the Urge to Purge

I have a weird thing in my brain that requires me to purge all the junk in my house every so often.  I never know when it will hit, but when it does, the things I have stupid hoarding feelings towards are fated to be tossed or donated.   Right now that dominating thing in my head wants to get rid of nearly all of this stash/scraps and start over.  

I need a solution. Preferably before dinner, because I won't be able to sit down for dinner with this disaster staring me down.

So to conclude chapter two

 I'm done clearing out my red scraps....

my yield of red squares 

I had to take a break from the red scraps for a little while. Had you noticed?  It was just SO full!  But I'm happy I got lots of squares from my scraps and LOADS of 2.5 and 1.5 strips.

This is the pile that went back into the red bin.  

Look at all the room in there!!

NEXT UP...Green 

still seeing RED

Just coming up to the surface to say I'll be drowning in the red scraps a bit longer.

Other excuses near the top....

I'm waiting for my table insert to quilt my king.

I'm too whooped after the monster goes to bed to pin baste.

basically, I have no motivation to finish or begin anything.

Scrap Box Chronicles

I've had enough of this scrap!

I've decided to embark on a scrap busting effort.

Today I started with my brimming black/brown/gray bin. The basket on the left is trash. The bin on the right has pieces worthy of a ticker tape, small bits.

I decided I definitely want to shoot for a scrappy strings quilt. I cut strips 2.5 wide and 1.5 wide. I'm not sure yet if I will mix them or plan 2 separate projects.

These are the 3x3 squares I got out of the bin.

I put just a few hunks of fabric back in.

This bin is next. Wish me luck!