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Kate's avatar

I’m just catching up on a months worth of emails (consigned to the ‘do it tomorrow’ list ) and have just ticked everything on the ‘inevitabilities’ list ! Except it’s not a kettlebell it’s weights and it’s Tuesday and Thursday mornings…. 😂

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Marilyn Clulow's avatar

I too have so much in common and operate so much like you. Unlike you I came pretty late to art quilting. actually in my 70’s after a foray into weaving and traditional quilting. I also combine a lot of stitchery with my art work. I am a collector and stasher of everything that can possibly add to my stuff. I am 89 now and have started the process of decluttering.I wish I had seriously reflected over the years about the aging process, the knowledge that I have limited time on this earth and to seriously stop buying books and stuff . I am now drowning in an ocean of lovely hand dyes. rust dyes, painted fabric and bits and pieces that I will never ever use and nobody really wants, they are silently drowning too. I don’t want my kids to have to deal with all this stuff. I wish I had thought earlier that my life was one day going to end, could be tomorrow but I was /am so addicted to what I am creating. I have been listening recently to younger quilters talking about helping to clean out studios of older quilters who have died and had never gotten around doing any real decluttering. I think this is worth a lot of study. Are there any books or articles out there looking at this problem of art/textile quilters.?

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