Spring Cleaning, a bag and a prom.

A stash mish-mash......

This is about half my scraps.  There is another bin in the closet.  Usually when I work on a project, I take some of the leftover fabric and cut it into 2 or 3 inch squares or strips, to be used for future scrap quilts.  This has gotten away on me and it's growing like a bad rash.  I have been tripping over the piles, moving them around and then back again.  Besides there is a fantastic scrap quilt pattern I want to revisit, and it's going to take some reorganization.

The pattern I'm thinking of requires your fabric to be broken down into lights, mediums, and darks.
I also made a separate pile of strips for log cabin blocks or binding.

Then I reorganized my bigger cuts into cubbies.

 Now we're talking. One more closet to go......

While in above messy closet, I pulled out some great Monaluna organic cotton I had been saving, dropped everything, and made this bag....

It's a pattern from Happy Zombie (love her blog), and you can also find it here.  I made it bigger, (12x18) so it would be more of a tote-size.  I already pulled fabric to make another in the original 8x10 size.  It was so fun and easy to make!

Now before I go I just have to share some pics of my son's high school prom.  These boys have known each other since elementary school, and they all play sports together, and are quite the Band of Brothers.  I don't know whose idea it was to wear white tuxedos, but they all jumped in together, sporting different colored vests and ties.

My husband took these pictures, as I had just gotten out of the hospital, and couldn't go see them off. My son is the fifth from the left.  One of the mothers said they looked like Easter eggs!  Here are the girls.  Just as colorful!

They rented a party bus, went to dinner, and then on to the dance.  How do you top that?

Is this my baby boy?  Waaaaaa! When did this happen???  I would give my left ovary (oh wait, I just did), to have him 3 years old again, sitting on my lap in the rocking chair, fresh from a bath, and reading him a story.  I think he has other interests now ; )