So what else have I been up to?

Bin dumped out on the cutting table

 While my machine was set up and being used for FMQ this week, there were times I wanted to play with my fabric, but not necessarily quilt.  Do you get that way too? 

Pile of strips on the ironing board

Pressed and hanging on a drying rack

I finished up cutting strips for a swap, and got a good look at my 2 1/2" bin of strips.  I knew I would have to do something sooner or later with this mess, so in my 15-30 min of fabric play at a time, I pressed and sorted out my strips by color.  And pressed, and sorted, and pressed and sorted....




 This is what I ended up with by the end of the week.  Strips of fabric sorted by color, just waiting for me to do something with them.  And an empty 2 1/2" strip bin. 

For now, I'm going to enjoy looking at them, I think.  Except, that monstrosity is in the way of the cutting table.  Maybe I'll put them in Ziploc bags by color family and put them back in the bin.  What would you do?


My next challenge will be my 1 1/2" strip bin.  I wonder how many of those I have?