On 07/11/2011 14:40, Roberta wrote:
The great pleasure of sorting buttons! Tie matching ones together. Or
at least sort by color and/or size, so the next time you need a shirt
button you don't spend several hours finding one. (Says the owner of 3
full tins of buttons, not counting a plastic box of the extra ones
that came on recent clothing.)

Get somebody to stack the old quilt magazines on a table next to the
recliner, and cull them. Maybe put the projects/ideas you really like
into plastic pockets, then sort into a binder. Toss out the rest.
Roberta in D

On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 23:09:05 -0600, "Polly Esther"
wrote:

I remember well the weeks I spent post-surgery with limited attention span,
limited energy and Violent boredom.
Let's give her a list of things she can do that won't be harmful and
will make her feel like she's accomplishing something.
Mine: shove a bar stool comfortably close to the kitchen junk drawer.
(If you have more than one, schedule the other one for another time.)
Remove everything. Put some in the trash. Keep some. Or take a damp paper
towel and at least wipe the bottom of the drawer out.
When I did this, I discovered all manner of 'charge' things to stuff we
didn't have anymore.
Just one more. One day I cut holes in my tomato pin cushion and removed
everything. I discovered all manner of needles that were in okay shape but
had been shoved below the recovery line.
Next?

I can spend DAYS happily sorting threads, buttons, lace and patterns
into their 'proper' places... But here's a sewing one:

Find and save a small crewel work design from the intertubes. Draw it
out about 2" square on a bit of scrap linen and embroider it with
leftover wool bits. Take some off-cuts of wool doeskin or melton and
turn your little embroidery into a cute little needle book. They make
fantastic little gifts...

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!