Smart Thing, Dumb Thing

OK, so I'm packing. I'll be moving in less than a month. Boring boring, I know. Believe me, I'd much rather be sewing...  A couple of things I have learned so far:

Smart thing:

Taking pictures of your belongings in the drawers or locations where you store them so you can put them back the way you had them before you move. Trust me, your head will be so full of stuff you won't remember.

Dumb thing:
Underestimating just how much stuff you have. I never thought I had "a lot" of fabric. After putting it in bins and boxes, I can see how much space it takes up.

These six bins

and these five (soon to be six) boxes are filled with fabric. When I can make a quilt solely from fabrics in my scrap bins, like this...

and I hardly put a dent in my stash, that's a wake up call.  I need to make MORE quilts, not less, and I need to be LESS fussy and Arty. After all, like I keep telling my students,

"It's only fabric. It isn't Gold. It isn't doing you any good in your stash."

Must Make More Quilts.

Oh gosh, I can't wait!

It's

Yes, the word is supposed to be "It's."

I agree with those who said the apostrophe doesn't "read" quite right, but I think one of the bigger problems with this word is that the "S" is too big and overwhelming. It's what you see first, and I am inclined to think it needs to be significantly smaller. It's really a nice S, though, and I love the way the paisley print follows the shape of the letter.  Looks like this S is destined for the Misfits bin.

Yes, this is the beginning of a word quilt, and it is the first word in the quote. I think it needs to be a lot more assertive and unambiguous.  Let's face it, if you have to struggle to read/understand the first word of a sentence you might not continue reading.

I really want you to continue to read because the quote is something I tell my students all the time:

It's only fabric.

It isn't Gold!

Looking at the entire quote (instead of hearing it in my head), I can see there are a couple of other places I can use the lady as an "i". 

She could be more effective as the "i" in "fabric." Because the whole point of the phrase is to get my students to stop fetishizing their fabric and think if it as raw materials - material that needs to be USED to make a finished product.  Putting her in the word "fabric" might make viewers start thinking about how to use fabrics differently, and at least get them to actually USE what's in their stash.