after weeks of mock GCSE exams (Miss K sitting them, me invigilating them - not usually Miss K's....) what was needed was a bit of de-stressing.
First of all I made the most incredible mess all over the living room, and then the sorting began.
According to amount of fabric each piece was folded around a cardboard template and then stacked neatly in boxes. You have no idea how happy this made me. Which I will readily admit is pretty odd.... The teeny pieces were sorted by colour and now have scrap boxes all of their own. I have great plans to cut them into even sized pieces ready to become a quilt project at a moments notice, but for now I am just enjoying looking at my neat folded pieces.
Happiness is found in the strangest of things it would seem. x
Hope you find something this weekend to make you happy x
Not odd at all - neatly sorted, I'm with you on that!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and inspiring; how could you not look at that and think 'quilt'? J x
ReplyDeleteSorting fabric makes me happy too. And winding yarn...and folding sheets. Really. :)
ReplyDeleteI must be odd, too! Oh the joys of a tidy fabric box. Have a lovely weekend. x
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done, I can feel the joy in a nicely folded pile of fabric, no problem. In fact, I'm wishing mine was looking like that as well. I hope Miss K got on well in her mocks, and that you both have a well deserved lovely weekend. CJ xx
ReplyDeleteYou and Miss K need to find comfort in what ever you can during exam time. Is this GCSE year, if so yuk! I went through it last year with my own DD. I have also done a spot of invigilating too ( boring mostly). FInd solace in that beautiful fabric and the plans for quilting.
ReplyDeleteMiss K was very impressed with the rainbow sorting I have to say. invigilating is a combination of incredibly stressful at the beginning and ends of the exams, and boring in the middle isn't it.....
DeleteYou and Miss K need to find comfort in what ever you can during exam time. Is this GCSE year, if so yuk! I went through it last year with my own DD. I have also done a spot of invigilating too ( boring mostly). FInd solace in that beautiful fabric and the plans for quilting.
ReplyDeletei hold my hand up to join in the joy of sorting. lol and yummy fabric? perfect. all that neat and motivated to go.
ReplyDeletei'm loving that swirly purple-pink one.
I think that is one of my favourites too x
DeleteSorting and tidying all that beautiful fabric sounds like the perfect de-stressor to me, with the added bonus of a sense of achievement! Glad the exams are behind you, my eldest starts his mocks in Feb. x
ReplyDeletegood luck to him x
Deletefabric rainbows - how lovely - hope the hellfire and examnations went well(as son calls them!)
ReplyDeletethat is a most excellent way to describe them x they mostly went fine thank you x
DeleteI know all about making a mess and making it worse before it gets better ! I keep meaning to fold up my fabric in this way, with cardboard, but it always is the one sorting/tidying step too far and I give up before that. Well done not giving up!
ReplyDeleteJillxo
oh you should have seen the mess. I didn't use cardboard in all the pieces, which I've seen done, (cutting all the cardboard was a step too far) I just had a template and took it out each time. it really made the folding much quicker and it is so much easier to store pieces all the same size x
DeleteBeautifully folded and so colourful. I hope the mocks went well and good luck to your daughter with the real thing in the Summer. x
ReplyDeletethank you. I am burying my head in the sand about the summer at the moment x
DeleteSounds like a lovely way to pass the time, I have a bit of a thing about fabric so can fully understand.
ReplyDeleteI've been sorting my yarn stash and am similarly happy.
ReplyDeleteI've also been sorting through the few face mask sachets I own ready for 'pamper yourself day' tomorrow ;o)
They look wonderful, very pleasing to the eye, I can see why this gave you such pleasure!
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely fabrics. I'd be spoiled for choice as to which ones to use first although the busy bee one would be a good contender. xx
ReplyDeletethe bee fabric was leftover from a dress a friend sewed for Miss K when she was two. Don't think she'd wear it at 16...
DeleteIt is so nice to have everything all sorted and ordered isn't it! Just ready for when you want them! xx
ReplyDeleteThose fabrics all lined up and neatly arranged are so lovely. There is such comfort in simple repetitive actions. The rhythm of the hands doing whatever soothes the soul and calms the brain.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that as a US citizen I am ignorant about the exams and levels in the UK, but I do imagine that they are very rigorous and demanding..good for you as I think that in this country we have lost some of that.
(I do like to imagine all of those lovely colors whispering to each other as they are so cozily nestled up to one another.)