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(Same cut, new color. An at home job, I saved $70!)

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Ann Norling sweater vest started in 1998.

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I love, love, love my new room! LOVE IT! I managed to reduce my fabric by about 1/3, which is fine because I was able to fit most of it back under the table. There are a few bins in the cubby, but I know exactly what they are because I made a list:

The cubby contains:

1. View-masters
2. 80's cassette tapes
3. old 35mm camera and lenses
4. Jr. High/High School/College Photo albums
5. High school yearbooks
6. all extra sewing machines & overlock w/ travel bag
7. X-mas wrapping supplies
8. All other gift wrapping supplies
9. Xtra cubes leftover from yarn storage unit
10. polyfill & poly batting
11. small plastic bin of Woolfelt
12. small plastic bin of landscape fabrics
    
13. fabric painting supplies
14. UFO's
15. Finished needlework that needs framing
16. Folding chair
17. Bin of Totes
18. Extension cords (2)
19. Super stiff interfacing

Since the bin in front of the cubby is on wheels, I can move it aside for easy access.

This little piece of fabric represents the slippery slope. In the past, I would have kept it. Why? Because it could become a stem, or a border, or tree trunk. Instead, it would have been one of hundreds, tossed in a bin and forgotten. Now, it has been tossed in the trash and forgotten. The waste. It just kills me.
Maybe I need to start a new policy: I can only save scraps for a certain period of time. If I haven't used them in that time, I have to throw them out or give them to someone else. It would mean that I'd have to be very disciplined. I could view it as an ongoing challenge. Hmmm. I'm going to have to think about this very carefully.

Next on the list: the bathroom!