{"id":10043,"date":"2012-07-31T06:31:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T11:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=10043"},"modified":"2012-07-31T06:31:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T11:31:56","slug":"domestic-pursuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2012\/20120731-10043.htm","title":{"rendered":"Domestic pursuits"},"content":{"rendered":"

I walked into my craft room a few weeks back and just about laid down and died.<\/p>\n

It’s. SO. messy.<\/p>\n

Disaster zone messy. Can’t walk anywhere without tripping over something messy. “Were you born in a barn?” kind of messy.<\/p>\n

It’s horrendous.<\/p>\n

As I began to sort through the mess of fabric and notions and thrifted items and scrapbook paper and stuff salvaged from the recycle bin, I began to identify my problem: Too many ideas, not enough follow through.<\/p>\n

I have half a dozen hundred (and that’s not much of an exaggeration there) projects in progress–or fabric and notions paired for a project that’s just in my brain.<\/p>\n

I have a ginormous tub full of jeans ready to be made into a jean quilt. I have homespun flannels paired to be used in a braided rug. I have a teal matte velour for a skirt and a gorgeous lavender satin with a scalloped edge for a formal gown and bright green sateen for a Christmas dress. I have flannels already cut to size for receiving blankets, appliqued blocks ready to be pieced and quilted, crazy quilt blocks to be combined. I have bags of fancy fabrics for a crazy quilt of my own design, bags of old t-shirts for a throw quilt, old clothing articles waiting to be upcycled or used as a pattern.<\/p>\n

The problem is that all these projects are in some state of UNDONE, and are filling my craft room past its capacity.<\/p>\n

I decided that rather than try to reorganize my many ongoing projects ad nauseum, I would try to reduce the mess by completing some of the projects. <\/p>\n

So I’ve been doing lots of little stuff around the house these days.<\/p>\n

Repainting a thrifted file cabinet and sorting through my files (I still have to repaint the cabinet next to it–then I can empty the filing crate that’s hanging out in the middle of the office.) <\/p>\n

\"Painted<\/p>\n

Finishing up a bath mat that I started ages ago. It’s made with old t-shirts gathered into ruffles and sewn onto a canvas matting. I had about five rows done and a whole scad of t-shirt strips pre-gathered. I just needed to get sewing.<\/p>\n

\"Ruffled<\/p>\n

Making a “Christmas” throw rug (easily washable for bathroom use) with the thrifted towels I’d bought for that purpose a couple of winters ago.<\/p>\n

\"Christmas<\/p>\n

Making a pillow cover from an old sweater (and a pillow form to go inside of it).<\/p>\n

\"Pillow<\/p>\n

Making the needed repairs to this lovely maxi so that I could wear it at last (I bought it in rather shabby condition.)<\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/p>\n

Altering this shift down a few sizes so that I could finally wear it. (Yes, I do buy vintage clothing that doesn’t quite fit if I think I can figure out how to make<\/i> it fit.)<\/p>\n

\"Vintage<\/p>\n

Making a bag (using thrifted fabric) for the waffle blocks I’d bought at a thrift store a month or so ago.<\/p>\n

\"Bag<\/p>\n

Finishing another row of quilting on a quilt I started three or four years ago (using old dresses and skirts!)<\/p>\n

\"Quilting<\/p>\n

Decoupaging 20 advertising magnets so that they don’t advertise anything anymore.<\/p>\n

\"Decoupaged<\/p>\n

Except one, which advertises myself:<\/p>\n

\"Decoupaged
\n(Beyond the glare, that one reads “Bekah Bekah Bekah”)<\/p>\n

Can you tell which patterns I liked best?<\/p>\n

\"Decoupaged<\/p>\n

And I’ve made a new Kindle cover (for which I will someday put up a tutorial–I’ve taken the pictures and I have the steps written out–I just need to translate it into web-speak.)<\/p>\n

\"Kindle<\/p>\n

Fully opened:
\n\"Kindle<\/p>\n

Fully closed:
\n\"Kindle<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, all this has barely made a dent in the disaster that is my craft room. I did, however, at least get my larger pieces of fabric in some semblance of order:<\/p>\n

\"Fabric
\n(Please pardon the blurriness of that photo).<\/p>\n

And I pinned<\/a> a few hundred additional craft ideas.<\/p>\n

Of course.<\/p>\n

:-)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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