New Storage

Good Morning All
How's your morning so far?  Mine is going okay.  I have a very busy day but I won't have kids today, so I should accomplish a lot.  Just not a lot of Quilty stuff.  I have to show our rental an hour away to 3 families.  Hope to be successful today!  I've showed the house to 5 families already and no grabs.  LOL.
I'm also gonna try to tackle some of the paperwork that is covering my desk.

Today I'm gonna show you my new storage system for my scraps.  I like it so far, but haven't had much time to use it yet.  I just filled it.

This is how I used to store my scraps originally:

I believe I had 12 of those bins.
I would always see this colorful storage system in Michaels and think to myself
"Self, you really need this.  Its so pretty! But where could you use it?  hmmmm"
Then finally I convinced myself that it can fit under my ironing/cutting table.  Still didn't know what I would put in it but I bought it anyways.
Wellllll, it doesn't fit under my table.  It makes the table just a tad too high to be comfortable ironing or cutting.  But it does fit nicely between my ironing table and my other table. 

On the top of the stand, in the clear tub, I have my crumb blocks I've been using as leaders and enders.   The scraps I still have to cut into my scrap system are stuffed into the purple basket.

Here is a close up of some of my labels for my scrap system.

And these are my empty tubs.  Hmmmm what can I fill these with??  LOL

Do you like to organize?  Do you change your way of organizing or are you happy enough with the first attempt?  I feel like I'm always changing the way I store things.  Michaels and IKEA are BAD for me.  :)

Hope your day is wonderful and Quilty
VickyK

Block of the Month Swap - Oct

Good Morning
I wanted to post a picture of a crumb block that I made for the Block of the Month - October Swap that I joined on Quilting Board.  It was lots of fun and I learned a bit about stash busting while making it.

The competed block is 12.5 inches unfinished.  And I believe the 4 crumb blocks are 4.5 inches finished.

I have been reading, and reading, and reading about Stash Busting.  I even started a system that I'm hoping will work.  It took me about 3 weeks to get my stash cut and stored based largely on Bonnie Hunter's system.  Of course I tweaked things a bit, but doesn't everyone?  LOL  I don't have a lot of variety in my stash yet, but that means I just have to keep working.  Oh right, Playing.  ;).

So when I made my first 4.5 block, I tried using a paper foundation.  And HATED it.  I couldn't image having to make 3 more of these.  I was quite upset too when I thought about all the time that I spent creating the stash storage.  And thinking I can't stand this.  Oh what was I to do.  I had to make a block and my partner loves scrappy.  I decided to give it one more try - this time without the paper foundation.  Happy Dance, Happy Dance.  I loved it.  It was so much easier and the 3 other blocks came together wonderfully.  I'm really happy with the block and with making crumb blocks.

As I had my crumb container beside my sewing machine, I decided to leave it there.  I now am using the crumbs for my leaders and enders.  I almost have another 5 inch square ready to go.

Has anyone else made a crumb block?  What are your feelings about making them?  Do you Love it or Hate it?