The darker side of crafting

Thank you all for your kind comments. This quilt was quite an undertaking, but it was also a labor of love. I thought of my niece with every stitch.

But there is a darker side of such a long (2 1/2 months!), labor intensive project- and that darker side looks a little bit like this (cue sinister music):

Yes, my friends. I became a wee bit negligent about putting things back in their proper place once I'd used them. Also, I began chronically forgetting to take my reusable grocery bags to the store, which explains the overflow of plastic grocery bags.

Once I finished the quilt, I knew I would have to address this ever-growing problem. But it required making some tough decisions. Which scraps of fabric to keep? How many plastic bags to recycle? Richard suggested that I just store the things there wasn't room for in the garage, but I knew they would just take up space out there, only to be donated/tossed the next time we moved.

That's the problem with holding on to "things": they get out of control. So here's the new, much more under control craft closet. I can breathe again.