Decluttering

Last week, I went to Tennessee Quilts in Jonesboro, TN. What a great shop! If you're into Kaffe Fassett fabrics, this is the place to go. I couldn't help thinking of my friend, Alice, while I was there because she makes some pretty wonderful quilts with his fabrics.
We were in our home in Hendersonville, NC last week so it really wasn't a big deal to ride over to Tennessee. BUT the big deal was that I forgot to take my camera. The ride over there is so very beautiful--gorgeous vistas with wide valleys, thrift rolling down rock walls, forsythia brilliant as the sun. And me with no camera. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to go back.
When I got back to Mt. Pleasant, I was struck with the de-cluttering bug and the object of my bug was my quilting magazines. I have literally hundreds of them and when I want to look something up I have absolutely no idea where to find it. So, I bit the bullet and looked through EACH magazine, tore out the patterns I wanted and carted the detritus off to the recycling bin. When my husband picked up one of the boxes he was a little surprised at the weight of a container of magazines only--newspapers are sort of light by comparison.
This "Before" picture shows only the tip of the iceburg. And the "After" picture makes me happy.
I will have to admit that I did not exact the same carving up on my Quilter's Newsletter Magazines--they come under the category of a "Collection"--as least that is my excuse! I just couldn't make myself mutilate them.
NOW--here's hoping that I will keep up the good work and do the winnowing-out each month rather than every 6 years or so. What a concept!