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Floods, snow, decluttering & new Tilda fabric.

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 What an interesting week we are having here! It’s been raining for days and we have lots of flooding in town and across the state. We had planned to travel to see DS today but the roads are closed so we have cancelled. There are some backroads but the last thing we need to do is get stuck somewhere and not be able to get home. 

Yesterday, as well the flooding we had snow! It was quite heavy falls just outside of town. I’ve never seen snow in November here before. It’s usually hot and sunny but it’s been quite cold.

But it’s been a good week for sewing and decluttering! I have been working on my overflowing 5″ square scrap bins – mostly children’s prints. I’ve just been joining squares ready to be made into eye spy quilts later. I started with making strips for the disappearing nine-patches 

… but after a lot of sewing I just wanted to get them done faster so made the rest into 4 patch blocks…

It all fits neatly back in the drawers now and when I want to make an eye spy quilt it will be much quicker to join a few of these larger blocks. 

I also had some beautiful Tilda fabrics delivered this week. I just love Tilda fabrics and so I decided to treat myself and join the Tilda club so I get a project each two months. While I may not get them done straight away it will be nice to have them in my stash for when I want a change from sewing quilt tops. 

Here’s my first month of the Tilda club – its just gorgeous!

I also bought a Chic Escape fat quarter bundle and some dots & plains for a paper piecing quilt top I want to make.

  and a Hometown fat-eights bundle for a wall hanging project

I hadn’t planned on doing Bonnies mystery quilt this year as were to be travelling but now that I’m not and after seeing the beautiful colours she has chosen I’m in! I am going to use batiks and have ordered them this morning. I’m quite excited to be doing it again! Are you doing Bonnies mystery this year? What are your thoughts on the colour choices?

I’ve also been decluttering old work ‘stuff’ with five large garbage bags of old files & paperwork shredded this week. After a lot of thought I’ve decided to let my professional registration go and I’ve now given up on the idea of perhaps doing some occasional work in retirement. After seven months I’m feeling so much healthier but I’m also realising that I am still quite burned out and seeing how much of a toll work took on my health. It’s time to just stop and smell the roses. 

“Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. 

Whatever it is that makes you happy.”

Rita Moreno

So Scrappy RSC

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 I’ve been looking forward to having the time to do The Rainbow Scrap Challenge where each month you use scraps in a specific colour. It’s a fun challenge & it helps keep the scrap stash down.  The colour for January is red.

I decided to use Bonnie Hunters Carolina Chain pattern from Addicted to Scraps as its all from 2″ strips in light & dark colours. I made these give blocks:

I played around with a few different arrangements:

I do have more red scraps than this though & some of those are being used in the Table Scraps challenge which I’m working on getting finished for next week.

After that I worked on Rhododendron Trail. I still have a lot left to do but I find I can only trim blocks for a little while & then I need a break so my wrists don’t get sore so I just do a bit of block trimming each morning & try and get the trimmed blocks sewn by the end of the day.

While I was looking for something else in my sewing room I found some 4″ squares that would work for baby boys quilts and started joining them up as they won’t take long to put together.

It’s been a lovely weekend just sewing! 

This week I need to do some ‘work’ decluttering and get rid of some books & resources I won’t need anymore.  I think I will just give them away to some junior colleagues.  I’ve finished all the ‘work’ shredding which felt good and I’m plodding along with data entry tasks. Overall I’m on track to be all up to date before I leave and I’m still working from home which is good. 

Linking up to So Scrappy Saturday 

Sewing Room Declutter

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I’ve been happily sorting my sewing room since Christmas. It was a real mess with stuff piled up everywhere and a little path through the middle. I emptied the whole room out so I could clean it and then have been decluttering & sorting before I put things back in. 

I re-organised the shelves and storage and I love it! Now it’s finally easy to see and find what I need. Heres a few pics:

Those fabric boxes are all full of wool & crotchet projects.

The drawers have 5″ squares & orphan blocks in them. Fat quarters are on the very top and the shelves have projects and large scraps in them.

I like to sew at the kitchen table so I bought a little trolly that fits perfectly behind the door. Then I can quickly pack up my sewing when I need the table for dinner and roll it out again afterwards so thats reduced the amount of sewing ‘mess’ that used to sit about the dining room.

I also started Rhododendron Trail – Bonnies annual mystery quilt. I’ve got clue #1 done:

I’ve also been working on parts of other clues. My goal is to enjoy my sewing & not push myself to meet deadlines anymore so I’m just sewing along at my own pace. Heres where I’m up to this morning:

I’m about half way through decluttering the room and I’ve been watching the sewing room Declutter Challenge videos to keep me motivated.

I’ve found sewing & decluttering to be a really good distraction at the moment as the covid news here isn’t good so I’m escaping into my sewing. Omicron is spreading rapidly, it’s difficult to  access a test and the health system is struggling. We have shortages of  meat & chicken and over half my grocery order was unavailable this week, mostly fresh veggies & fruit. One of my friends is sick with Covid at the moment. We had done a good job in Australia the last two years but it’s well and truly here now. So I’m keeping busy and we’re staying home. I’m glad we keep a well stocked pantry and a full freezer.

I also sorted out my unfinished projects and have made a list which I’ve created a page for.  I am so grateful I will now finally have the time to sit and sew each day. Are you having a January declutter?