Tweaks and Upgrades

It all started when I re-discovered this small quilt by Wanda.

After hanging it on the wall in the design studio

(instead of continuing to store it in the closet)

I stopped and took a good long look at 

the congested counter top area.

Several things have been bugging me - time to deal with them.

First - I had DH crawl underneath the cabinets

and plug in a 10-outlet extension bar that now lives

underneath my red shelf/riser.

That allowed me to move the label maker 

and the digital photo frame to the right-hand end 

of the counter and eliminate the bulky power strip 

that had lived on the left end from day one.

(the one that made it hard to open

that last tier of cabinet drawers)

I was also able to bring in the Bose radio.

I still need to order the Erskine adapter 

so I can play music through the Bose speakers

 using my phone like I do at my sewing machine.

(via Pandora until our subscription ends

and then it will be Spotify after that)

Moving all those things away from the far left

meant I could slide the quilt basting pool noodles 

all the way to the wall -  thus clearing off 

several inches of prime real estate near the

center part of the countertop.

THAT felt very good.

And when younger son made a couple of changes

in his living area to add an art table,

I was quick to nab this newly-homeless shelf unit.

Now all of my quilting books are out in the open

instead of tucked in an awkward corner of the closet.

MUCH better - especially since

my rocking chair is close by.

(I'm still debating about what to do 

with most of my FMQ books now that my

liberated fans have become my go-to motif)

Adding the bookshelf meant my step stool

had to be relocated so I cleaned out the

cluttered/messy end of my closet 

so it could be hung on the wall (left side).

Win - Win.

This is the end where the books used to be.

All of the shelves were cleaned off

and this is the result - so much better.

And all the while my stash of shirts/shirtings

was sprawled out on the cutting table.

I have two or three ideas in mind for next year 

but I first needed to take inventory 

of what I have to work with.

All in good time.

Quiltdivajulie

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“The chief function of color should be to serve expression.”

Henri Matisse