Sewing Room Closet - Part 4

 I had a couple of good days working in the sewing room closet. I felt some success even if it was short lived. 

#1 - I hauled out the tub of beads and purged it. I kept only what I thought I would use and the rest is gone. I would love to put it into a small tub rather than a basket but I don't have one that size. 

#2 - The tub of Halloween fabric was brought to the family room to be sorted. When I opened it, there was only 2 pieces of fabric and a kit I had put together for a small wall hanging. The two pieces of fabric are in the donation/sell tub. The wall hanging kit had one piece of fabric put into the tub. The rest will be dealt with when I make the last ever wall hanging from the remaining fabrics for a neighbour who decorates for Halloween. 

#3 - Two tubs of doll fabric was purged. The large tub was emptied and is used to store the purged fabric in. The smaller tub was purged and what was left from both tubs put into it. It wasn't as hard to do as I had thought. 

After doing #2 and #3, I had put 13.7 meters into the donation/sell tub. I have 2.25 meters I am sitting on at the moment. I will have to decide on if I will keep them for doll quilts or let them go. 

#4 - A basket of stuff was sorted through. I kept two part pieces of knit fabric, some linen, and a piece of Nova Scotia tartan I wanted along with the soles/insoles for one pair of shoes. I will probably order more as I enjoy making shoes for the dolls. There was some stuff tossed into the trash and two items of girl's clothing put into the donation box. The basket is empty and will not go back into the closet. 

#5 - The last tub of doll fabric was brought into the family room to be sorted. When I opened the tub to start sorting, I had a rush of emotions hit me. Both positive and negative. I could not touch the fabric at all. I had to put the lid back on the tub and back away from it. I am stalled once again.

I have spent a lot of time thinking and pondering on this tub of fabric. I know it is from my past when I wanted to make doll clothes for sale and design my own patterns. That will never happen. I do not want to be tied to something that I don't really enjoy. 

I also went through the thought of keeping the fabric as I want to make each doll a wardrobe. I will make the wardrobe for each doll but not as big as I had once thought I would make. I also have a lot of doll clothes made to sort through and decide which doll gets what. I really don't need all the fabric in the tub. The big thing is -- that tub of fabric owns me and I need to get past that and only keep what I know I will sew for the dolls. 

I know that I am not ready to let go of all the fabric in that tub. I need to work through my feelings and thoughts so I can make good choices when I start working on that tub. 

I will do an update when I finish tackling that tub and clean the closet floor.