Today was a holiday, and I did think about all workers who were enjoying a special day, a three day weekend! For us it was another day of relative freedom. After all, it was laundry day!
Fortunately that is a job I don't mind doing. I get a certain amount of pleasure in the routine. It's routine that is allowed by the freedom of retirement. There must be some irony there somewhere. Anyway, once that job was done, I was finally able to find the time to set up our Halloween decorations. It makes me happy to put up these cheerful items so it certainly wasn't a chore.
After lunch the difficult chore began. On my list of projects to complete this month, I repeated one from last month - the sorting through of bins of fabric. Fondling fabric is almost always fun, but today wasn't quite the same. What I am trying to do, is sort out fabrics that I no longer think I will use in this lifetime.
Sound easy? For most of the fabrics it's an easy yes or no, keep or not. But every now and then I come across one that still sings to me, one that I look at and still love. Today I came across fabrics (notice the plural?) that were to have been used for a particular quilt pattern. Every one of those fabrics was beautiful and each one was lovely in combination with the others. Even though I knew the colors wouldn't work in this house, I don't usually allow that to "color" my thinking (sorry, I couldn't resist!). The majority of those fabrics were also in the traditional/reproduction style - which normally I use in very small doses. It's just not what I would use for an entire piece.
But oh, they are lovely!
What to do?
After lengthy consideration, I put the bundle back. I'll make the decision another day.
You're not ready to let go. I have a couple like that, too!
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