I finally got around to cleaning my sewing room out. I wanted to reorganize my fabrics and just keep the best ones, so that I could see them at a glance and use that as a basis for future quilts. I put the excess fabric in my basement room, so it is where I can get to it still. This is how it looks now, no more heaps of fabric falling over and covering up other pieces, so that I had to dig to find anything. The pile in the upper left is my amish fabrics. I plan on making some mini amish pieces and practicing my free motion. All of the beautiful fabric was gifted to me, by my friend Kelly. I would never have been able to get fabrics like that.
The pile to the right is my homespuns. I was waiting to get enough in tans to make a wildlife camping quilt for my trailer, so that will be a future quilt. Then I have fabrics in sets and types for regular quilting and a set with batiks and fun fabrics for art quilts.
I also have my basics for backings and borders on my other unit, along with a shelf of floral fabrics that will all go nice in a quilt.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_iSI-9lJ4TKMoOljqM7OTdHvgnfipXrNN_Yk9AqaC6UYvjlwHSlN7mZBRLjQFqQD1bpUnZGYosSkD9DJ-YNK78qEiT6jpNYWk1QmyaIIIP3Zbq_QuAIIgr-EL3zifcfr7WtlfRVrQYc/s320/mystash.jpg)
While I was cleaning, I decided to take my buddy off the floor, he was hidden to the side and I thought he would make good company while I worked at my table. I saw this in a prim store and said I like it. So, my husband surprised me and got it for my birthday, a few years ago. He is 3 feet tall, and now I don't have to talk to myself while I work;)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7ZZMc2ptGYOZiRjBOIsVQgjkqhT8TrojEDjrey3cFHKNbaptWTCEvKUHlRbblDvDZhBbrpIDOql4L1xYxLNPuoVLKp-M14mHhnqFB-LvLLU4xi4ejpbbYZ6M6wxj8AcFw0ajmt3WG8A/s320/bigcat.jpg)
And since I was cleaning, I thought it was time to go through the boxes of wools, in my basement. Some is leftover from projects, some cut and needing dying and some, as is. I used to hit the thrifts every monday and grab all the wool on dollar day. So, I had a lot and too much to cut and dye at once. The problem was, my sons cat had to try out every box, no matter how high I put it. It was covered in hair and she puked in a few boxes. That was thrown out and all the hairy pieces went too, so I threw away a good amount, but it wasn't the best wools anyways. The rest got washed and dried, then I had to brush the remaining hairs off.
Here is the first load, lots of reds and orange in this one.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPp9nUB2Nc9WQRpF1yE19qrIvdCTxP6Fk6qifcSuTVlfTyAbZaO0wcS_o9Ah9iUnE0SExpQ2ic180zHOxLmFwjqePC9q4wpwbFbj6UwjBMe0T-VbLb0ZH0qSxYA-r24qTMceZytMRNw8/s320/woolone.jpg)
Then the second load....
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-HBs1OKrSREuGuQZz1Pnq1z-oUm-yJb_BGugM4YzXGBuRlOWYXCwAv3P27BWDJmsewkOcBJVrxAdJ5hTAPEqZBweZBNHnxIeBPGn0u9EaeWF4bPGAWyxV2VIbGZV1sl5nGL-CJQGVS0/s320/wooltwo.jpg)
The third.....
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXrxhjF-QqVXZUmFB6DhNaYo393LdWibnpNUfvNW8SabH8Or4V00-5zdRYFOmGGtKozrE_36fKB040OCQFyRim6ckNJjKZrLqh0MTOkgOsEec2un2StRXhWlEEo8xiKiB2Z1PAvsHFQw/s320/woolthree.jpg)
The fourth.......
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeDIgMqOLNx03abhsjYux2ZTFCXpGbFcaEMFcwGEcNL1rOx2sJMZmi6ZVglf-xG3QX8wA11_4TKjct3qFi0fzgyP4a_5rbZKMsDxteW0hJS2jzIcY2nrpJH-ljovihvojxHiisTdi6cY/s320/woolfive.jpg)
And finally, the fifth, that was enough for one day and it did take me all day.
I did enjoy finding wools I had forgotten about and got lots of ideas of what to make with them. I plan on doing a lot of wool pieces since half the wool is too thick or thin for hooking, but perfect for quilting.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzFXjg7RLq2T6-hDNoMVz-Fi1gS060WePLGMSTSGftxVHlD9IiW3ApNfdCD0RXTHTkjWC5oixZCYc686UQG3QWfe9WyaQ2LJeHVeyq8PanxhEtCsfIAy526E1lwgJ2OmZu9pe0amXNsg/s320/woolfive.jpg)
I still have a few plastic buckets to go through and some boxes, but almost there. Then the fun of dying will begin, but not in this heat. I keep my dyed good wools in these bins, in a locked room, so no kitty hair. That is where my things will stay from now on.
I think with all this wool and all my fabric, I need a go cutter. I really think they should pick me to receive a free cutter and a giveaway, dont you? LOL
Now that my room is cleaned out, I started on finishing my first project. Then I went into the hallway to do something, jumped to avoid crashing into the vacuum and ran into the door frame instead, duh. Now I have a broken pinky toe and it hurts like heck and I can't stand on it. So much for standing and cutting at my table.