Wool Work

 Stella

this wonderful doll was purchased for me by Mom

in the mid 90's

on loan to my sister for years

she needs some TLC

she's been overseeing my work in the sewing room

 

this is another cupboard

I'd like to see a different color

 yesterday it was just a drop off point

today wool waiting to be dyed

resides on the bottom shelves

on top...

this is my fall decorating

everything else is stored away

sad but true

Saturday Puttering

I have ignored this closet for far too long

some things untouched for years!

I want to paint it 

since that won't be happening soon

figured at least I could clean it out

so today I'm alternating between cleaning

hooking little simple pieces

(about 6 x 6)

preparing invoices for my booklets...

tomorrow I will take the designs to make copies

back to the closet

it used to be worse

over time I have used up many bottles of polish and cleaners

shampoo, hand lotion 

but the light bulbs!

they never seem to end

my parents had enough for the whole neighborhood

I have been placing all "like" things together

so brought another 15 packages

of light bulbs in from the garage

will check and see if they work then donate

Hope your having a wonderful day

this morning it was cool and breezy

with windows open 

I could hear all the chimes Mom had around the house

of course it made me smile

No More Stuff

all the images are from Pinterest

I don't need more stuff

just need to get it out where I can see it to use

this is fat quarters of cotton

I'd use it for wool

too fussy for me

I like the idea of hanging organizers though

I'm thinking my patterns on red dot

or other large patterns on paper

 

 maybe I've shared this one before

love , love, love these

will definitely need to get the pattern

I have lots of wall space in my sewing room

all these projects could fit on one wall

could

*****

after a visit with mom

I hope to be home and hooking the rest of the day

it's brutally cold and windy

intermittent snow

wishing you a warm and cozy day

 

In That Funk Still

off to a slow start

because I couldn't find my Miller pencil hooks

until this morning

colors appear brighter than in real life

going to try marbling some fabric for the background

once I find my directions on how to

will do most of the rug from my worm baskets

just not the background

I have WAY to much wool to buy more

so will have to dye something

been studying Karen Kahle's rug for background ideas...

my sister sent me this pic of me

from about 1965-6

most likely from kindergarten

no mole on my face, just a spot on the pic

I was pretty cute if I do say so myelf

 this is my NC brother in law Frank

I need him to organize my sewing and hooking stuff

like his workshop

*****

Thanks for my birthday wishes

let's just say it wasn't the worst birthday ever

there was cake

I think I'll stop celebrating them from now on

my quote for 2017

"'I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty;
I woke, and found that life was duty.
Was thy dream then a shadowy lie?
Toil on, sad heart, courageously..."

-Louisa May Alcott

Heatstroke

I'll pass on this book

but if anyone else needs it

I can supply the cat hair

cracks me up seeing

cats in boxes

mine aren't much interested

besides a sniff session

the wife of a coworker sell thirty-one

he caught me in a weak moment

so I bought 2 large totes

(same as on the shelves...lotsa dots)

stuff : I still have too much

ever feel like yours is weighing you down?

the less I have - the less I want

reminder to self...

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Not much creative going on here

the heat has taken away my will...

at least my house is

cleaner and more organized then ever before

why I've even mended some clothes

I know, right

heatstroke for sure!

Worm Control

worms might look nice in baskets

but they are too hard to use...

having to dig around

looking for just the right color...

seeing the way Karen Kahle

has her wool divided by color

in zip top plastic bags

I knew that was what I needed to do...

Melrose has objections to my entering

the Wool Room

usually he has it to himself

after I clean the sewing room table off

then transfer that pattern to linen

I will divide up my wool...

Tomorrow I should be able to share

some after photos with you...

Searching

it's the old needle in a haystack hunt

I thought I knew where all

my rug hooks were...

turns out I did know

before I moved

the past few days have been

an exercise in organizing

all my small baskets of

thread

pencils

scissors

pinkeeps

works in progress

floss

wool strips

and on and on...

nope

I haven't found the

one hook I'm looking for

but I did find

2 Miller pencil hooks

(I have about 6 or 9 or so)

not to worry...

it won't stop me

from drawing a name for the

giveaway tomorrow morning!

~Organizing Genius~

look what I found

one day only:

http://peachycheap.com/

I snagged this photo

from Renee's blog

to show you

her awesome

product in action!

Visit her blog

some

organizing inspirations

http://simplyreneeinc.blogspot.com/

then visit her website

to see all

the

tempting pieces

to make organizing easy

~~~

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I'm thinking what a

great Mother's Day gift

perfect for

quilters

stitchers

and hookers too

just might be

on my

must have list

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Getting Organized...

This photo was from last summer...it's much worse in there now~

My life just seemed to get away from me this year...so next year it will be different...not in a New Year's resolution kind of way...more daily baby steps...

And getting organized is one of my main goals...no matter how much I've managed to remove from this house, it's still one giant creating studio...and I'd very much like to change that once and for all...

So when I stumbled upon this blog looking for a pincushion pattern, it seemed a perfect challenge for me to take up:

http://thedomesticdiva.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/the-sewing-room-organization-challenge-begins-now/

Early Sunday

Olivia resting in "catland"

Chester had been on the orange hassock

but decided to try his luck

for a snack...

Emptying my huge wool scrap basket

and placing bundles

on an old wood clothes rack

just a bit of decluttering...

Chester denied a treat again

~He think EVERY time

I stand up is time for a snack~

Work in Progress: Studio

Yes, the couch is still in the living room...keep moving it around to get the walls painted, shelves moved in and loaded with wool...still have to paint the other side of the room and hang new drapery rods...

This is the sad old sewing room as stuff gets moved out...will be painting the wooden shelves that hold my books and magazines and put it under window in Studio (still 1/2 living room for now)...this will be the junk room until other rooms are done then this one can be scrubbed, painted and new carpet or flooring...