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I always have something cooking.  So I’ve decided this is the year that I purge. And by purge, that means I honestly use all of the stuff that I’ve hoarded (ie. art and craft supplies) or they go to a good home or good will.

So, to start the year, I’m going to go through my apartment once a week with three bags (or boxes).  One bag for things that are recyclable. This will go to work with me so I can put it in the bins that don’t need sorting (cuz I’m lazy and apt to get rid of more this way).  Another bag for things that can go to Good Will.  And the final is for anything that doesn’t fit into either of these categories but that I do need to get rid of.  Hopefully it won’t be anything, but just in case.

In addition, I’m going to finally FO all of my WIPs.  For you non-craftsters, that means finish off all my works-in-progress.

This includes, but is not limited to:

1. Travis’s t-shirt quilt (ie. I need to start it)
2. the black and white quilt — still in piecing mode
3. coin stack quilt — needs quilted
4. Hello Betty quilt — needs quilted
5. tattoo dish set — 8 dishes left
6. Roseanne afghan — this could continue to be a WIP since I just pick it up when I’m sick or bored
7. quilted potholders

Also, I realized I have a lot of stuff that I can do things with that I have just been hoarding. Example — jeans.  I refuse to throw away jeans.  I need to get rid of them.  Good will? Likely.  BUT I could be crafty.  I could cut them up and make some patchwork things out of them. Patchwork pillows? Patchwork wallets?  How fun.  I could have a whole jeans line this year.  That would be fun.  Maybe I shall.  But I need to figure out some sort of twist so it’s not just the kitschy “let’s make things from jeans” look that everybody else has.  So maybe I’ll master wonky log cabin patchwork and create potholders, pillows, coasters and the like.  We shall see. Instead, I’m going to blog about it.  But maybe I move my jeans from the random spot they’re living to my fabric pile so I at least have a head start there.

So I guess that’s it for projects.  I have a few other freelance pieces that are in the works.

Tags: crafts, design, etc, freelance, life, projects

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