Quilt Closet Organized

I'm one of those people who can't deal with clutter once it happens!  In my head I want everything to be all nice and orderly but in practice....well, you know how it is.   Once my quilt closet got cluttered it became a spot of overwhelmingness (yes, I made that word up!)...so I'd just flip open the curtain and throw in whatever needed to be "put away".   Ugh.   It finally got to a point where I couldn't remember what was in there....and that's bad.  That's when you start re-buying what you already own cuz you forgot you had it....and I didn't want to go there.   It was time to dig in and organize.

Here's my closet before:

And here it is after:

Much better.  :) 

There are shelves off to either side too...and they are all pretty now.    I didn't really purge much but now I know what I have and where it all is.  

Miniature Garden

My step mom makes the cutest miniature gardens that I got to see again when I went to visit in May.   I decided I wanted to make myself one.  So to start I ordered some cute mini garden furniture from here.  Then told my Yaya's & hubby that I wanted related stuff for my birthday....which they lovingly did.    You can see the cute mini garden Miss M made for me at her blog.  

I used what I bought and what I was given to create this:

Aren't those two retro chairs adorable?   Found those on clearance at Lowe's while shopping for the container.   Grand kids just *have* to have them.    :)

Here's a close-up:

Too cute!   I have a few things left over so will be making another one.  I love them.

Blog Comments

Just a quick note for those of you who regularly read and comment on my blog.

I've been getting spam comments for months now and even though I have enabled the word verification, they are continuing.   So now I'm gonna try moderating.  But I'm starting by moderating only comments that come 3 days after I post a blog.   Usually the spam comments come after the blog post has been up a few days.   Hopefully this will work.   If you comment after the 3 day, I will approve you, don't worry.........us bloggers love our comments.   :)

Thanks for your patience.  

Leaf bowl

Yesterday I went to my first MEOW meeting.   :)    Machine Embroiders of Oregon & Washington has a local chapter that meets once a month.   Quilt artist, Cynthia Keim, has been asking me to come join them since I started working at the quilt store.  But their meetings fall on the same day & time as my Red Hat group, so I've not attended.....that is until yesterday!   I decided it was time.   I'm ready to learn new things that go beyond the traditional quilting that I usually do.   We made these little fabric leaf bowls and it was fun!   I'm looking forward to more meetings.....once I figure out how to manage two groups on the same day!