My February To Do List

My February To Do List

• Go through the quilting closet.

I have 20-30 quilt tops hanging in my closet. It's time to go through them and either quilt them or give away for someone else to quilt and to love. My first step is to make a list of the quilt tops hanging in the closet. Put it on my February To Do List.

• Collect fabric and patterns.

I have piles of fabric around my quilting studio that represent different quilts that I want to make. I spend thousands of dollars collecting this fabric. I need to put it together with the pattern and get it cut and ready to sew. Let's get that organized in February. Put it on my February To Do List.

• Throw out fabric!

I need to go through the bins of fabric and throw out the ugly, undesireable, poor quality fabric that I still have in the bins. I have fabric stored by color and also my style of fabric. And, there are project bins, too. It's time to look through them and see if I still want to make the quilt and if I still like the fabric. If not, throw it out or give it away. Put it on my February To Do List.

What was I thinking when I bought it???

I have been happily going through my quilting things...and thinking about my quilting stash...And, it's time to let go of a lot of my collection...fabric that I don't want anymore. I am just not enthusiastic about some of it anymore.

What was I thinking when I bought it???

I bought a certain fabric collection at the Houston Quilt Show several years ago...lots of it...several hundred dollars of it!...but, now, I find it boring. I've been thinking that I should make a quilt with it but I don't have enough enthusiasm to even come up with a pattern. It's time to share it with someone else. Who? Hmmm? 

Something New that I'm Doing...

This is something fun that I have been lately... a milk money wallet or a juice box wallet. (They are called both when you do a web search.) This is a picture of my three wallets. My favorite is the blue one with the cows on it. The soy milk carton didn't make a very pretty wallet. Sorry, soy milk! And the lemonade carton made a nice yellow wallet but not really exciting. Think of what is at the bottom of the front of the carton because that is what ends up on the front flap. I went to an asian market recently and saw some cartons with japanese writing on them. It got me excited to try a wallet made from a japanese carton or any foreign cartons would be wonderful!

This is a picture of the wallet with the flap open. You use the screw on lid as the closer for the wallet. Ingenious!

Milk Money Wallet Pattern

I have made three of these in the past week. It has been lots of fun using an empty milk or juice carton to make a cute "wallet". I am thinking that I will use one for a business card holder. It is just so cute!

There is a video of the process on the right sidebar. Just a little something for fun!