Let the Fun Begin!

Cleanin' and Organizin'

Stage 1 -- Inventory the unquilted tops. This included measuring, photographing, noting if back and/or binding had been prepared, and starting a spreadsheet to track.

First 20 of the unquilted tops

Altogether I counted over 30!!! A few I plan to keep for myself, including one that my husband admired as I had it spread out on the dining room table to measure. The rest will probably go to charity. I know one local guild needs to replenish its supply of bed-size charity quilts. Some would be appropriate for wheelchairs and a couple are crib size. I am amazed at how much floor space has appeared throughout the house!

Stage 2 - Organize/reorganize the stash.  One of my blog friends (sorry, I don't recall exactly who) mentioned that she is making string blocks (among other things) for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. That became my next organizational task -- do something with the enormous pile of strings (wish I had thought to photograph it) that had accumulated over the last 6 months. First I pulled out all the blue strings (January's color); the rest went into a large plastic tub, but not before I went through a second large tub of scraps looking for anything thin and blue. I also took that opportunity to pull out strings of other colors to go into the string bin.

String blocks and a string border

The studio is already looking neater after I made about thirty 6-1/2" string blocks, a length of 2" wide sashing/border, and about sixty 2" 4-patch units.

Itty-bitty 4-patches

Even my light squares came from the blue pile!! In the end I had a few strips that could go in labeled strip drawers and a few chunks that could go in the blue scrap box. And the surface next to my machine is clear ... for now!

I think this much progress is whoop-worthy so I'm linking up with Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.