All in one place

It began with just ONE BOX, honestly it did!

I bought some fabric, and used quite a bit of it on my first project, but I didn't want to get rid of any of it. (maybe the signs were there, very early on!) So I liberated a box from the kids room. It fit nice and snug under the bed, out the way, unseen, ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE!

Now, life got in the way, and I had to move back to Nottingham, things that went in the car the day we left (with a view to returning to fetch the rest) were the following: kids, clothes and toys for said kids, sewing machine and box of fabric! No clothes for me, except what I stood up in! Priorities, right??? 


In short order, I was rehoused, and settled into my new home. The said snuggly-fitting-under-the-bed-box had grown! AND it appeared to have bred at an alarming rate, so much so, that by the second house move, 3 huge boxes took over my bedroom! Now, this house had no cupboards to store things, so boxes were the only way to keep it all nice and neat and ALL IN ONE PLACE! But suddenly, poof! 4 boxes, big ones, heavy ones, crammed full to the top appeared!

Then, PANIC! Another house move, and downsizing slightly! Where were my boxes gonna go!!

Oh the joys!! My new house has a Cupboard! All 4 big boxes will fit nice and neat and out the way, and ALL IN ONE PLACE! Yeah?? Well the theory is good!

4 boxes have been condensed to 3. the 4th is now residing on shelves in The Cupboard that Mr Patchie put up for me. Empty box's new home?? Poor thing is now storing shoes!

But the house also has a large airing cupboard, with 4 shelves and all my sheets and towels only take up 2 shelves, so what's a true crafter to do?? Fill it, of course!!

Currently residing on the top shelf is a huge collection of shirts. Shirts?? yes, you heard me correctly, shirts! These shirts are earmarked for a project, specifically the pockets, for a blanket for my sister and her husband. It even has a name already, A Pocket Full of Patches, but that's as far as its got! The 2nd shelf consists of duvet covers the kids have grown out of, or have been donated or bought from charity shops, as stock I might need one day!

The problem is, that the fabric collection is NOT ALL IN ONE PLACE! Its not confined nice and neat in The Cupboard and airing cupboard. It spreads, and breeds and grows, sometimes overnight! So much so, its gone and moved over to my dad's house, in his back bedroom cupboard! Well, he doesn't use it, why cant I???


Mrs Patchie x