Merry Christmas Eve! I hope all your gifts are wrapped and all the baking is done before the your family celebration tonight, tomorrow, or when ever your family does their thing. I probably should have put the linky party on hold for a week, but I didn't think ahead. It's a hard week to both stitch and do all the pre-holiday stuff. With the coming up holiday I expected to miss a few days. That I didn't is pretty amazing.
- 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
- 15 minute days/Dec = 20/23 days
- 15 minute days/2023 = 302/357 days
- Success rate = 84.59%
Next Sunday will be the last linky party for 2023. That's a bit sobering. It's not so much that I'm not ready to let go of 2023, I'm just not ready for 2024.
Even with all the holiday prep, I did manage to spend some time on scrap processing and fabric pressing.
It's really hard to judge progress. As I pull out strips, it fluffs up what's left. But the level is definitely dropping. I won't finish processing this bag before the end of the year, but at least it's getting much closer to empty.
I did reach a milestone with the fabric pressing.
The top photo is what my to be pressed bin looked like on October 28th. As of December 17th, it was empty. Turns out the last three pieces of yardage left weren't all that big: a 4.5, 3 and 2 yard pieces were all that was left. I didn't keep a tally of the total yardage in the bin, it certainly filled out a few shelves in the fabric closet.
Unfortunately, this bin wasn't the only pile of fabric sitting in the sewing room that needed some attention.
This pile has been sitting over in a corner of the sewing room for I don't know how long. I've sorted through it. Found a home for the t-shirts (those were used to make the ear loops for the masks I made for the family during the pandemic) and moved the remaining pile to the bin.
So the next time I tackle the fabric organization, this will be where I start.
So did you manage to get any stitching time in this week?
| 1. maggie f 2. Julie in GA 3. Frédérique | 4. DonnaleeQ 5. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 6. katie z. | 7. Carol Andrews |
Powered by... Mister Linky's Magical Widgets.
Congratulations on getting that bin emptied, even for just a short time! It seems like there's always more to get organized, but you have been making great progress.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your family!
Applause for the finished ironing! Enjoy your Christmas Eve. We are at 60 degrees with rain this morning. Wishing it was snow instead!
ReplyDeleteYour empty yardage bin is impressive, Kate! Merry Christmas! Enjoy your time with your family!
ReplyDeleteYour success rate is quite high, well done! Thank you for your motivation throughout the year.
ReplyDeleteWow - an empty bin is impressive! It rarely happens around here. LOL
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
Have a peace and joy-filled Christmas with your family Kate! Yay for emptying the pressing bin!
ReplyDeleteI so admire the "stick-to-itiveness" that you have on organizing, Kate. You have given me motivation throughout the year to do the same- well I try . LOL. I want to thank you for being such a kind , inspiring and encouraging friend as well as tell you how grateful I am for your beautiful blog and all that you do to bring quilters together. I wish you and your dear family a very Merry Christmas. Hugs. P.S. Not much stitching time here this week either- maybe this next week. Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a big job that's good to have finished. Merry Christmas, Kate and family.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on all the fabric pressing and scrap processing Kate. Merry Christmas to you and yours. 🎄
ReplyDeleteNice work on your organizing, I am sure you will be happy to start the year with the room in the shape you’d like.
ReplyDelete