Today I am on the hunt for some important papers that have been missplaced. With all of the activity/business since my father in law has passed I can not remember where I put those papers. I have looked & looked. Currenty I am working/looking in my sewing room. When I cleaned up all of my sewing stuff from next door I think that I put those papers in with the sewing stuff. Well, while I've been looking I've also been cleaning & reorganizing. So far I have sorted through one large tote of scraps & all of the piles that you can see around the tote have been put away!
I aslo found an antique quilt that I bought off of craigslist a few months ago. It just hurts my heart that people would think to cut these old quilts up. So I had to resuce this one
It does have its fair share of rough patches but for $30 I just couldn't pass it up. When my husband saw it he thought it was nice but he did want to know where I was going to put it. I reassured him that I would find a place. Maybe someday when we get a bigger home I can display some of my antique quilts.
I am also trying to work hard on this Chess Board quilt. It's coming along but not as fast as I want it to. I decided this am that I had enough strip sets made I was going to start slicing them up into 1.5" strips
Now I have a giagantic pile of these little pieces that I am matching up into pairs & then into 16 patches.
I'd better cut this off. I need to stay on the hunt for those papers & finish my cleaning in my sewing room. With all of this cleaning it makes me want to sew! I hope that y'all are doing well. It's beautiful & sticky here in the middle of the USA. Unfortunately not hay making weather, too much rain in forecast for the rest of the week. More later on,
Vicky
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I was searching for paper work last week and ended up cleaning drawers and files while looking. Not fun, but necessary sometimes. Your chess board quilt is going to be a beauty!
ReplyDeleteAt least you are sticking with the search. I'm so easily distracted that I'd never get through even one tote! The antique quilt is so pretty. I am always happy when I read or hear that someone is trying to save even one. Have fun with that pretty chessboard quilt--love those colors!
ReplyDeleteEvery time my kids loose something I just tell them to start cleaning until they find it. It usually works, and things end up cleaner in the process
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