Almost Done

So for the last couple/few days, there has bee less creativity and free-spiritedness and more things of the organizational variety.  Yes, that's right, I spent time on organizing. Me. 

It was for a good cause. My dresser donation fed into my desire to orgainize said small creative/office room as much as I could.  Unfortunately, the greatst goals were not realized.  Partly because of cost and stores still being closed, but mainly because said efforts  really didn't make sense knowing that I will be gone before Christmas (hopefully much sooner)  The biggie, of course, whas that this room really needed to be painted a bright white instead of the wierd light  warm yellow green you see that really affects my pictures. When I moved into this room from another room, my son had literally one day to move me as he was working almost eighty hours. I wanted it done then and there, thining paint could happen later.  Now, between the number of pieces of furniture that would need to be removed, and the amount of time I'll be using the roomI'm faking it for the next months.  Instead I'll live with the color and somehow  arrange a large white drape in a reclaimed desk corner for taking pictures and comparing paint and quilting shades better with my light issues.  And I'll also get to looking at those "natural light" lamps to see if I can improve some of these indoor pictures instead of dragging them outside every single time!

This is a double edged sword. Love the greenery and it keeps the room well insulated, but during half of the year, it eliminates much of my nice natural light!

The other biggie was to get rid of this crazy rescued from the you know what red table, head my self over to Ikea and get another beige six foot work table to match the other.  Again, I plan to be gone long before Christmas. This will go on my Texas list and the putting together of one table and removal of the other can wait and be part of the moving. Besides, I have to think about the new arrangement and measurements once I am sure of everything. 

Yes, that is alcohol in the corner. For after sewing. Seriously I decided to try white sangria and something called "Not Your Dad's Rootbeer"  !  Neither are my thing so I plan to offer up the root beer on Next Door.

I did get alot of organization done. I love my looming dresser for the same reason that son was ready to get rid of it - the drawers are over 20 inches deep and they can store a whole bunch of stuff (his new dresser is long and low and goes all the way along one wall also giving him alot of top space). The picture above shows a very unorganized drawer of fabric, and once I remove the plastic bin, much more will fit. Same with yarn. Which is a good thing, more of both are on the way.  I was going to leave the big bin on the top of the dresser for leaving packages to "marinate" and then I decided the mail/packages can just sit on the top of the dresser however they come. The bin will be cleaned out and go back to storing winter things.

Much of the stuff exiting the room this afternoon.

There is still stuff to be done. There is a corner under a desk that has very large broken picture frame, a plastic bin lid that matches nothing we have, a ripped and torn serger cover and other things, most of which need to go to the trash-when we feel they will not be overloaded, because of broken branches and other things. There's also a large bin of papers to be sorted through under the table I'm sitting at that has been avoided for quite some time-I won't admit how long.  And I really need to order a new cutting table for this room.

But everything is put away, the room looks much better with all the bins and I have gained some lost table work space, so I am a happy camper. Now back to the sewing, painting. quilting and the occasional purchasing of all the things needed for those endeavours (I spent a good hour or so before I started my day looking at fabric and yarn). 

Shawl for me

Shawl for sister, she rejected the bright one for this lol

I have no earthly idea yet.

Oh, and as I am determined  to get quilts in hand finished, I pulled out the five completed quilt tops I have today (which were all folded in large ziploc bags and scary wrinkled) and laid them over the top of a shelf so they can no longer be ignored! The first one will head out to a professional quilter this afternoon.  These five do not account for some partial quilts that need to be sewn together first. That, my friends, is a different story!

And now I am off to follow up on my very first ever in my life missive to a "Nine on Your Side" TV show consumer complaint. More on Friday.

You can see the others peeking out below.