To Do Tuesday

I can report some progress on the May goals.  

I'm determined to finish the top for one more UFO, and I've chosen the Rainbow Connection project.  The blocks are made with a rectangle of scrappy string sections with triangles added to the sides.  This is what my blocks look like before squaring up.  The string section is 7.75" by 17".  The triangles were cut from 7.5" squares, then cut diagonally.  The block is then squared up to be 11.5".  I think I need to start another set of these string sections for another future quilt.  

The final 4 blocks I need for the top are finished, so maybe by the end of the week there will be a completed quilt top.

Now - Do you know what this is?

If you guessed it's an empty Big Grey Tote, you would be correct.  It's now empty and in storage with another one just like it. The other one held strings of outdoor Christmas lights, which have been trashed after testing and finding they no long lit when plugged in. And nested together they don't take up near as much space as they did when full of STUFF. 

I can't claim that ALL of the things in the tote are gone, but the loose scraps are now living in a much smaller container.  And the level has already gone down since taking this photo Monday morning.  A gallon ziplock bag with yardage and misc leftover strip sets is set aside to be donated. 

I've also folded up some yardage and put it in the appropriate drawer.  So it's really just scraps, ready to be cut into my favorite size squares and rectangles.  This smaller container is also going to sit in the middle of my sewing room until it's totally empty.  Keeping it in my way seems to be keeping me task for dealing with the contents.  I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. 

Speaking of empty containers - I also went through one more container of books.  And that container is empty too, with the books set aside to donate.