Every January, I change the cluttered holiday decor over to a cleaner, simpler theme. It almost always puts me in the mood to clean out, clear out, and reduce. Most years, I'll pick just one or two areas in the house for close inspection and brutal reductions. This year will be more so than ever …
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Closet Reorganization and Sewing with Purpose
Last week, during a couple of rainy days, I decided to flip my closet. This takes a couple of days to pull out everything, switch winter things for summer colors, look at every piece to see if it needs mending, donating or trashing, and trying on almost everything I haven't worn in a while. Read …
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Spring Cleaning, and a Blog Break
Spring Cleaning came late this year, it just seemed like winter would never end. But one of the effects of losing a bit of weight is that the closet needs to be purged, a good problem to have, isn't it? I went into how I do this in more detail in a previous post - …
Shopping and Sewing with a Purpose
It has gone way past the time I should have flipped my closet to warmer weather clothing. I have been pulling things out from under dry cleaner bags for almost two months now. The winter sweaters were still occupying the prime real estate in the closet, making it a pain to get dressed for work …
Dressing Downton at Biltmore Estate
There's a special exhibit going on at the Biltmore Estate right now, and for all of the Downton Abbey fans it is wonderful. Even more so for those that know what it takes to use needle and thread to create wearable art. Wearable art is precisely what I saw there. Gorgeous beading and exquisite hand …
What’s in YOUR Closet?
January, a new year and good time to do some sweeping out of the old. This is a perfect time to do a closet clean out. In a book by the Simplicity pattern company, the statement is made that most people only wear 10% of their clothing 90% of the time. After years of watching …
From My Carolina Home 