I'm in a conundrum.
I walked into my office this morning, the door had been opened to it all night, since last evening and this morning. When I walked into my office, it smelled kinda musty, but not REAL bad musty, like the material in the 3 bins and the spools of almost-gone P 'n' C yarns, need to be sorted through.
I have every "intention" of doing lap quilting in the New Year, but in the 1st - 2nd week of Jan. I'll be tied up with a colonoscopy and G. I. Dr. follow-up appt., so can't really jump in full throttle then. I was thinking
if I sent through the bin of spools of yarn first, discarded the spools, which are nearly gone, then added dryer sheets to that bin, it'd help.
Then, there are 3 bins with fabric scraps in them. I believe I should probably:
1- wash them ALL,
2- iron them flat,
3- sort them by color, prints, types,
4- put them into Ziploc gallon bags,
5- label them,
6- go through my quilting leaflets and books,
7- pick out a simple lap quilting first-ever project to do,
8- get any supplies I need extra, but I DO have a LOT of supplies, because I've been planning this for years, but writing stories got in the way, but now I'm taking a step back, to ONLY write 1 story a month, if even that, so I can wake up, smell the roses, to pursue other hobbies/interests,
9- after I pick out all the material, the pattern, etc... just jump in and DO it, BUT------
10-
I feel the cotton scraps ALL need to be laundered, pressed, and put into tidy Ziploc bags, for protection.
Does that "plan" sound good to you, who know anything about sewing or quilting? I don't want to do it all in one day. I'd like to do it over 3 - 4 days, and slowly float into the quilting life, starting with lap quilting, just because I've "heard" how relaxing it is. I can do it in the great room, near the TV, and fireplace insert, keeping warm, under the marvelous can lighting. I can quilt, which DH watches his movies, sports, and documentaries. I don't want to be in the colder spare room, because the lighting is not as good and it's colder in there. I'm so embarrassed I've had Grandma's scraps so long and have only washed them once and never put them into Ziploc bags.
Grandma's scraps DESERVE more TLC than that! ♥ I want to make Grandma proud! She's gone now, but in Spirit, I know I'll feel her around me, as I do what she did all of her life.
I guess that's all for now. I guess I need some tips, inspiration, and advice. I don't know if I should send the bigger fabric pieces to DDIL for DGD or not or use it for my smaller hanging wall-hangings, which I'd love to decorate our home with. I have a thimble, and quilting pins, and more! So I'm very prepared, except for this first step of pre-washing, sorting, and ironing fabrics to get them ready. Thanks for reading this, too.
Ya'll are are so supportive!