Today's Thoughts

Unsettled........that's the best word I can come up with. Unsettled the last few days. I seem to "flit" from one thing to another.

Some bloggers that I try to follow have been "cleaning out" fabric. I, too, have been feeling overwhelmed. AND, I have made a (more serious) effort to sew from my stash and not buy as much. I've donated some fabric, and given several yards to my sewing friends. This has helped. BUT, some of my sewing friends have also been giving fabric away and I have a hard time saying no to free fabric, especially at the risk of hurting feelings.

I also tend to "save" larger scraps, thinking someday I'll get to "that" quilt, or that I'll use "that soft knit" to trim the neck of a tee sometime. (I think part of that is from Mom - she was a Depression child and EVERYTHING got saved. She was always very frugal - even in later years when she didn't have to be. That was her life and became my life.) You get the picture.

Well, totally unplanned today, I started going through parts of the sewing room storage areas--plastic bins, storage baskets and dresser drawers. I found one drawer that was basically filled with cordings (that I used during my purse making days). I haven't used them in over a year--what didn't get tossed today, went into a plastic bin to go to the garage. (If I haven't opened those garage bins by this time next year, the stuff goes to the ASG garage sale.) By doing that kind of "clearing," I freed up about three dresser drawers that can store things I use more regularly. That got rid of some clutter. Yeah! I felt Freedom coming on. And I felt a bit (just a bit) more settled.

There is plenty more to do and who knows when I'll do today's exercise again. Maybe tomorrow--maybe in a month. I do hope I do take time to do it again.

I gave myself permission to toss some fabric. Yes, it needed to be tossed. It wouldn't have been worth postage to mail it to someone else. My sources for donation are dwindling and some stuff just AIN'T WORTH IT.

And I'm still wide awake! It's almost 11p.m. (I'm ususally snoozing by this time). Unsettled and WIDE AWAKE. What a day!