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Spring Clean Your Studio Blog Tour









When quilter and fiber artist Cheryl Sleboda asked if I wanted to join her annual #SpringCleanYourStudio Blog Hop, I thought WHY NOT! 

  1. I wanted and needed to clean and organize my studio. 
  2. I need a better organization system for handling multiple projects at once.
  3. I got a question on my FB page about organization.   


And then I walked in my studio. 





Clearly the universe was trying to tell me something. 

It has been over a month of finishing projects for GenQ, going to Festival, and my son graduating from college. The boxes on the floor as you walk in as well as the items on the couch are all from my son's dorm room. 

The rest of the mess is mine. 

I had been doing pretty well at keeping the room somewhat orderly until about a month ago. Then I just started stacking things to get it out of the way. Even the floor needed a thorough cleaning.  

So, these are the before shots.  Stay tuned for two more posts of my progress.

On Monday, I will share progress pictures as well as some of the tips that my fellow quilters shared as suggestions for organizing multiple projects. And then the following week, I will share the storage solutions I decided on to keep my projects on target. 

In the meantime, please go visit my fellow bloghoppers!

April 20th- Toni Smith - http://www.quiltoni.com/tonis-blog.html/ 
April 21st - Sam Hunter - https://huntersdesignstudio.com/ 
April 22nd -ME!
April 23rd - Pepper Cory - http://peppercory.blogspot.com/ 
April 25th - Andrea Davis - http://www.sewtofit.com/ 
April 26th - Misty Cole - http://www.mistycole.com/blog/ 
April 27th - Amalia Morusiewicz - http://funfromatoz.com/ 
April 28th - Jenelle Montilone - http://trashn2tees.blogspot.com/ 
April 29th - Cheryl Sleboda - http://blog.muppin.com


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  1. Lisa ChinApril 24, 2016 at 12:58 PM

    I'm bringing home a daughter from college this week too. It always takes a little while to get everyone rearranged!

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