it’s not my bag, baby. I was way
over due for organizing my little fabric collection. I was not born
with the organizing gene. All 3 of my sisters were, though. Whenever
they come to visit and then leave, I magically find that all our DVD’s
have been arranged alphabetically and cupboards have food organized
into groups. How did I not get this gene? The food goes where I can
squeeze it in and then the cupboard gets quickly shut before anything
has a chance to fall out. Speaking of gene’s, they are all avid
worker-outers. They enjoy running. Who are these people?
Are we really related? I was born with the
"I’d rather have sand thrown in my eyes than run" gene. I take Henry
walking most days of the week, I can groove on step aerobics, I can do cardio, … but running…gad’s..who wants to do that?
And I only do it out of the sheer fear of being one of those people who
has to be removed from their home by a crane. I know, I know, there are
oodles of you out there (not people who had to be removed by a crane,
runners). I just cannot comprehend… my mind is currently boggling. I
digress. Organizing fabric…so many options. Do you organize by
color scheme? I have lots of polka-dot fabric..do all the polkies go
together? Do you organize by fabric type? Should all the linen fabric
go together? This is what keeps me up at night. Not really. I don’t
care enough for it to keep me up at night, I have a 21-month old who
is an expert at that. It
seems like you have to pretty much make a complete mess of things
before there is any chance of things looking better. Am I right? So
that is what I tried to accomplish yesterday. It is still a work in
progress. I bought bleach for the first time I think in my entire
life. I wanted to bleach out some fabrics that were so bright, you got
a headache from looking at them. I was happy with how most of them
turned out. Some didn’t bleach at all, and a small handful got a little
too bleached. There was actually a clown print that was dangerously bright, but
now that it’s bleached, it’s the most wonderful pastel. It probably
would have been a good idea to wear some gloves or something. Note to
self: wear gloves next time. It was good to organize. I realized I have
a lot of blues & greens, reds & pinks, blacks & browns.
Almost no solids and really no yellow’s or oranges, or purples. But I
am okay with no purple.
I found this fabric, which I completely forgot I had. It’s so adorable
and I’m sure you’ve seen it before. Should I be alarmed that I now own
2 fabrics with the words "Butter" printed on them? Is this a sign? I think it’s hard to find really adorable childrens fabrics that I love and that everyone in the world doesn’t already have. This fabric doesn’t really scream ‘Henry’ (he does not love breakfast) but I’m sure I’ll find some use for it.
Can I share something that joined our family our few months ago? This armoire. It’s from Rachel Ashwells Shabby Chic line at Target, HOWEVER, one day while out thrifting when Mom was in town, I found this at Goodwill. It was still in it’s original box. It had been opened but taped shut. I crossed my fingers and hoped all the parts were there and well..the armoire was mine. For $39. It’s one of those "I’m starting to hyperventilate" moments. Where you don’t ask if it’s really only $39. Chris put it together that night and indeed, all the parts were there. There was the smallest of small nicks on the back, which is completely unnoticeable. It’s one of my very best thrifting finds. Half of the fabric has made it’s way in. The rest is in a pile on the floor waiting to be folded and put into it’s appropriate pile. That’s what I will be doing tomorrow. If my brain doesn’t explode by then.
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