Orts and Arcs and Folded Flat

This is my work table at the moment. I did straighten it up a bit and the baskets are hiding a pile of stuff going on back there.. ..but do you like my ort container? A while back I was really thinking I'd join in on this meme.. but never did. I kept stuffing my orts into a Petersburg Creamery milk bottle though.. and it has been a lot of fun. Don't know how much more I can stuff in.. it's poked down pretty tight.

So what's in that old Fruit-of-the-Loom men's T-shirt box? Something I have been cutting out for weeks now.. ..and no rotary cutter either. These are all curved pieces.. cut with scissors.. 2090 of them for a new DWR I'm starting. I still have all the white to cut yet but I think I'll sew some arcs for a while first. These below are not sewn but I laid some of the fabric combos out to show you.. I definitely have a plan for how these are going to go together.. ..so even though it looks a bit scrappy.. it is going to have some organization which took a lot of planning. .. can't wait to show you when it comes together a little more. ☺ Many of you wondered about Cherri getting a little dress. Of course she did. So she is ready for a very special Hitty Club this coming Monday. Then here's another thing I was working on but couldn't show until she received it.. a tea cozy for my friend Helen for her birthday. For months now I have been so eager to try Nanette's "Leafy Treetops" pattern and have just not had the chance. So when I was thinking about what to put on Helen's tea cozy.. this just popped into my mind. Helen loves birds.. she has some awesome feeders in her yard. I knew she especially likes cardinals.. and red seems to be such a cozy color. I confess I'm using her photo.. because it really looks nice on her kitchen table!! But anyways.. I absolutely loved making this.. Nanette's pattern is terrific.. and the birds were so much fun to do. I got the kitty tape measure in Kidron.

~~~~~

A few weeks back my oldest son came for a visit. He lives about three hours away, so it's not really too far. Some changes in his life right now.. some that are making me very happy. ☺ He was so sweet to pick me a bouquet of wild flowers the one day he was here.. complete with teasel weed. We are probably going to have some company coming in the next few months..so I really need to do some sprucing up! I'm going to do some painting.. and focusing on organization of this massive stash that has been gathering here somehow. Since neither of the boys live here anymore.. I'm going to move all their "stuff" that they have left behind in their room.. (because of course they don't have any room for it where they live at the moment).. downstairs.. way downstairs. And start moving more of my own stuff up in the attic which is actually their old room. The upstairs will then be "for the girls". And I will actually be in the Attic. But work needs to be done for sure. So as I'm sewing on things and using it.. I'm trying to fold up my fabrics and keep them neater. Yikes! I am so not neat like I see many bloggers out there are. But I'm really going to try. I know I need a lot of help in this area!

Maybe some nice IKEA shelves would do the trick. ☺