Before, After, and Now

My studio was in a pitiful state 

recently so it was time to tidy up. 

BEFORE

The painting/collage/journaling corner.

 I intended to redo the coffee table near the dog crate but my muse took a detour so I tossed it in the trash which made hubby very happy!

AFTER

We all know that it won't stay this way 

but it's ready for the next time I paint.

BEFORE

I have storage all over but 

this is a handy supply corner.

I sometimes do journaling here too.

AFTER

This clean corner makes 

my heart go pitter patter!

I bought fabric to cover the underneath area but, 

as you can see, I haven't tackled that project yet!

BEFORE

The sewing table and surrounding storage.

AFTER

Oh the joy!

 I'm getting ready to quilt this rail fence quilt.

It's the first quilt I ever attempted to make, 

and that was about 12 years ago!

Being new to quilting at the time, I was extremely cautious about quilting it.  I was afraid I'd mess it up.  I studied it, overthought it, stared at it, and I could never quite make myself quilt it.  Then, in a cleaning frenzy one day, I stashed it away and it's been there all these years.  

With fall fast approaching, it occurred to me that I would like to use it.  All my fears about the quilting have dissipated now so I dug into my tub of UFO's and pulled it out. 

The colors are much milder than the

ones I choose these days but I like them.

I plan to stitch in the ditch.

Tootles All,

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P.S.  In the UFO tub, I also found a couple other quilts that I started back then.  I even forgot about one of them!  I'll be sharing those with you sometime down the road.