Sewing Room Closet Part 2

 I have stalled in the closet. The doors are open so I can look at what is in there and think about what I need to do. 

I found a tub with 4 items in it. I quickly dealt with those items and put them in the proper tubs. The empty tub is in the storage room waiting for me to deal with it. Two tubs empty. 

I have had many thoughts about what I have in the sewing room closet. It is owning me. I am not owning it. I keep asking myself "how much do I need to keep for the future?". How much is going to be over my clutter threshold? How much is too much? I have gone over these questions many, many times. 

I have made a decision on the leather I found in a box. I am going to give it to a lady who lives close to me. I have a feeling she will use it for the items she makes and sells. I may keep one piece of faux suede to make a doll's jacket from. The rest leaves this house by mid November. 

I have looked at the rest of the items in that closet. I have things to get rid of as I no longer look at them. The tub of beads is going to get a heavy purge and I will keep only what I know I will use. I have looked in that tub once in the past year when I made one doll's outfit. That tells me something. 

There is a bolt of muslin that belongs to family. They were going to make banners but only made one. I will be cutting it up and making bags out of it so daughter-in-law can apply vinyl sayings to them. 

The doll's stash of fabric will have to be sorted through once again. I will have to look at what clothes I have made and then choose what fabrics I want to keep to complete their wardrobes. The time has come to let a quilter's group enjoy the fabrics. What they can't use will be sorted and purged.  It may take me several months to get this one figured out but it will be figured out. I have 4 tubs to go through and a plan to make regarding each doll's wardrobe. This is going to be a big job as I have 13 dolls to sew for. I do enjoy sewing for them. 

Stay tuned as Part 3 should start in the next week. I will paint upstairs and use the left over morning hours to sort through the closet. I am hoping it will only take me a week to finish purging and cleaning the bottom part of it.