Posted in My projects

I wrote recently that I've been working on reorganizing, cleaning and straightening up my sewing area.  Last week I hit an impasse.  I just had more stuff then I had places to put it all.  My solution was to tackle the box of mending jobs I'd been putting off.  I'm almost done and it didn't take me long.  I took some of the handwork with me to the library today.  I finished sewing buttons on a shirt and reattached a kitty's head.  After lunch I hand tacked a lace overlay on a dress to disguise the wear around the waist.  Now dd will be able to wear it.  I still need to hem dh's scrubs, put a new zipper in a dress, repair a ragdoll's overalls,  turn a pair of too short pants into shorts, hem a pair of cut offs, and replace missing buttons on two pairs of pants.  If I had just done these jobs right when they needed doing it would have been so much easier!  Once that's all done I will begin tackling my box of UFO's.  Some of the UFO's will end up being Christmas gifts this year.  Once I finish my Christmas gifts and UFO's I will have plenty of room to neatly store everything I have.  Well, until I accumulate more, lol!!   I remind dh that I did get rid of 1 1/2 bins of stuff, 95% of what I have was free and I've made beautiful things for nearly nothing because of my extensive stash.  He smiles and nods.