TGCDP*, The Final Installment

 
With the fabric all folded and stacked, (and the walls and trim drying from their facelift) I began going through the mounds piles mountains of other "stuff" that were exposed, laid bare, outside of the closet. First, I separated out all of the UFO's. Here they are, for identification purposes: 

I have decided to keep only nine, that decision was based on two things: 1.) space (and the fact that I have nine bins) and 2.) interest. The allotted space (and number of bins) is a finite thing, the interest level is much more changeable. I approached the interest question like this: "Is this something that I really want, and truly desire, to spend time finishing?" If there was any question at all it simply didn't make the cut to the final nine. Life is too short to spend hours, days and weeks on anything that isn't compelling; there's too many other quilts that I want and need to stitch!  And so, I am officially out of the closet, my work there is  done; I reloaded the shelves today with a place for everything and innumerable trips to the car (loading the trunk with Goodwill and Guild donations) as well as to the trash can.  I am both exhausted and exhilarated at the same time.

While I was going through boxes, I unearthed a few relics, an eight pointed star (below) made in 1992 using the Magic Star-8 Ruler (another buried treasure!) by Mace Motif. The neat thing about this is that all the star edges are finished, the points are stitched and then turned making this star ready to applique onto any background. I have always loved playing with stripes, and fussy cutting, the reunion with this tool was a happy one! Stay tuned for a fun and funky (more up to date, fabric-wise) galaxy from here...oh, yeah; that is, after those other aforementioned nine are done! I almost forgot.

And one more time, to recap... just because I can: 

* The Great Closet Documentation Project

Tomorrow? Piles of paperwork, all those lists, patterns, reference guides and drawings
that have floated to the surface during the excavation; a quilter's work is never done.

Life is Good!