Hoarding - Springing Ahead

pigpen

I don't even know who those guys are..

6 ebeast items to post on Monday, I've done nothing for the last couple of weeks I've felt horrendous.

Today I have binned a corner sofa, 3 binbags of rubbish and banished a bag of clothes to DD1 for the grandbeast.. just a 2 seater sofa to banish now..

GreyQueen

M.E. wrote: »

Grey Queen....... Camping mat can be tied up with the waistband from an old pair of tights or even "posted" into a leg of the old tights. Very cheap and effective, especially when backpacking.

:j That is fabulous, why didn't I think of that? I'm sure I have something suitable in the small cache of old tights which are kept for strange purposes.

Thank you so much for taking the time to tell me that.

skeeter93

Growing up my Mum's washing/ironing/mending piles used to be called 'The Vortex' as when things went in, they never came out. I grew out of a lot of stuff before it could be mended or altered. The best one was as a child, Mum cut and pinned me a blouse. By the time she got around to sewing it, I'd grown out of it!

I am super jealous of people seeing the minimalists in person, I've enjoyed reading their blog.

pigpen

I don't have a mending pile.. I just get rid and delight in my decluttering

thriftwizard

And in a sense, I'm doing other people's mending, and profiting from it!

Well-pleased; I've finally got down to sewing-machine level. You have no idea how much things will speed up now... there are several large projects awaiting me being able to use the big machine; for example one giant, fully-lined curtain awaiting being turned into a pair of curtains for DS3's room, and three slightly-damaged plaid blankets about to be turned into ruanas. One will save me money and keep the warmth in, and the other will make me money, turning £6-worth of blanket into £60 of clothing in about 20 minutes flat. Both things have been taking up a lot of room; they were waiting to be done when DS2 & TDiL announced they were moving back in and have been "stuck" waiting for me to be able to access the machine ever since. I don't know whether I'll be able to do them today, too many outside jobs needing doing, but at least I can tackle them now whenever I have a spare moment. Meanwhile there's still a whole lot of junk to shift/dispose of in there...

silvasava

Just been catching up - my hasn't this thread moved quickly over the last few days. I have a mending pile that I usually blitz when the effort of heaving out my sewing machine is less than the niggle of the mending to be done! Did have a laugh about the blouse Skeeter My Mum was a a good needlewoman & made me a lovely lemon taffeta dress with a frilled yoke. It was so pretty & it had to be kept for best - yup - grown out of and never worn AND she didn't make me another one to compensate
Managed to offload a bag of seashells that were going to be used for a project (about 3 years ago) via freecycle. DS1 asked me yesterday if I would give him a hand to sort out his clothes & linens :eek::eek: I wouldn't say he's really a hoarder as such but he's quite thrifty & doesn't throw things away that still can have a useful life. I think it may be 'cos he's recently split from a girlfriend & it could be a bit of 'life clearout' IYKWIM.
Gingernutty Going to check out 'TheMinimalists' not heard of them - you're day sounded really good. Are you near Kings Heath 'cos my darling godmother lives there. Saw her a few weeks ago but 'cos of the distance i don't get to see her as often as I would like - 82 & limited sight & SO independant Bless her
Off to make some meat pies for today & freezer from a piece of slow cooked brisket I shall cost out how much a meal it will be when I've finished Have a good day all

Happygreen

pigpen wrote: »

I don't have a mending pile.. I just get rid and delight in my decluttering

Oh, I do have a mending pile as I need to use up my old clothes in the garden and when clearing animal muck, lol. It needs serious attention as I just put a few cardigans on the pile! I usually mend when watching something on TV. But there is a black bag behind the sofa with teens' clothes which would not fit me so I'll sort what goes onto the ebeast or to Cash4Clothes.

Gingernutty

silvasava wrote: »

Gingernutty Going to check out 'TheMinimalists' not heard of them - you're day sounded really good. Are you near Kings Heath 'cos my darling godmother lives there. Saw her a few weeks ago but 'cos of the distance i don't get to see her as often as I would like - 82 & limited sight & SO independant

No, Wolves. I can get anywhere the buses run to.

Kings Heath has a 24hr bus service.

catshark88

Does anyone else get that feeling (post a big clear out) of why on Earth didn't I deal with that ages ago?

thriftwizard

In a word, catshark88 - yes. Doesn't make me feel any better, but yes, I end up kicking myself at all the time & space that's been wasted!

I've sorted out a big bag of yarn for freecycling today; it's not been claimed yet but I do expect it to go quite quickly but I can take it down to my Mum's knitting group if no-one here wants it. And I'm taking a big bag of surplus sheets & blanket pieces (I've used the coloured ends in a rug) to a volunteer for one of our local animal charities tomorrow; apparently young apes love soft flannelette sheets particularly. (They're stained, GQ, before you wonder if I've gone doolally, giving away flannelette sheets; I was going to use them inside quilts.) And I have managed to turn one of the damaged blankets into a poncho; it turned out to be square so that was the best use for it. So I have managed to achieve a few things indoors. Onwards & upwards!