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		<title>Let's Get Organized: Week 1 - Purging Fabric, Part A</title>
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			<title>zazmau says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After watching Kathy MCNeil and her crayon technique how can you get rid of any of your fabrics lol! Just color over it! I recently bought a house and I'm unpacking my fabric from storage. I plan to retire in a year and a half and I'm ready for my life to begin. Lots of people are downsizing and closing down their life. Not me! I can't wait to have more time to accomplish so many things I've dreamed about creating and never had the time to focus on. I might purge fabrics later but for now I'm organizing and getting ready to enjoy my life!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>zazmau</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:52:40 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Joane says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The dormer has been untouched for years and I plan to haul one bin at a time down and sort. It got away from me.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Joane</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2016 11:12:05 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>khowardquilts says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The only non cotton that I kept were some pieces suitable for clothing that I thought we might use. I don't have a budget for fabric so the donations have been great. Now, I only buy when I can't find what I need in my stash. Lately I have started scrap quilts which don't need addition fabric purchases. Even those ugly fabrics can find a place in those. I do need to go through and refold my stash as it isn't very neat and some pieces have slid out of sight in the bottom of the boxes. I want my stash out of the light and dust and away from the cat. I use paper boxes with lids and label a piece of white paper on the end of the cover. Another sheet of paper covers the printing on the end of the box and I have added quilt pictures from catalogs to them; you could add a photo of the box contents instead. I tried covering a box with wallpaper to match the room, but it is rather fragile and the cat liked it too much, but it did help the box to blend in in my very small room.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>khowardquilts</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:24:33 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>khowardquilts says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A while ago I did go through our fabric (my daughter's and mine) and remove all the larger pieces that weren't all cotton and took these to the local thrift store. I sometime have found good cotton fabric at the thrift store, too. I don't feel the need to go through it again at this time. She had had a number of people give her their scraps and extra fabric when they no longer were going to use it.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>khowardquilts</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:23:36 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Becky Ezra says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I try to be clear here, I just did what you suggested and didnt finish, tomorrow is another day to bring all those fabric that I will never use (not cotton that I got from ...knows from whom), any way, my biggest problem of organize my fabrics is the small pieces - any suggestions, please. tnx.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Becky Ezra</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:55:42 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Claire31 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Might reorganise stash but you never know when you might want the fabric. I have just used a beautiful piece of silk bought in 1980 just perfect for a (dressmaking ) project today. Haven't sewn silk before so will be a challenge - probably why I have it in my stash so long!!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Claire31</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2016 03:24:02 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Rosemary Bolton says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Okay. I will try 8) I do think it is good to give fabric to friends]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Rosemary Bolton</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:16:21 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>cindy says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Get rid of fabric, you've got to be kidding! Come on, get real. Why do we have a stash in the first place? To USE from. I don't care how long a piece of fabric has been sitting around, there is always a use for it. It doesn't matter if it's no longer in style, it will still get used in a quilt, especially a scrap quilt. I try to find the largest variety of different fabrics possible. Purge my stash, NOT A CHANCE!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>cindy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 14:17:23 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>SusanEdwards says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Purge? No way! I just used a fabric that I bought in 1994. For many years, I thought that I would never use that fabric, but it was perfect for yesterday's project. What I do like to do is to rearrange my fabric collection every so often. Organizing my collection in different ways offers new insights into how to use each and every piece including all "ugly" fabric. You need an ugly piece to make the others pop.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>SusanEdwards</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:52:04 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>kenfaw says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ IN case no one has answered you 'to consign" is to take your fabric in this case to a shop that sells your 'stuff'' for you and you share in the profits. Usually minimal amount goes to shop 10 to 25 percent of what the item sells for. Each consignment shop has their own rules.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>kenfaw</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:36:45 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Brendaintheboro says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[please will someone explain what you in the US mean by consign please. Is it donating charity?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Brendaintheboro</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:01:15 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Jenny says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oh dear. You haven't seen my stash! But I WILL try.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 23:00:07 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Barb Murdock says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am doing the same for about the 10th time. I have so much fabric and keep wondering what am I going to do with all of it. Some days it is easy to say goodbye, other days nope. But I am still working on the room this week so hopefully another box or two will be out of here. It is amazing what you find when you start digging!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Barb Murdock</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:49:16 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Quiltmama says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is so timely! I am reorganizing my quilt room to make room for my longarm that will be installed on Wednesday!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Quiltmama</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:53:51 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Kris says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I did this a few years ago. I got rid of the cheaper fabric from Joann's, etc but could not get rid of much else. The small pieces went into a pile and I have been working on cutting them into strips, bricks and squares, but I can't seem to get rid of much. I do need to get better organized though]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:44:13 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>jeanbean says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is such a great idea! I'm amazed at how much my taste has changed over the years. Looking forward to suggestions of where to donate or consign fabric that has been washed.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>jeanbean</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:40:12 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>disanders says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After 15 years of attending workshops from our Quilt Guild National Show I feel so good to have gone through all the bags of "started" projects - keep a few- and put back all the other fabric out of the bags I can use for something else.I donated several "kits" and can see whats in my closet too!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>disanders</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:32:26 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Carbonated Creations says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is a very timely blog post and a project I'm in serious need of doing - and will do! I have most of my fabric wrapped on Polar Notions and in bins but I do have tons of overflow in bags and in piles. Why I never thought to put those always falling over pile unwanted fabrics in their own bin instead of on top of the bins of fabric I do want I'll never know. marylh: I can attest to how awesome those Polar Notions are and how MUCH fabric you can wrap around them - you may not need to purge any fabric now. I didn't realize how bad my fabric hoarding was until I bought those things - now I know down to the yard. They do make organizing and storing so much easier and prettier though and I'm so glad I bought mine. Good luck to everyone doing the great fabric purge and organizing the rest of your sewing/quilting /craft rooms!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Carbonated Creations</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:30:31 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>marylh says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is my major goal for 2016- so thanks for the support and place for accountability. I am downsizing from one house to another, but I'll have both houses for the next 4 years until I retire. But my goal is actually to only keep what fits in the smaller "retirement" space. I got two large IKEA cabinets (still under construction) and I ordered 100 of the Polar Notions boards to start to get more fabric in a smaller space. I can only do this about an hour a day with my work schedule. Appreciate the marathon step by step approach!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>marylh</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:39:28 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>MarshaRegan says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I began quilting over 30 years ago and I remember hearing how quilters "had" to have this huge stash of fabric. I complied and built up that stash. I have purged it many times over the years and am getting ready to do again. What helped me was to ask myself "WHY did I feel the need to have all this fabric?" After all, the fabric manufacturers are always coming out with new stuff and if I am really drawn to a fabric, I had better have the project all ready in mind to use it.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>MarshaRegan</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:29:24 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Barb Walsh says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi, I did this before we moved. I had a quilter garage sale and made some money. Then what was left went to different charities. It turned out great. I had organized fabric for the new house and money to buy more after the move. I've tried plastic bins in the past but they get really heavy filled with fabric.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Barb Walsh</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 08:35:46 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Ritzy says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is my day off , and guess I better get started. Thanks for doing this.......]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ritzy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 08:27:26 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Dana Leigh Tisdale says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Perfect timing. Decluttering my fabric and redesigning my sewing and quilting area in the basement is one of four goals in 2016. Thank you for taking the lead and helping me! Going to take some BEFORE pictures]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Dana Leigh Tisdale</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 08:10:32 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>sandyt says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I just ordered 10 clear plastic boxes . they will arrive tomorrow]]></description>
			<dc:creator>sandyt</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 08:02:13 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>pamthecrazyquilter says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is really a good place to start. I keep my fabric in the basement on shelves and recently bought 6 large clear plastic storage containers to keep the fabric away from my two cats. I filled them all and still have so much. I need to buy 6 more...Or purge.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>pamthecrazyquilter</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 06:37:16 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>sirkku2 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dear Customer Service, This is really great Project. I have lot of various kinds of fabrics which I have collected over the years. I just started the Marathon by ordering more transparent bins with wheels. Best regards Sirkku]]></description>
			<dc:creator>sirkku2</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 06:23:45 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Ann Till says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So how do you know I am trying to organise my studio? Except since I run a guild as well as teach, I have started with my paperwork -. I have thrown at least one tree away so far! Now on to the books ---- Keep up the good work - will save these for when I finish.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ann Till</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 05:57:17 -0600</pubDate>
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