Sewing Room Shelves Organized -- A Bit

I got in there while I was waiting to hear from the vet.

When we were at the store this morning I picked up 6 baskets for the shelf unit in the sewing room.  I spent the afternoon tossing scissors/rotary cutters/blades in one, thread spools and cones in another, dyeing stuff in another, patterns in one and some random junk in another.

Looks better, huh?

I still have two more  I may use those in the front room where I also two of the same units.  Remember I found these sturdy metal shelf units at the Office Furniture place in their Used section for $99 each?

The project boxes are empty, but maybe soon I can fill some of them!

I also wanted to show you what my friend Patty the Quilt Lady gave me when we attended QuiltCon together.  I use this a lot.  It is the perfect shape for scissors and rotary cutters.  I keep the basic items i need to sit by the machine and just do normal sewing.

That means i can just pick it up and bring it to the Quilt Haus when I go there to sew.

Thanks Patty!  I love it!  Especially that tiny scissors charm!

I also took a pair of blue jean capris I had tossed out.  I actually dug through the trash to retrieve them, don't you know.

I made this stamp with a block of wood, string and some tin foil.  I painted bleach on the stamp and de-colored some areas on the jean fabric.  Nice.

I was going for waves.  There is a show coming up and the theme is Dreams.  I want to portray Nightmares.  Like the flood.

I found a glass and painted bleach on the rim and made some circles.  Even got a moon of sorts.

And I took my scrub brush and dipped it in the bleach and pounced it on some areas.

I tossed the pants in the washing machine and ran it through a cycle with extra water and some vinegar in the wash cycle.


Next step, plan.  Then cut, design.  And finally make and embellish.

Frank has his flaws

Today is unusually busy for some reason.  And I know I won't get to the sewing machine at all unless I trip over it. 

And that title is interesting, I know you are reading this through.  And yes, Frank has his flaws.  He is controlling, impulsive, obsessive/compulsive, unyielding in his stubbornness and always right.  So I decided I needed to put those things to good use.

And I happen to know he never reads my blog.

We all know that Frank wants to be in total control.  Over the years you have heard my many stories of him trying to gain control and me fighting for my rights.  When it comes to decisions, I have yet to have one that he has not changed.  So I thought to give him control of the piles of stuff in my sewing room. 

He has to wade through my stuff to get to the ironing board every morning to iron his shirt for the day.  Yes, he does iron his own shirt and vacuums the carpets (several times) every day.  So I let him know over the last few days that I wanted my stuff in these uncontrolled piles.  And I began to move them out into the path to the ironing board.

At first he would walk around the stuff in his path, barely noticing it like batting at a nuisance bug.  The next step was to make the stuff higher.  So now he had to move his hip over when he tried to pass by.  Now the bug became a fly.

After a while I moved two piles into the pathway.  A horsefly!  And then I closed the pathway off totally. 

Now he had to actually move stuff to get to the ironing board.  A buzzing, stinging bee!  And he grabbed the bait!

He told me I needed to clean my stuff up, notice how he uses the word "clean" rather than "organize" indicating my stuff is DIRTY?  I'll admit there are some dust bunnies in there, and a nice layer of dust and fabric lint on the surface of things, and the blinds are practically glued shut with the thick layer of dust........OK.....dirty. 

So I tell him in order for me to "clean" that stuff up, I need to get the rest of the stuff "organized". 

Now he is thinking.  That is what he does well, he thinks about solutions for things that I am doing wrong.  I am waiting for him now to come up with a complete organizational system for my room. 

I need a sense of timing about this.  If I tossed Carrie into the mix too early, half of the stuff would be tossed out and I don't want that.  I need to lure her in at just the right time.  So that is my challenge. 

I'll admit, Frank does have his flaws, as does Carrie.  But if I work it right, I can make them work for me to my best advantage. 

glen