Reflections on Collections

This is my sewing room, crammed with my boys' books and collections, my sewing stuff and a few Christmas boxes.  Its been quite the project to dig out.

But perserverance pays off.  See those paper boxes in the foreground?  I now have 14 such boxes filled with cool rocks, sea shells, books, school projects, Dungeons & Dragon figures painstakingly assembled and painted in minute detail, miniature ship collections.  You name it - we probably got it!  Ultimately I got it packed up, then organized my own collection of fabrics and other important sewing-type stuff.  Ta da!

This gave me time to reflect....at what point does a collection become a hoard?  I recently visited The House on the Rock - an southern Wisconsin tourist attraction.  It was all decked out for the holidays with over 4000 Santas ranging  from trinkets to figures over 6 feet tall.   Thankfully, I can safely say neither I or my offspring have 4000 of anything!

If you visit the House on the Rock, wear good walking shoes.  For more info, see:

http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_Attraction_PhotoGallery.htm

A Little Progress

Woo-Hoo!  I've finally made some progress in organizing my sewing area.  Target had these storage bins on sale for $0.99.  They looked perfect for storing fat quarters, so I grabbed a bunch.  Am gonna try to get a few more - as I still have quite a bit of fabric to deal with. 

True confession: I'm tickled to have somewhere to put my quilting books and magazines.  They were taking up space in my clothes closet.  Now I can put actual clothes where they belong. 

Soon (I hope) I can get this project under control and start sewing again - have been in quilting withdrawal for weeks! :)