Finish It Up Friday

I have a little project I thought I would share with you. 

 First a little background.  

To the right of my sewing machine on my table is a very small space that seems to become very cluttered. 

 It seems like I am always bumping things off of this area. 

 Oh sure, I've put some things there that I thought would help, but I always end up piling 

more and more there.  

You can kind of see what I mean behind the light and to the right of my machine.

Not too long ago I happened to be in Hobby Lobby and saw this.  

BINGO!  

The light went on. Perfect storage for that area! 

 I could "build up", have twice as much storage in the same little area and 

still have some usable space under it if I needed it. 

 But that color, UGH.  

A little bit of Aqua spray paint later and voila!  

My new sewing caddy is all set to be loaded up and put in my space! 

 It sure did de-clutter that space and it's pretty to look at while I sew too.  

What neat sewing space saving tips have you done? 

 I'm always looking for new ideas to keep my space a little more organized.

Linking up to Finish it up Friday.

On a side note, thank you all for your kind words about Mosen. 

 I really miss him but am glad he is not suffering any longer.

~XOP~

Got Stash?

I seem to have an overabundance of stash.  

What about you?  

I have been lugging Rubbermaid bins from the basement to the second floor of my home 

into my sewing room.  

I have been folding and stashing and folding some more. 

 It has been CrAzY!!  

I don't even know how many bins I have emptied and how many more I have to do.  

I do know that what I have left will never all fit into that one little room!  

Bins left > storage space to put said bins!

Thought you might like a peek to see how it is coming along.

 Shocking that the blue stash takes up TWO full cubbies right?

I need another cube on the top of the tall one and maybe two more where the basket is too,

 not sure if that will crowd the TV too much but I sure could use the storage! 

 Thankfully IKEA is about a block from my house!!!

Oh and what is on top of that tall cubby?  

Some Night Shade, Neptune and Hope Valley

JIC you were wondering about hubby.  

Apparently I am now married to a pirate!

Have an "Arrrrrmazing" weekend!!

~XOP~

IKEA Goodness and Scrappy Trip

It was a great weekend over here! 

 I have a lot to share but will break it up into a few posts. 

 My hubby and I put my IKEA cubbies together on Saturday. 

 I pulled a muscle in my back this week so I have not been able to do a lot of moving or

 packing up Christmas (still). 

 I managed to snap a pic of him assembling the bigger unit.

Here are the units all assembled. 

 I did take the dragons down and that shelf too. 

 That's where my TV will be going.

I ran over to Cori's and picked up some stuff that I ordered too. 

 She ave me the cutest little silver bunny and a gift certificate for my Christmas present.

I love that girl!

I don't know if it was just me but I had no idea that there were words on The Proberbial Quilt pattern!

I guess it makes sense but I just thought it was cut up stuff.

I also bought some bias bars. 

I need to make some bias strips for a quilt, for an auction that I had committed to.  

The auction was put on by my daughter and some o her friends to raise money for Wolf Haven via the Teen Wolf Sterek fandom. 

I bought some panels to use to make the quilt. 

 As I was in my *new sewing room* cutting the panels apart and making the squares all the same size, I laid it out on the floor. 

 Hmmmm.  

How to put this together. 

 I laid it out like this and then it hit me...BAM!!! 

 I will keep the wolves like this and copy them on the right.  

That leaves a whole in the middle so here's where my brilliant idea comes in...

The fandom is Sterek.

 The 2 characters people in this group are shipping are Stiles and Derek. 

 Derek has a triskelion tattoo on his back. 

 I can use the bias bars to make a triskelion for the center block!!!

Cool right?? 

 I sure hope I can pull that off!! 

 Yeah, embrace your fears baby!!!

Then, and I totally blame Jeannette, 

I made a scrappy trip around the world block.  

She wanted me to cut a 2.5" strip from every piece of fabric I was putting away.

That would have taken way too long!

 I wanted to try the block and see if I even liked making it too before I committed to an entire quilt.  

It was fun to make up this block. 

 Now I have to decide if I want to make it all scrappy or use the fabrics from this line. 

 Peacock with Alison Jane Smith.  

I bought quite a bit of this and along with a few solid prints this would make a great scrappy trip.

So hubby brought up some tubs of fabric and I put those away, unpacked my closet and now I see two more bins waiting for me now too.

I went upstairs to my sewing room around 1:30 and when I looked up it was 5:30!!

OMG I am so in love with having my own space.

I do need an ironing space upstairs though. 

Running up and down the stairs kind of sucked.

Any suggestions for a small ironing space?

I will be having some fabric and other things up for sale on my blog tomorrow.

If you are interested in anything please email me!

Have a great night!

Back to work for me tomorrow, UGH. 

I just want to keep playing in my new space.

~XOP~

Whatever You Do On New Year's Day...

You will do for the entire year! 

 Ever heard that?  

I was trying very hard to do some things today that I want to be doing throughout the year, for sure. 

 I started off the morning by making a new waffle recipe.  

They were fantastic. 

 I can see I will be experimenting with cooking more this year.

Check!

I was uploading photos and had a cat helper.

 (love the fact that my hair was wet from the shower, so flattering!)  

Hallie would not leave my lap so I used her as my table. 

 Cat at my side all year? 

 Check!

I did some stuff no one wants to hear about (boring, but necessary). 

 I decided it was time to get into the new sewing room and 

see how my machine would fit and it which position.  

So I was moving stuff around and I think this is going to be the arrangement.

I will end up facing the IKEA shelves once I have them. 

 This is the only way, if I want to open up my whole table that I can do so.  

See that low dresser? 

I wrenched my back moving it toward the window! 

It feels like a pulled muscle on my right side.

 YIKES!

Then because I wanted to do something quilty, I cut my 10" squares for the Kokka fabric swap.

  I think it means I will be swapping all year too! 

 Woo Hoo! 

 I also think it means I will be spending some time in my sewing space. 

 Check!

I went to see Les Mis tonight with a good friend, so spending time with friends? 

 Check!!

Taking pictures of my kitties? 

 Check!

Last but not least?  

Why blogging of course! 

 Welcome 2013, I hope you will be a great year!!

~XOP~