More pictoral evidence of my hoarding...

[smeddley]

Okay, y'all thought I had a lot of yarn, eh? You might not want to click on the cut, then, because I like fabric a whole lot more than I like yarn...

But luckily, I can fit it into less pictures... because I'm lazy... and I wasn't ABOUT to take a picture of each piece of fabric I have! Remember, the goal is to reduce the volume by 1/2!

I'll ease you into it... This is a little bit of fabric I found peeking out of a plastic bin in the closet. I'm not sure what it is, or if I have any plans for it, but it was fabric.



And here's a plastic shoebox-thing that has fabric in it I picked out to make a penguin quilt!



This bin is a bit bigger, and holds the fish fabric for the fishbowl quilts...



And here are slightly large bins - the top is bug fabric for the bugs in a jar quilts, the bottom has all my puppy-themed fabrics in it.



And up to this point, you're probably thinking (unless you know me) 'well, this doesn't look too bad! In fact, if you just finish off the projects you've started, you'll be in good shape!' Sadly, this is where all my nice organization ends. And, if you are really ready for it, scroll down and behold the horror that is... my fabric shelves....

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Are you sure you want to see this?

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I mean, it's quite embarrassing for me to admit how much I have, you know. It's like... an illness, I just keep buying it.

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Anyone want to come over and quilt with me, help me sort my fabric? You'd get a free quilt top out of it!

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Okay, you win. Here it is:



Sadly, a lot of those shelves aren't even loosely piled, in many cases the fabric is forcibly *shoved* into every spare opening. My goal is to have ALL of my fabric organized into boxes and have it fit into ONE shelf. In a little under three years. *groan*

And if you are wondering, no, I cannot reach the top of those piles. I've resorted to throwing things up there.

Comments

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Wow. You were productive! I might just take you up on that offer! First, though, I need to clean off enough space on the floor for a person to stand... it's pretty bad right now, I just shifted loads of stuff and stood on other stuff to get those pictures!

[tjstein.livejournal.com]

I'm available Saturday.

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

What time on Saturday? I'm going over to a friend's at 5-ish, a late (for her)/early (for my hubby) birthday celebration, but if you'd like to come over in the early afternoon... ?

The only down side is I really doubt I can foist any fabric off on you...

[tjstein.livejournal.com]

My only plan was to go by Harper Fabrics for their class preview about 10am or so. How about after lunch?

You might be able to...I want to make a quilt sometime as part of my 100 in 1001 project. But I doubt that I'd make a dent in the overall stash.

Oh and I'm taller so I can help you stack things up high neatly!

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

That works for me! I *might* be up by then! ;)

I don't know if you have my address, I can 'message' it to you tonight. Along with my colorful directions...

[tjstein.livejournal.com]

Groovy. Send me your directions and phone number and I'll call when I'm on my way.

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

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