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Monday, March 22, 2021

Quilters' Spring Cleaning 30-Day Challenge

Jessica Dayon and I enjoyed the Quilter's Spring Cleaning 30-Day Challenge 
that we hosted last year so much that we decided to do it again!


The challenge will begin on Thursday, April 1st, and end on Friday, April 30th.
It will include 30 tasks that will help you get your sewing space clean and organized!
We'll be talking about it daily in Instagram stories so be sure to follow along there for tips!
Her Instagram handle is @jessicadayon and mine is @gigis_thimble.

Here is the list of tasks:
1. Organize a drawer
2. List all projects & kits
3. Organize rulers
4. Purge unwanted projects/kits
5. Sort scraps
6. Organize red, pink & yellow fabrics
7. Change rotary blades
8. Clean off one surface – chair, table top, etc.
9. Organize orange & green fabrics
10. Organize threads
11. Pre-wind bobbins
12. Organize blue & purple fabrics
13. Organize books and magazines
14. Piece batting remnants
15. Organize black, grey & brown fabrics
16. Clean & oil sewing machine, replace needle
17. Wash or replace ironing board cover
18. Organize white & low-volume fabrics
19. List 12 WIP goals & make corresponding slips of paper. 
Each month pull out a slip of paper & work on that goal.
20. Organize patterns
21. Clean iron
22. Organize a drawer
23. Organize pre-cuts
24. Inventory supplies & notions, make shopping list
25. Dust shelves, tables, window sills & baseboards
26. Clean cutting mat
27. Organize yardage 
28. Make backings for WIPS
29. Make bindings for WIPS
30. Remove all trash & vacuum

If you'd like to print the list out, click HERE
for the Quilter's Spring Cleaning 30-Day Challenge PDF we've created for you!


So who wants to join us in getting our sewing spaces in tip-top shape?
Are you up for it?

Be sure to tag Jessica @jessicadayon and myself @gigis_thimble
on Instagram if you decide to join!  We'd love to be there to cheer you on!  
Oh, and we'll be using the hashtag #quiltersspringcleaning for this challenge.

Talk to you soon!

7 comments:

  1. I'm really looking forward to this! I've been slacking in the cleaning department LOL!

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  2. Thanks for posting this here! I don't do much on IG. Goodness knows, I need to clean and organize my studio!!!

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  3. Sounds great except for 2. List all projects & kits - that is 30 days worth just in that one task hahaha

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  4. To do this remove the upper thread, bobbin and needle and raise the presser foot. singer sewing machine oil

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  5. I won't be able to do #2 until much later in the list! LOL

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  6. Okay, so this is a year old, and I'm just now finding it. Big deal...I still need it this year!!!! I'm joining in a bit late (but, I'll catch up) and think of Amber and Jessica on May 1, 2021, and every day thereafter when I look at my sparkling clean sewing room!

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