My friend Lain publicly admitted to her stash (and her husband's lack of knowledge of the true extent of it) and made a promise to BUY NO MORE until she has completed 10 projects. Being that I have the same problem, I agreed to join her. NO MORE SUPPLIES, not scrapbook, nor quilting, nor yarn, until I complete TEN projects using product I already had. So, this afternoon I crossed the first of the ten projects off the list: this purse made from old cargo pants (although originally these were bought new, on clearance, for this project.) For my friend Steph. 
The upside of this remodel is I have a room with solid white walls and a huge window to do impromptu mini photo-sessions in. What you DON'T see in this picture is Indy is leaning on a scrap of sheet rock and sitting on a very dusty ledge. (And I photoshopped out the BBQ sauce from her chin and the sheetrock dust from her hands.)
Sheet rock: check
Taping and drywall: next
then, subfloor, hard wood
and then, we get to move everything from the living room into the new dining room and start all over in there.
Such a messy, pain in the butt.
For those considering remodeling and living in the same space...ugh, you might reconsider!
Look what we have going on! OK, granted, "I" thought we were JUST putting in new hardwood floors, but coming home from lunch brought quite a surprise. DJ decided we might as well "re-do the walls while we're at it" and of course, you have to do the walls first, right? We are still weeks away from being done, which means weeks (more) of fast-food (for once, I am actually sick to death of the "convenience" of fast food - oh, and the taste too!) More pics as the project money-pit continues.
Oh, and amid all this, DJ built us a new server so I'm back in the email world! Yea!
And by "scrappy" I actually don't mean anything to do with scrapbooking this time! I always save all my little fabric scraps and sew them into crazy little blocks. Always with the good intention of making them into quilts...someday. Someday rarely comes, so I turned eight of them into this cute totebag today. She'll be just right for magazines and books on car trips!
I have this beautiful book, and must recommend it if you love quilting at all. Denyse Schmidt has gorgeous, contemporary flair with this old-time craft. Might use some of my other blocks on the projects in this book. She makes it so enjoyable and EASY. Everyone who likes piecing papers together should enjoy giving this a try too.