We’ve started going through boxes. I tend to believe that if something has been sitting in an unopened box for eight years, I probably don’t need it but the very first box Vince brought down for me to go through has changed my mind. So many memories in an old, crumpled box!
There are plenty of pictures of Chad around here but just finding one in a box made me so happy.
Proof that I have tried hand applique.
Definitely not perfect. Think how nice my applique would be if I had stuck with it.
Speaking of applique, I think these are some kind of mylar disks for making perfect circles. I always did buy all the tools I could find.
And, speaking of tools . . I’ve been searching for stitch markers. Too many projects and all my stitch markers are tied up in those projects. Here’s plenty of them . . just sitting in a box.
I love these little books. They have sticky notes and flags for marking spots and making notes.
This is a bit of leftover yarn from a project, along with a bear candle that Chad gave me as a gift. Don’t they look like they were made to be together?
Years ago, I was teaching near St. Louis and stayed with a lady named Darlene. She had fixed Iowa Chowder and it was so delicious. She gave me the recipe and I’ve made it a million times and seeing the recipe, I want to make it now but it isn’t on our diet. Darlene has since passed away and I’m so happy to have her recipe.
Also, I had a pile of envelopes from when friends had sent in their deposits for a retreat I had here when we first moved here. One was from a friend who has also passed away. That brought back good memories.
A basket of quilt bindings. I always made the bindings when I finished the quilt top. Wonder if I gave up and made new bindings or if these are all for unfinished quilts.
At this rate, it’s going to take me a really long time to go through all those boxes!
Rebecca in SoCal says
Aren’t you glad you didn’t go with conventional wisdom that if you haven’t looked in it (sometimes they say just six months) for a while, you don’t need it and should just toss it? It does make me wonder what I’ll find in my garage boxes.
At first glance, I thought that bear was somehow made from the yarn! Yes, they go together!
Dot Murdoch says
Those round disks are Karen Kay Buckley’s” Perfect Circles”…..They are used to make perfect circles for your appliqué project…..Luv them, use them all the time…..Glad you made it home safely…..Happy B-Day…..Dot in Pa.
dezertsuz says
You definitely found some treasures. Did you throw anything away, reduce to a smaller, less crumply box? I sometimes wonder that about the stuff I have stored in Phoenix, but I know I have some good things in there – just not much for the volume of the store room, I think. LOL
Nelle Coursey says
You have the rest of your life to do this!
Liz says
I remember that retreat – and it was fun!
I’ve been going through some boxes of financial stuff and enjoying shredding the stuff. At a point in time, you start wondering why you save some of the stuff, but there are other things that you find and you are glad to rediscover it.
I actually found my health record for entering the first grade. It showed that I had chickenpox at age 3 and the measles at age 5. It also showed my vaccines for the other stuff. It was good stuff to find.
DonnainKS says
That retreat will help you, and me, remember when we moved. Within the last month we have finally gone through all the boxes left on the garage shelves. Still haven’t found what we were looking for but like you found several things that made us happy! I really miss my Moravian stars purchased years ago in Bethlehem, PA. They weren’t where I thought! Keep up with the project, you’ll enjoy more finds!
DonnainKS says
That retreat was fun! I remember you, Liz. In our going thru, I too shredded financial stuff, found grade cards and awards for husband and myself, ACT results for one of our sons, grade reports for all 3, but not in any order. Crazy way things got boxed up!