Declutter Day 2 - Squatters
A few items relocated from the craftavan to spare bedroom. A timber cotton reel rack rehomed to a fellow quilter in our Quilt Group.
Declutter Day 3 - Magazines/Subscriptions
As I did this challenge last year, I don't really have magazines laying around but I did go through my emails and "unsubscribed" several places that I no longer have an interest in.
Declutter Day 4 - Books
Now books ... I am drawn to books! I also had a stash (a lot) of "stuff" from my time working in a school and I've hung onto it incase the grandsons could use it ... my daughter homeschooled her boys for a short while ... but now they're all older and in school it was time to cull. Which provided me with 2 nice magazine holders that I could put to use with ... BOOKS!
Declutter Day 5 - Patterns - Hardcopy/Downloads
Ok, so this is the scary one and will take some time to find them ... filter ... and ask myself ... "Do I want to make this?" Stay tuned!
Onto the fun part of playing with my embroidery machine. I was going to do wonders when I purchased a second hand embroidery machine, bought all the tearaway, solvi, you name it. Embroidered a few projects like kitchen hand towels, singlets for the boys and then it's just sat there feeling sad and lonely. My car was in for a service yesterday so I arranged with my dear friend Kerry to meet up at our sewing room, dropped all my stuff off, dropped the car to the mechanic and spent the day revisiting my machine and getting some invaluable help and tips from Kerry.
Toes for a size comparison.
You have been very busy cleaning up. Where does all this clutter come from, anyway.
ReplyDeleteYou’re going well. Some sections won’t need a lot of decluttering if you did it last year. Have fun with the embroidery machine. I will just admire from afar, as it’s not something I intend to try.
ReplyDeleteWell done on the de cluttering front and your embroidery machine looks it's going to be useful. That looks like a vicious beetle to me, ugh. xx
ReplyDeleteYou’re doing such a great job with the declutterring and it’s so good to have a fun day with your friend Kerry and learn to use your embroidery machine.
ReplyDeleteMaria lifeontheblock
your decluttering is very inspiring.
ReplyDeletegoogled your bug and i tis a native bee called the great carpenter bee.
What an amazing find!