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Back from the beach. Sorting the sewing!

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We’ve been home for a few days now after having a week at the beach and visiting DS in Wagga for a few days. This time I took some embroidery with me. I enjoyed sitting outside on the verandah in the afternoons listening to the ocean.

I haven’t embroidered for years and I would like to get back to it and improve skills. This pattern was from a class with video instruction from Clever Poppy that she ran recently. 

We’ve had lots of rain here and flooding in town on Monday. We are fine as we live on top of a hill and it seems to be going down quickly here. Other places in the region have been badly affected and I’m so glad we cancelled our big holiday to avoid the flooding.
I’ve started going through all my sewing projects, WIPs, UFOs and scrap stashes and making a list of everything that needs finishing. There’s a lot!  I found quilt tops, sewing projects and patterns I had forgotten about and finally found my misplaced Splendid Sampler blocks. I’m bagging everything up from each project into clear bags so I can easily see what I have and putting them on the open shelves instead of in drawers so they don’t get forgotten. 

I’m feeling as though I’d like some more routines back in my week. I listened to a TED talk recently about stages of retirement and we’ve been enjoying the first ‘holiday – freedom’ stage a lot. I’m just feeling now like I’d like to have a bit more organisation in my week. I’m not tired from working anymore and I have more energy to do things. Not sure where I’m going with it but thats my thoughts lately. I also want to get back to more regular blogging. 

We have a big few weeks coming up with birthdays, my in-laws 65th wedding anniversary and our 40th anniversary. I love this time of year with the lead up to Christmas – lots to do and this year will be our first Christmas with family since Covid started so it will be great to get back to normal I hope. Covid changed so much – did it affect your end- of year get-togethers? Do you feel like life’s returning back to ‘normal’? I’m getting my covid booster vaccination this morning  as its on the rise again here, then time to catch up on blog reading.

TGIF!

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 Oh thank goodness its Friday! The last week has been a bit of a sleepy blur here. I’ve had a virus and basically just slept and slept I went back to work yesterday and slept 13 hours last night! Just so fatigued and no energy at all but otherwise I feel well now.

Tests for Covid were negative but the symptoms were all there except the cough so it was either a mild case or just another viral illness doing the rounds at the start of the school year. 

So I’ve done no sewing at all and I’m hoping to get back into it and get caught up this weekend. 

Only six weeks to go until retirement! 

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?