.  Blocks I have done over the years and abandoned for various reasons.  The random blocks I am thinking about putting in things like pet blankets and maybe a baby blanket or 10 to donate.  Then I found these 2 wall hangings.

Why didn't I ever finish these?  I did them years ago as a challenge to self in working with paper piecing and sewing round shapes.  I LOVE THEM!   I had to wash these 2 to get some musty scents off.  Took a deep breath and tossed them in a gentle cycle in the washing machine with some oxyclean.  Let them soak for an hour then ran them thru the rinse cycle.  I let them dry flat then spritzed them with lavender bed spray.  It worked!


My next task is to figure out some free motion quilting.  This weekend I am thinking I will pick 3-5 designs from Leah Day's wonderbar list of designs.  And then it will be time to play!  Can't wait to get these on my walls.   I am thinking about still doing a 3rd one with a paper pieced star shape. Fun stuff!







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  1. Love the wall hangings you found. Absolut beautiful colours. Have not yet dared the circles myself but am hoping to get there soon.
    Good luck with the fmq on then.

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    1. Thanks!
      Dare to try something new - this whole quilting thing is a never ending learning adventure!

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  2. Those wall hangings are beautiful!! Oddly, I just moved my batiks to the top of my stash a few days ago!

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    1. Thanks Linda! I have to admit, to me batiks are a step above so they get their own home!

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  3. Love the wall hanging blocks you found! They are gorgeous!

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