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sarahmichelefThere are three dumping grounds in our house: behind the bar, the sewing room, and the dining room. (These are, of course, the places that are completely off limits to TRex.)
I had gotten sick of the sewing room being a total disaster. (And I needed to clear floorspace to cut out my new dress, since I don't have a cutting table.) So I unearthed the sewing room. All of the fabric is back in its rightful place, the string is confined to a tub, the end table is cleared of junk in order to receive a TV as soon as we get around to swapping out the (newer) one that's sitting on the floor in there for the (older) one that's currently in our bedroom. Small SCA-related items are confined to a tub (a tub that's even IN THE CLOSET), mending to another tub, and fabric scraps to yet another tub. (Are we noticing a theme here?) I even managed to get the sewing machine box into the closet, along with TRex's birthday presents (the ones that aren't in the trunk of M's car).
I also was reminded that I have a problem. I hoard fabric scraps. "But it might be useful for something!" What, I ask, will a 3' long, 2" wide strip of white linen be good for? I don't know, but I clearly should keep it in case the day comes up when it is useful. *headdesk* I threw out a lot of miscellaneous small pieces of fabric and half-filled a large Target bag with larger but still technically small scraps.
I did a bit of final "unpacking" of the room, too - all of my various SCA-related tokens had just been in a pile - so I untangled them and hung them up on the unused curtain hardware. One bunch of Pennsic site tokens, one bunch of Northern Lights and St. Elegius medals, and one of personal tokens from various people (including, I discovered, one from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mermaidlady - I think from Pennsic when I showed my green linen cyclas, but I'm not sure). Also the site token from EK Crown, Fall 2003 (the one that M & I stewarded), strung on thread dyed by ellid. One of my Manche scrolls is hanging up, and there's another nail right next to it that I'm going to put the other one on. I'll have to see what other scrolls we want to hang in there (we actually haven't hung ANY yet). And my apprentice agreement (written by the lovely parsedgarnish) is hanging on the door.
And then I read over the directions for my new dress, established that I'm going to have to go back to JoAnn's for ballpoint needles (no, I don't work with knits all that much, why do you ask?) and seam binding. I should check on my interfacing supply while I"m at it; I might need more of that as well. I got some 1.5" red grosgrain ribbon to make a sash with, but I'm not going to do it the way the pattern says to.
*Bonus points for anyone who can guess the provenance of this quote.
I had gotten sick of the sewing room being a total disaster. (And I needed to clear floorspace to cut out my new dress, since I don't have a cutting table.) So I unearthed the sewing room. All of the fabric is back in its rightful place, the string is confined to a tub, the end table is cleared of junk in order to receive a TV as soon as we get around to swapping out the (newer) one that's sitting on the floor in there for the (older) one that's currently in our bedroom. Small SCA-related items are confined to a tub (a tub that's even IN THE CLOSET), mending to another tub, and fabric scraps to yet another tub. (Are we noticing a theme here?) I even managed to get the sewing machine box into the closet, along with TRex's birthday presents (the ones that aren't in the trunk of M's car).
I also was reminded that I have a problem. I hoard fabric scraps. "But it might be useful for something!" What, I ask, will a 3' long, 2" wide strip of white linen be good for? I don't know, but I clearly should keep it in case the day comes up when it is useful. *headdesk* I threw out a lot of miscellaneous small pieces of fabric and half-filled a large Target bag with larger but still technically small scraps.
I did a bit of final "unpacking" of the room, too - all of my various SCA-related tokens had just been in a pile - so I untangled them and hung them up on the unused curtain hardware. One bunch of Pennsic site tokens, one bunch of Northern Lights and St. Elegius medals, and one of personal tokens from various people (including, I discovered, one from
mermaidlady - I think from Pennsic when I showed my green linen cyclas, but I'm not sure). Also the site token from EK Crown, Fall 2003 (the one that M & I stewarded), strung on thread dyed by ellid. One of my Manche scrolls is hanging up, and there's another nail right next to it that I'm going to put the other one on. I'll have to see what other scrolls we want to hang in there (we actually haven't hung ANY yet). And my apprentice agreement (written by the lovely parsedgarnish) is hanging on the door.And then I read over the directions for my new dress, established that I'm going to have to go back to JoAnn's for ballpoint needles (no, I don't work with knits all that much, why do you ask?) and seam binding. I should check on my interfacing supply while I"m at it; I might need more of that as well. I got some 1.5" red grosgrain ribbon to make a sash with, but I'm not going to do it the way the pattern says to.
*Bonus points for anyone who can guess the provenance of this quote.
