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"Ward" wrote in message It's worse then I let on. I was buying an extra 1/8 yard of fabric just so I could organize my stash. In the store I'd write down all the information from the end of the bolt and the yardage amounts onto index cards. Then I'd go home, cut a swatch off the extra yardage, and staple it to the card. Just in case I wanted to match the fabric with something else, I'd cut about a 4 inch square, clean finish the edges with the serger, put a button hole in the corner, and then stick it on one of those big snap-apart binder rings you get in the office supply store. When I'd go shopping at fabric sales, I'd snap apart the ring, snap it closed onto my handbag strap, and use it to compare fabrics / colors at the sale. Before putting away the new fabric I'd make a copy of the info on the index card and pin it to the edge of the fabric so I wouldn't forget the washing instructions, etc. I finally dropped the index cards and the fabric swatch habits, but I still tag the fabric before putting it away and scan the patterns I buy. I keep the index cards around as a reminded to remain in control. I'm a really addicted to this stuff. My friend suffers from OCD, she is a compulsive listmaker/organizer instead of medicating her, I could exploit (harness) her compulsion. I bet my sewing room would cure her. Michelle Italy |
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There's medication for this behavior now........*shiver!*
Val "BEI Design" wrote in message ... "Ward" wrote in message groups.com... snip Oooooowwwww, make it stop! ;- -- Beverly delete no spam and .invalid to reply ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Oooooowwwww, make it stop! ;- Sit over here by me, Beverly, and we'll delight in pattern serendipity, as we root through our boxes to find what we're looking for, and a few treasures we forgot we had. g Kay |
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Kay Lancaster wrote:
Sit over here by me, Beverly, and we'll delight in pattern serendipity, as we root through our boxes to find what we're looking for, and a few treasures we forgot we had. g Gosh, thanks, Kay. Do you have some tea? I feel so inadequate when people have these super-efficient storage solutions. My patterns are grouped in shoes boxes for each of the family members I sew for, sorted front to back: shirts-skirts-dresses-pants-jackets-coats-nightwear-misc, with a swatch of whatever was made, and maybe some notes....and it works for me. But I'm currently in the process of sorting and culling stash and supplies so I can make room for my new embroidery machine. What's that you say??? Too many machines?! Naw. ;-) -- Beverly delete no spam and .invalid to reply |
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Atom1 wrote:
My friend suffers from OCD, she is a compulsive listmaker/organizer instead of medicating her, I could exploit (harness) her compulsion. I bet my sewing room would cure her. Michelle Italy Oh! I'm only human! I have to reply to this! My adult son also suffers from OCD and Asperger's Syndrome. Guess who gets to toss the salad, shake the dressing, make the milkshakes and unclog the tomato sauce bottle at our house? Darling DS is very open about his compulsions and his perseverations - he makes them work for him - and it's *so* handy for me, too! LOL! -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, Australia |
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Think your son would lie to visit me and see the USA for a couple of
weeks??? My sewing room could definately use up some of his energy cleaning. LOL Barbara in FL & SC My adult son also suffers from OCD and Asperger's Syndrome. Guess who gets to toss the salad, shake the dressing, make the milkshakes and unclog the tomato sauce bottle at our house? Darling DS is very open about his compulsions and his perseverations - he makes them work for him - and it's *so* handy for me, too! LOL! -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, Australia |
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Barbara Raper wrote:
Think your son would lie to visit me and see the USA for a couple of weeks??? My sewing room could definately use up some of his energy cleaning. LOL Barbara in FL & SC Nono! He's mine! *Mine*, I tell you! Obsessive cleanliness can be such a boon to a household! ;- -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, Australia |
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DRUGS! What a good idea! I can divide them by colors, and sizes, and
....... :-) It's a illness for sure. Liz "Valkyrie" wrote in message ... There's medication for this behavior now........*shiver!* Val "BEI Design" wrote in message ... "Ward" wrote in message groups.com... snip Oooooowwwww, make it stop! ;- -- Beverly delete no spam and .invalid to reply ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Oh my God! Now I realize what my mother is up too when she "invites" me
over, asks to get something out of the kitchen cabinets, and then goes off to watch a little TV. Meanwhile I'm moving all the stuff around the kitchen and announcing at the end of the day, "Now Mother, the blue bowls are in this cabinet, pots over here, and I put the coffee cups near the coffee maker", etc. I've been used! And by my own mother! Well the blue bowls do look good together. Want me to tell you saga of my colored spools of thread and the nightmare when I discover I have one extra and no empty place to put it? I should create a web site and put up photos, share the madness .... Liz "Trish Brown" wrote in message ... Barbara Raper wrote: Think your son would lie to visit me and see the USA for a couple of weeks??? My sewing room could definately use up some of his energy cleaning. LOL Barbara in FL & SC Nono! He's mine! *Mine*, I tell you! Obsessive cleanliness can be such a boon to a household! ;- -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, Australia |
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LOL Oh, Liz, this is so very funny, especially that you've just now
figured it out! Good thing we had this little discussion, isn't it? It's also a good thing that you don't really mind! Still laughing, Karen Maslowski in Ohio Ward wrote: Oh my God! Now I realize what my mother is up too when she "invites" me over, asks to get something out of the kitchen cabinets, and then goes off to watch a little TV. Meanwhile I'm moving all the stuff around the kitchen and announcing at the end of the day, "Now Mother, the blue bowls are in this cabinet, pots over here, and I put the coffee cups near the coffee maker", etc. I've been used! And by my own mother! |
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