Originally posted 2008-12-26 19:51:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Probably at some time in your life you will have to move. Both my DH and I have moved rarely in our lives (once for him before we married, twice for me until I moved out here), so doing this is a BIG DEAL.
It’s also a big deal because I have lots of needlepoint stuff. Not only is it my work, it is also my passion and, like most of us, I have lots of stash.
If it were a perfect world, the movers would come and magically pack everything one day and set it up in the new house the next day. But this magic costs big bucks and so we are doing most of the packing ourselves.
Over the summer most of my needlework books got packed, so I only have about two boxes of them left out. I’m going to pack them except for Stitches to Go, since it is pretty small.
The canvases and projects in stash went into a box over the weekend, as did all the finishing supplies, except the one for the project on deadline. That was easy as well.
Now we come to the hard stuff, the thread and the WIPs. I decided the only way I could manage was by making a list of projects to work on until about Jan 9 (I hope I’m at least somewhat set up by then) and they all needed to fit into one box.
Everything else in my pile goes into boxes to be unpacked later.
My list includes the projects on immediate and upcoming deadlines (3 things), some small projects (3 things), some things I’m starting (2 things), and some things I’m working on (2 things). For the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to finish things up and that’s been successful, so those are out of the way.
Each of these projects is in a project bag (I packed those away over the weekend as well, on stretcher bars and has the thread pulled.
This way I will be able to pack up the threads as soon as I get the deadline projects done this week, my stretcher bars, my tools I’m not using, and most of my thread.
I won’t worry about this, just about the utter chaos my house is in, and can still stitch without problems.
Just in case though, I’m using clear plastic bins for storing the stash and it’s going on the moving truck.
For everything in my pile of projects to work on
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Hope the move goes smoothly for you. I have done it many, many times and can appreciate what it must be like for someone that does it so rarely. Hope you’l be very happy in your new home
Dear Janet,
Best of luck with your move. Speaking as one who has moved three times in the last three years, label those boxes carefully and be specific! I thought I did a good job, but couldn’t find some of the favorite ornaments this Christmas.
I am curious why you chose Mare Island for your new home. I would love to move back to the Bay Area, and keep looking around for possibilities.
Happy New Year,
Mary
You are really brave to let the movers move any of your needlework. We rented a Penske truck and moved all the artwork, needlework, fabric, fragile books, and fragile tables ourselves from San Francisco to Las Vegas. The only thing the movers moved were general books, kitchenware (not the silver or the good china) and the furniture. It may seem chaotic, but you will be so happy in your new home that you will soon put all to rights.
Janet, You’ll get through this with flying colors; you’re such an organized person which will make things go smoothly on the other end. Anticipation of everything coming together is what always got the better of me. When we moved to Colorado from the East coast, we had over 20,000 lbs. on the truck. My dad quickly pointed out, “That’s over 10 tons!” Hmmm, so it was. I couldn’t believe it, but everything arrived just about in the same condition as it left. It was our 10th move in nearly 40 years of marriage. Yikes! Obviously I was a child bride! Best wishes on your upcoming adventure, keep us posted.
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