More sewing, and cleaning, and ....

More STASH!!! Oh my, I must go on a fabric diet, soon! I think I will do that come 2013. Remember that Halloween Fabric sale I told you about.............my order arrived at my house 3 days later. All 40 yards of it. Doesn't the Fat Quarter Shop package it so purdy??!

 Here it is all un-bagged and sorted by color, stacked so neatly. This is what 40 yards looks like, this pile is more than 12 inches tall.....I measured it!

 Then a few days later I got my full box from Tonya over at Ozark Fabric on FB. Another 30+ yards. See all this wonderful fabric.

 Here is my pile of Yenters..........I had to make a whole shelf just for these, because I will have LOTS more coming in February of the new line. Yippeeee. I am a Jason Yenter addict!

 Here is my pile of bright blenders, rainbow style of course. Red, Orange, Lemon Yellow, Lime Green, darker green, Grayish, Chocolate, Rusty, Cream. I know she still has some of these left @ $4.00 a yard. Might have to get some more.

Then while I took a break from cleaning up the messing studio, I started working on those ladybug blocks. Trying to get all 20 finished since I don't know when in November we are suppose to meet to do the exchange. Merlin decided he was going to help me. Glad he wasn't a total brat and kept the neatly stacked piles he was laying on, in neatly stacked piles. He laid there and purrrrrrred, swatting at the fabric every once in a while.

I had read on Bonnie's blog about how black fabric is soooo saturated with dye that she alwayspre-washes her black......(I am not a pre-washer)..so I took out the bolt of Kona black I had, cut it into 2 yard pieces, and washed it all today. Gotta remember to get it off the line and put it back on the bolt. I actually did this after cleaning up...(keep reading), I am just too lazy to move the pic in the right order :D

Oh what a mess my room has become again. This is one of the tables before....what a nightmare!

After about 20 minutes of cleaning it up and putting things away.

 The whole table. Doesn't this say "Hey come be creative!" ?

Then while I was on a cleaning streak, I grabbed the yellow scrap basket, and started cleaning it out. First ironing it all out........ Forgot to take a before pic, but I did empty the bin.........see.

 Then I started cutting strips, or squares if I could. Then putting others into a strings pile, then crumbs, and the itty bitty stuff in the trash.

 Then I started on the purple bin.......before

 after it was all ironed and sorted for cutting.

So now the yellow is 100% scrap system organized, and the purples are awaiting to be trimmed and homed to the right bin. 25 + years worth of scraps I am determined to get them all done soon. Will be easier to work on when they are in strips or squares. Lets see, I have pinks, red, oranges, green, black, brown, multi, 2 HUGE blue bins, 1 HUGE white bin too. I think I will keep going with the little ones, so I feel like I am getting somewhere before trying to tackle the blue and white bins. At least then I will know I only have those 3 left and they are all done, so it won't seem so bad. I can probably make an entire quilt top from those 3 bins only. In fact maybe I will try........to see how far they go. A challenge for 2013 I think?!

I also finished the top on the Pink n Orange one, the borders are all pieced and waiting to be attached. Camera battery died so no pics. I will try to attach the two later and take pics of it. It looks awesome. Love the color combination!

Well it is 10am finally, and I think it has warmed up enough outside I am going to go wash my truck, so I can shower and start the day. I see more sewing going on later today too.