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Shoreline, CT, United States
I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

SOME PROGRESS, et al

 

Here are the "starting" color stacks of my prints....

[I say "starting" as I haven't gotten 
into my bins, boxes,
and bags as yet to pull fabrics out...
but there are not really
all that many fabrics left!!
I may have to go "shopping" to round
out some colors as you can tell from the
smaller stacks...--too bad hahaha]

The two bigger bins on the left top hold
whites and "I don't know where
to put these?" prints...
and my Jolly Bars and 10" 
precuts...
and
You can just spy my leftover
bindings bin on the top right...

Here are my solids on the right
still in bins but not
yet re-folded...
I don't seem to use solids
very much so I think storing
 them in bins will work--
at least for now.
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All my jelly rolls, etc are stored in this blue bin
on my bottom shelf
and so far my shirtings reside in that plastic
zippy bag next to the pinks/reds bin....

I will be re-assessing these after I have 
gotten into my top shelf
pictured below
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I did find my long-lost quilt labels fabric during my
search--so that is good...I need to label a lot
of my finished pieces...;)))

And
While I am sorting and folding I am
coming across lots of little pieces that are now
here

A new collection of 2.5" squares ready to go;))))

I am using my old Accuquilt Go! Baby
cutter and the 2.5" die--even though it has
dulled a lot with age...👾

Lots of these smaller pieces lined up to be cut...
(Does anyone know of a way
 a way to sharpen dies?)

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While doing this I've felt the need to
break my "no buy" pledge:

So I began with these two great little
Halloween fabrics that I found on sale:


AND
I plan on using them to make my grandgirls--
Willa and Fiona --Halloween placemats...
I think they are just so cute;)))

So far so good--I am resting 
this afternoon after putting
in another 45 minutes this
morning...
I need to pamper my back a bit...

Hugs, Julierose, 
La Blageuse
(still-sorting-euse)














10 comments:

  1. Mostly looking at Youtube and ---gasp--fabrics online....
    $$$$$$--

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  2. I love so many of your fabrics! I always find fabrics that I just can't figure out what color to place them with. Then what do you do???? My fabrics are by color but not folded neatly. Just easy to grab!!!!

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  3. You've made great progress. it's looking so neat and tidy. While I've been sorting I found a huge bag of 3" squares that I cut out years and years ago. So, I've ben sewing up 9-patches to make some charity quilts. I've made 50 blocks so far and haven't made much of a dent in the bag. Love the Halloween fabric.

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  4. Your newly folded stacks are looking really good! As far as solids, I don't use them anymore so I donated mine to someone who makes comfort quilts (they make excellent bindings). She was delighted.

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  5. Seems you are having a good tidy up, and it's always good to finally find those long missing items. Or even things you didn't know were missing, till you found them again!

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  6. This looks amazing, I could never. I love how you are so neat and tidy and the colors are so appealing. What a pleasure it will be to make your next projects.

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  7. The shelves are looking good.
    You can't sharpen dies. You might find putting a sheet of paper or 2 on top of the cutting mat will give you crisper cuts. I have to do that on several dies that don't seem to cut all the way through.

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  8. I love that rainbow of fabric piles in your first photo! Looks like you are doing great with your sorting and organizing. And the Halloween print with the hat quote - love it! Where did you find it?

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  9. That's one thing about organizing stash - the discovery of long-lost treasures. I really need to go through mine and see what tidbits I might find.

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