Friday, January 7, 2022
Last week in my cleaning challenge I cleaned up the laundry room – I put away winter coats that I hope we won’t need again, sorted out the recycling and generally tidied up. I had a cylindrical bag that I made that I stored plastic bags in. I don’t remember the last time I needed to pull a plastic bag from it so all the bags went into the recycle and the bag that held them came upstairs with me.
My back was very sore yesterday from standing and cutting and leaning over to press at my home-made pressing station. I love using my mini iron for small tasks but the table is too low. Today I moved the mini iron over to the ironing board; I can use it for small projects but the larger iron will still be there for pressing larger things. I wish I could have cleared out the pressing station completely but I didn’t have time to measure where else it might fit, but I have an idea.
Today’s decluttering task wasn’t really a task – sit back and enjoy your clear floor and sewing table (she assumed we had kept it clean from the previous task). My floor wasn’t giving me much joy so I tackled it for today’s task. I had a small wicker bin that I kept small zip-loc bags in for using with small projects and an old wooden sewing chest that I used for larger bags. I put all the bags into the cylinder I brought upstairs and the wicker basket is on my cutting table for small scraps. I took the broken legs off the sewing chest and decided that without the legs it was worthwhile sending along to the thrift store.
Once the chest was gone I was able to move my Tuesday and Thursday travelling bags into the space and that cleared up some floor space. I had a pillow of scraps that needed to be completed and sent off the the SPCA. I hate sewing up those pillows and decided today that this will be the last one. I think they can probably make better use of the old pillowcases for use as rags or whatever (which reminds me I need to make a task for sorting out the linen closet). I know it isn’t the most environmentally friendly way to deal with scraps but they will go into the garbage from now on (don’t hate me for it).
I didn’t get started on any sewing until past 1:30 but I have managed to get a card top done except for hand stitching the binding. I’ll go and do that now and I think I’ll have it done before supper.
It was still too nasty out to make the trek up to the mailbox and the quilt shop. The snow is gone but we have high winds (no ferries) which make it cold. The power has been off on Texada for awhile and, without ferries, it may be awhile before it gets back on. Such is life I guess and it all could be so much worse.