A little organization

Hi everyone,

It's been a busy day around here.

It's my oldest birthday today.

He is 15 years old.

I can't believe it.

Kids grow so fast.

So, we celebrated tonight with a nice dinner.

My in-laws came over and celebrated with us too.

I was busy organizing this all afternoon.

But this morning, I went to Home Depot after dropping the kids off to school.

I had seen these large basket that clip together for only $2.99.

I thought they would be perfect to organize my scraps.

Remember this picture!!!

These are some of my scraps.

They fill a large black garbage bag. LOL!!!

I know!! I know!!

It's a lot!

I had brought them to my sister's to make little quilts in September
 and had put them in a large garbage bag.
 They have remained in that garbage bag ever since.

I used to have them in a large wicker laundry basket,
 but it was so overflowing and
I couldn't always find what I was looking for
without dumping the entire things.

So, I bought 10 large baskets and
here is the start of my scrappy re-organization.

This is about half the garbage bag sorted.

Ahhhhhh!!!!

I have a lot of work to do.

The thing I like about this system,

is that I can see what I have.

If I need a little piece of something,

 I just go into that color basket and grab something.

I'm the type of person that gets inspired by the fabric itself.

I usually impulse buy a fabric because I like it,

 then decide what I'm going to use it for when I get home.

 One good thing is that I haven't been buying much fabric lately.

This is so hard to do.

Because there are so many wonderful collections I want to buy.

But I only have a small sewing space.

 If you recall, it's only 5 feet by 8 feet.

 It's like a walk in closet.

I have so much stuff in this room,

I can just basically walk in two steps,

and sit at my sewing desk.

That's it.

No more space!!!

I could barely get this picture,

because I couldn't back up. LOL!!!

So, it's time to organize.

Now, I'll be able to see what I have and make

mug rugs,

 scappy quilts,

 place mats,

table runners,

pot holders,

zippy pouches,

etc.

Back to work for me.

My scraps are calling.

Hugs

Ariane