Storing Fabric

Pat,

Followed your link and had a happy hour fantasising about de-cluttering my house. BUT in reality, where do you start? My house is so cluttered it's depressing. People still come and there are places to sit and eat and sleep, but my paper mountain is extraordinary. I am always losing things! At present it is the pattern I want to use for my next quilt... I took it to bed with me to read and it got filed... the Lord knows where!

Has anyone used one of those professional de-clutterers? What was their experience?

My only organised area is my stash!

Nel (Gadget Queen)

Pat > HGTV has some good information on

softener, sizing or starch.

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Nel,

I have never used a professional de-clutterer. I am, however, addicted to the Mission Organization show on HGTV. Did you investigate Pat's link to the point of looking at Week 1, where the first exercise it to determine what the cause of "your" disorganization is? I learned a lot from that. I am one brand of disorganized and my husband is another. My sister is yet a third brand. For good or ill, I am determined to get all three of us organized.

The "where do you start?" question is key. My recommendation would be to start small. If your stash is organized, then you know how to do it. You just need to pick a target. How about a linen closet, or the surface of your desk, or... See what I mean? Don't try to do the whole house, or even a whole room. Pick something small that will stay neat. You will be inspired by it to pick another small area, then another.

Best of luck. If you need a cheer leader, feel free to email me privately. The address that I use here works just fine.

Rita L.

Sartorresartus wrote:

Susan: Funny ... the original post was about optimum conditions for storage of fabric. I don't think anyone even remarked on that, but there is quite a bit of chat on getting organized. C'est la vie! Here is the link for the exercise:

am not marking this off topic because I think many of us need organization technique or encouragement so we can best utilize the time and resources available to us.

PAT > I didn't see what you meant by the exercise to determine what the

Great article! I think #1 applies most appropriately to me. It seems that whenever I begin to sort, organize, and create some order out of mayhem, *something* often comes up that pulls me away from creating a useful space. The impending (overdue!) arrival of my grandson would be a good example for me right now. The stress of waiting and the unpredictability of having to leave everything and go to a neighboring province when Baby finally comes makes it easy to walk away from the chore.

Yes, I'm situationally disorganized. :)

Nancy in NS

thnaks for the better link. I have printed out the article and will retreat to the sunporch with a glass of iced tea to concentrate.

Susan

according to that I had better stop trying to organise myself ROFLOL (1&2&3&5 hehehe)

however the stubborn streak in me says on wards ever onwards! so I'll get back to house dust mite organising tomorrow

I belong to another newsgroup, alt.recovery.clutter, and i really get some good support and hints from them. We're about 60% done with a total interior home declutter and about 50% done on exterior. Still a ways to go, but it's workin.

I thought that was you over there! They do have some great helpful hints and motivation. ~KK~

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Because textile fibers are porus and once the hypochloric acid reaction is introduced it doesn't like to stop until the reaction is exhausted or redirected (hence the sodium thiosulfAte). It is a hydrus reaction. Once it grabs hold of the water in the fibers you cannot stop it, you have to neutralize it. That is why bleached (chlorine bleached) fabrics disintegrate over time, it is not repeated exposure, it is that the exposure never stops.

Hope that makes sense, I am writing with much distraction at the minute...

NightMist

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