Originally posted 2009-03-18 06:39:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
A major contributor to messy stashes are our piles of unfnished and unstitched projects, I know it is for me.
Once a year, at least, you should go through the piles of this stuff and organize them. It’s kind of like a treasure hunt. Yesterday was that day for me, occasioned by finding the two underbed boxes of stuff I had stored over the summer.
Begin by sorting stuff into four piles:
- unstitched canvases
- projects you are actively working on (WIPs)
- started projects you aren’t working on (UFOs)
- projects you don’t want to do anymore
I sorted my unstitched canvases into large and small (small is by far the biggest. The large ones went back into one of the storage bins. The smalls got organized by subject and put into a straew tote bag whixh ia easily accessible for when I want to start a new project.
My WIPs are stored in zippered project bags in open baskets under some of the thread stash. These projects are one stretcher bars. Some of them, like the CyberPointers President’s Challenge are long term, some, like Maple Leaf Rag, are almost done. I’m hoping that new projects won’t get added to this pile until an old project is done.
The UFOs are more problematic as I don’t want to waste stretcher bars, thumbtacks, and zippered bags on things I won’t be stitching for awhile. So I use plastic bags for storage and put threads and canvas into the underbed unit.
The stuff you don’t want anymore and what to do with it will be the subject of next week’s article.
Now instead of two underbed units, I have one. I’ve reduced the number of WIPs to ones I can handle and have the small pieces I love somewhere where I can get them fast.
All in all not a bad day’s work.
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Well, you certainly finished that in short order. Now that you done with yours, when can I expect you? I’ll put the kettle on.
I have found that a good way to store unstitched canvases including those for which I have pulled threads is to hang them in plastic bags on skirt hangers in a little used closet. They’re easy to see and don’t require moving for cleaning the floor!
I’m with Nancy about the skirt hangers. I have all of my unstitched canvases on them. Instead of a closet, I stuck a shower rod in an open space under my studio table and it works perfectly!
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