Comments on: Baby Making Weather

By: Dris

Dris — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:44:38 +0000

I have found the motherlode of Dritz Buckle-to-Cover notions. No kidding! Not to be a tease, but just e-mail me and I’ll give you the details. I just found hundreds of them. I purchased five of them (the 3/4 and 1 1/2 inch ones) for twenty cents each. I’m sure you will get your fill them. Miss Celie, I’m assuming you can get my e-mail address directly?

By: Summerset

Summerset — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:42:48 +0000

So *that’s* where all the belt kits are going! LOL. I collect them too, for my vintage projects. I’m sure there’s enough for us to share!

By: Sheri

Sheri — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:47:48 +0000

I don’t hoard, I collect! A lot! Except for one thing I’m hoarding right now…Max Factor clear mascara. I use it as a brow groomer. I read online that it will no longer be available in the US. I bought a bunch at drugstore.com. I love this stuff and don’t want to live without it.

By: justgail

justgail — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:41:09 +0000

I’d take your snow over the freezing rain/sleet in my area! As far as hoarding, I guess I have a book problem. And it’s gotten worse since I’ve been reading blogs and seeing recommendations of older out-of-print books! On the bright side, I have pretty much quit buying cookbooks and gardening books. I’ve been weeding out items (college books, kitchen items not used in years, etc), but sometimes I look around my sewing room and….I’m overwhelmed. While I’m happy I now have a space of my own for sewing, I’m not really happy with it. I think it’s time for a clean-up/out of projects and hobbies that I am no longer interested in. Thanks for posting this, I did not know Hoarders was online. I’ll have to see if I can watch it over our (often slow) internet connection and catch up on the ones I’ve missed. Perhaps it will give me some inspiration and courage to make some tough decisions.

By: Marjie

Marjie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:17:35 +0000

The snow makes your neighborhood look like a postcard!

I’ve never made a belt. Maybe some day…

Merry Christmas…enjoy your snow!

By: paco peralta

paco peralta — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:42:37 +0000

Well, I only wish you a happy Christmas to you and yours best wishes for the new year.

Hugs for you Cidell….!!!!

By: sewkiwi

sewkiwi — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:31:28 +0000

Funny thing is that I don’t hoard anything else but fabric and sewing bits and pieces. I can’t go past a fabric shop without stopping and especially those blasted remnants bins – they call out … buy me, buy me – this is your last chance before I’m sold out forever… and I keep buying …

The good news is – its not my fault :=) I found out recently that my Grandmother was exactly the same. In my hoard(?) I still have some pieces that she sent me as a child from Holland. Pity I only got to meet her twice. These would be +40yrs old now.

If you ever get back to NZ I will happily show you my ‘collection’ and take you on a tour of some of our fabric shops and replenish your liqueur stock for cold snowy days – thanks for the pictures.

By: The Slapdash Sewist

The Slapdash Sewist — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:39:26 +0000

Yeah, that show is nuts. It is impossible to look away. It certainly serves as a cautionary tale for me. I watch it online, and do dishes while it’s running. It is certainly a cleaning motivator, as Edris said.

So upset that I am missing the big snow!!!!!

By: Libby

Libby — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:03:45 +0000

Funny thing about snow is, it’s perfect for crafting. We dare not get that much in my part of NC, but when they start shutting down everything (and I do mean everything), I grab my crochet hooks or sewing machine and go to town.

* Note: In reference to your comment about having enough fabric to last two years, I recently put myself on a diet. More specifically a yarn diet. For six months. And before that, I said to myself “no more random fabric buying!” Sigh.

By: jen

jen — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:08:28 +0000

This show hits really close to home for me (literally), my mom is a total hoarder and my grandma and great-grandma were “pack rats”, just the term they used before “hoarding”. I really have to fight my tendency to squirrel stuff away and either use it or throw it away. Whenever I need to clean I put on that show and it makes me chuck things out with a vengence.

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:51:55 +0000

Snow doesn’t bother me at all, but lucky for me I park in a garage at home *and* at work! Have not dug out a car in years and I plan to keep it that way. I spent all of yesterday cooking and baking, it was the perfect day for it.

By: Auntie Allyn

Auntie Allyn — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:33:25 +0000

Oh my gosh . . . I went to Redwood Cellars when I visited the south island of New Zealand several years ago. Yummy stuff, lots of great wineries there! Driving in New Zealand is a bit of a challenge!

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:11:27 +0000

I was a little alarmed when I read the title of this post! Have I mentioned that it’s been 40 plus degrees for weeks here (and that’s celsius) and we’re in the driest wet season on record? I’m going to post a picture of my crispy brown lawn. I am a hoarder, too. You should see the buttons and zips I have but never use because I might need them sometime.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:54:35 +0000

I tend to hoard sewing supplies so I have on hand what I need when I need it. And I’ve got some of those belt buckle kits in my sewing stash too…for much the same reason as you *LOL*

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:13:48 +0000

I am awestruck with every episode of Hoarders I watch. It’s just like adult illiteracy…you would be amazed at the extent people go to hide the condition.

There are two things I’ve recently learned: Once you’ve had to clean up the home of a hoarder (alone), you swear upon everything holy you will never become one. I had to clean up my mother’s home fighting her all the way. Not too fun….

Secondly, once you’ve had to pack your entire household, you get a clear picture of what you have accumulated and swear you’ll change your ways. When I packed my fabric to move back to California to care for my mother, I hate to tell you how many 6 yard hunks of fabric I stored. It was a very bad habit I picked up from working a parttime job at a fabric store.

I’ve now gotten into a better habit of buying fabric only when I have a specific project in mind, and only after I have purchased (or decided) on the pattern.

I love reading about all the snow back east. Reminds me of my Nebraska childhood….