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Organizing the Maker Stashes ~ Yarn and Thread

Time for the next installation in my Organizing the Maker Stashes series. Today I’m talking about yarn and thread! This will include all types of yarn, embroidery thread, & sewing thread. I decided to put them all together since they are similar in nature. Plus I’m always calling yarn, thread, for some reason! : ) […] Read more…

Organizing the Maker Stashes ~ Quilting & Bulky Fabrics

The next part of my Organizing the Maker Stashes series is all about quilting & bulky fabrics. I’m storing & logging these fabrics a little differently than the apparel fabrics. I’ve also finished sorting all my fabric, so I can reveal my newly reorganized shelves! There are a few things I’d like to tweak still, […] Read more…

Organizing the Maker Stashes ~ Apparel Fabrics

This past Monday I issued the challenge for June in my 2019 Maker Finish-Along. It’s a challenge to organize the maker stashes & I have many of those! I’d promised to do a blog post about how I organize my stashes. It didn’t take long for me to realize that this needed to be a […] Read more…

2019 Maker Finish Along ~ Organizing the Maker Stashes

It’s time for the next challenge in the 2019 Maker Finish-Along! In May we worked on learning new maker skills. Learning new things is important to keeping the maker mojo flowing! As usual, we picked another UFO to focus on to help move them on out of our space. For June, we’re going to focus […] Read more…

2019 Fabric Challenge from the Modern Quilt Guild

I joined the Modern Quilt Guild last year as an individual member. There aren’t any quilt guilds remotely near me, but I enjoy participating virtually! This year I signed up for the Riley Blake Designs Fabric Challenge. I was lucky enough to receive one of the free fat eighth bundles to work with. Today I’m […] Read more…

Unexpected Yarn Storage

This week I’ve been working on cleaning up & re-organizing my creative space. I needed to rearrange things a bit to make room for an overflow of yarn. Y’all, I think it’s multiplying when I’m not looking! I thought I’d share how I repurposed some things for unexpected yarn storage. Sometimes you have just what […] Read more…

My Scrappy 100 Day Project

This is my 3rd year participating in The 100 Day Project on Instagram! Although it’s been a little hit & miss this year with the scrappy project I picked for my challenge. Today I finally picked it back up & thought I’d share what I have so far. You can click on the link above […] Read more…