I don’t have any sewing to show you this week, as my weekend got all discombobulated. It actually all started the weekend before. My sewing machine was being fussy, so I texted Mom and asked if she’d be able to pop out at some point and take a look at her. At the very least, the machine was due for a tune up, and Mom’s a pro at that. (Though I am good at keeping it oiled and cleaned).

Mom said she’s probably be able to come out the following weekend (meaning this past weekend). I decided, since she was coming, I should probably get the studio into some sort of semblance of tidy. I’ve been tripping over baskets filled with fabric for months, and it was driving me crazy.

So last week, on our travels, I got some smaller totes to pack everything into. I didn’t get to actually cleaning before Mom arrived. But while she was fiddling with the machine, I worked around her, and tried to organize the yardage into bins.

As expected, Mom got the machine purring like a kitten and went on her way. After she left, I planned to finish cleaning the room, but Dave kept bugging me to go out and pick up one of his prescriptions. Really – he just wanted to go thrifting.

So I left my poor room looking like this…

And off we went.

In Strathroy, we stopped in at our favourite Used store (it’s like a privately run, smaller version of the ReStore) and something caught my eye…

The pictures don’t really show it’s size… it’s HUGE. I can just see the top of it, and I’m 5’7″. At first, while intrigued, I wasn’t really thinking about buying it. For some reason, I just wanted to open the drawers and see if they opened smoothly. (They did)

As soon as I did, Dave came over and said “What are you thinking?”

And though it wasn’t really my intention when I first looked at it, I replied… “That could fit A LOT of fabric.”

He looked it over and concluded it was very well made – in fact, we’re pretty sure it’s homemade. I did some quick calculations, and decided I could probably fit it in the far corner where my shelves currently are. And being that it’s deeper and taller than the shelves, it should be able to hold all those content and maybe even most of the stuff I have in bins.

For $250 (which includes the cost of delivery) it seemed like a no brainer. It will be delivered on Wednesday and I’m soooo excited.

For now, all the stuff on the shelves is packed away in these bins

So it’s got to hold all of that… and hopefully.

All the stuff in these bins too.

I think it’s up to the job! And will look so nice doing it too!