After 22 days of the 21 day Decluttering Challenge, I can honestly say I have made progress. I also need another week or so. The first 10 prompts were relatively easy for me, simple: get rid of trash, things that don’t belong in sewing space, culling the notions and tools. I rounded up all my kits and now they have a shelf that they occupy for easy access. The pattern collection got an extensive purge and re-org. The fabric stash is the tough part, not difficult, but it is extensive. I decided to sort through one drawer or bin every day or so. Yesterday I did my Christmas and Halloween fabric bin and the large-ish pile of scraps that live(d) on a side table. The scraps got sorted and most cut into 2 ½ ” squares with the Accuquilt cutter. I take it all out of its container and refold the pieces, chuck the unusable, and replace the neatly folded package back in the container. There is no ironing or cutting involved, and it takes about an hour to do.

In between I have been sewing, I finished the Santa Land wall hanging and got the hanging sleeve sewn on. I want to get the invoice together for the four pieces of this custom order together this weekend. Looking back, I started at the end of August 2025, and five months later it is done. My customer wasn’t in a hurry, and wanted everything together, so here we are. The last Thomas The Tank Engine quilt top is 90% done, I want to add red borders. I added the blue triangles because the pattern called for squaring up by cutting the sides off. I have a dislike of that technique, it’s too fiddly, makes for stretchy sides, and it’s wasteful. Why doesn’t the pattern have you make 3/4 blocks, or triangles to finish the rows? The rows are pieced on the diagonal, so there aren’t any inset or Y seams. I think I made it better, and it was a free pattern, so I’m really not complaining.

The Essex Linen came last night, so I will be getting it cut for the Awesome ocean quilt today. It would be nice to get that together and on the long-arm this weekend. Then I can put the Quandary quilt back on and finish those borders. Hoping for a productive weekend,

Be Kind.