January Sorting

Normally, taking down the Christmas decorations makes me sad. Christmas lover that I am, every room of the house gets a makeover come December and it's a rather slow process to get everything out and placed. Getting it out is fun, putting it away is not. But a strange thing happened today. I actually wanted to start the process. Maybe it was the sunshine we had that made me think of spring. Whatever, I found myself changing out table runners, pictures, and quilts. I'm not done, and we're still using the Christmas dishes, at least until tomorrow, but I'm started and it felt good.

Does this happen to anyone else? I couldn't find the picture that goes in the main upstairs bathroom. Just before Christmas I replaced it with a small Christmas quilt I had made and displayed at the shop. I must have spent half an hour looking for that picture. Where, oh where, had I stashed it? I looked in every closet, every bedroom, and finally under every bed. It was nowhere to be found. An item I had stashed last Christmas only came to light just before this one, and I was afraid I was about to have a repeat. A vague nagging in my head told me the picture was in our bedrom closet, and finally after at least my third check, I looked down just inside the door and saw it leaning up against the upright of some floor-to-ceiling shelves. The white back blended right in and made it virtually invisible. Sometimes I'm just too clever.

Below is a wall quilt I made late last summer. It's a Country Threads pattern. When Dan saw it, he said, "Those are funny looking spoons." I told him they weren't spoons, they were folk art flowers! Well, the label on the back now reads, "Spoon Flowers". It's in the primitive style, and I really like it. It goes on the wall in the breakfast nook, and it was good to get it back up.


I've been perusing a few blogs and am in the mood to continue sorting out the house and making a few changes. Perhaps a few new pillows, a new runner, and maybe a new rug for in front of the fireplace will materialize in the next few weeks. Here's hoping!