Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Busy work

I just wanted some no brainer busy work to do last night while I listened to the president's speech. I finished cutting all of the scraps of flannel into whatever size I could get out of them. These pencil boxes were on sale for 50 cents each so I bought a bunch to use for storage until I am ready to sew. I used a little post-it flag on top of each with the size of the squares in it.
I am going to sew the 4" squares first so I didn't bother to put them in a box.
Our temperature was all the way up to 40 yesterday. It may not sound like anything to celebrate but after our cold December and January it is a treat. We have also had a lot of sunshine in February to make the days seem warmer even if they weren't. Today is supposed to be even warmer than yesterday.

9 comments:

Donna said...

those pencil cases are a great idea for holding the precut pieces!

Unknown said...

Great system and great deal on the boxes! I hope that some of your warmer air is coming our way. I have to say that my body acclimated to the warmer AZ weather and no being back in CT it just seems so cold.

Elsie Montgomery said...

Flannel and 40 above sounds good -- it is -19 C (-3 F) here, windy, snowing and cold. The weather seems to come in through the house and permeate the bones... that kind of day. I might wrap myself in a quilt for the rest of it! (Or go buy some pencil boxes!)

jovaliquilts said...

I love piles of freshly cut squares -- seems like the world is full of infinite possibilities! I used to feel that way when I had a new notebook and a pack of clean notebook paper on the first day of school.

Joyce said...

Great storgage idea. I have mine in baskets but they keep getting messed up and mixed up. WHere did you find the pencil boxes?

Quiltdivajulie said...

Love those pencil boxes - I found mine at Tarrrr-jay (they were on sale after the beginning of the school year) ... maybe at the dollar store, too? Especially like it because of the clear (see-through) sides!

Cathi said...

Those pencil boxes are the perfect storage idea!! I know what I'll be hunting for at the dollar store. :-)
We're to go to 40 tomorrow. I can't wait -- even though 2 days later we're back below freezing.

goodworks1 said...

I knew that stack of Sterilite boxes I picked up in January at Walmart would be useful for something - I got the blue-lidded ones from the close-out aisle! I've already got stacks of 2.5" squares sitting around in miscellaneous unmarked not-see-through boxes. Time to move them over! Thanks for the idea.

Anonymous said...

Cutting your various sized squares from scraps yet. Impresses me. You are 'the' one quilter I know, that never lets a scrap go into the basket.

And so neatly stacked in their individual boxes. And a great bargain and I know that feels good to find a deal like that.

J~MT