Oh No! A Moment of Clarity.

When did Project Minima turn Maxima???  I was just sitting on the couch last night when this thought came into my head like gang busters, totally unbidden.  "I have too many clothes."

~ painting by Jocelyn Hobbie ~

(You shouldn't have bid on that.  I didn't bid on it.  It just came in.)  

Out loud, I said "I am going to have too many clothes."  See, I changed it up a bit.  That went back and forth between my true love and I for a bit.  Being the practical person he is, I don't remember a thing he said, other than it helped clarify what I said, or the fact that I said it.  Meanwhile I was reeling with the ramifications.  I mean, this changes everything.  Everything.  First, I took a meandering trip down the river of deNile.  Followed by bursts of kick boxing with my shadow self.  Then got lost in a fog.  Oh, don't forget the naps.  You know, the usual 5 steps.  And here I am, true confessions.  WTF am I going to do now!?!

sigh.  sigh with arms folded across chest.  that's a little defensive isn't it?  hmmm.  Well, let's stop moaning and groaning and take stock.  It's a new world out there/ in here.  Ha!  It's a new year.  

It's not all bad.  I did stop going to stores (including thrift stores) and buying clothes.  I did get to the point where I now have clothes that fit me, I like them, and I feel good in them.  That's huge.  I was batting zero on all three when I started the Project.  And I've come to know, stumble across really, what I like to wear.  That was something I wanted to get to and I have.  yea.  I wear what I want, where I want, even at home.  I like that. 

Downside is, consumption has steadily crept in.  First with ebay shoes.  Then with sewing patterns, and sale fabric.  Now more fabric and some warm socks.  I don't need any of these things.  None.  I have enough of all of them.  Really, but I know in my soul I'll at the least buy some more patterns sooner or later - probably Tina Givens.




Unexpected side effects.  I'm getting to the point where I'll have (notice future tense) too many clothes that fit me well, I really like and I feel really good in. (!)  omg.  And I love to sew.  I love to sew.  I can't imagine stopping.  

But before I get to dealing with that, how about the mindset I've been in about using whatever I have as grist for the mill????  That has really been my mantra.  And I do have tons of stuff waiting in the wings to be harvested, rehabbed, refashioned, etc., etc.  That's the real rub.  Do I just get rid of it now?  How can I?  This is where all the flannel shirt dresses came from, for example.  How do I come up with criteria for what needs to go?  It can't just be I don't like it, or it doesn't fit, etc. because I have used those types of things to make great new things. 

I don't know.  Maybe if I made a thing that's rather involved and I like it, but it no longer fits, I can give it away rather than keep it for scraps.  geez, such a problem, huh?

One thing's for sure.  Stop Buying Things!!!!   And keep wearing beautiful things that you love, yeah.

~fade to black~