Friday, October 3, 2008

time for the sewing room.

I was gonna tear apart my sewing room last week, but i got tired. So today or this weekend i am gonna do the sewing room. a long time ago i posted this really cool blog, with pictures and everything about all the stuff i have in there. it was so organised and neat. I could get to anything by just reaching. I knew where all the books were, all my rulers, all my stuff. If you walk in there now, you are greeted by the vacuum, the ablounger, scraps all over the floor and a bag of batting pieces. it is a mess. under my cutting table I have boxes and boxes of fabric i brought home from my moms stash. I also have about six or seven sewing boxes. some of them are old, some are new, but all of them have stuff in them. I also have another sewing machine and a serger. there is a ton of stuff crammed into that room.

I think what i want to do is clear off the shelves that are currently holding a bunch of collected crap and arrange the sewing boxes on it. on of the boxes if a tin plaid box. i think it may have belonged to my granny or my aunti mable, both now passed on. since my mom is also passed, i cant ask her. maybe one of my sisters would know who originally owned it.

 I think i will put all the fabric from the boxes into the drawers of the dresser in there. I have gone through this fabric before, and even thrown some out believe it or not. this should nt be that difficult, but its still my moms fabric and well, you know how i was with my mom. most of you anyway.

anyway, that is my agenda for this weekend. I must get that room cleaned. maybe if I start with the fabric and work towards the shelves, i will have empty boxes to put some of the crap on my shelves into. I will be taking before n after photos just so I can be sure and guilt myself into getting it done. So Im off. here i go. im gonna post this, turn one Aretha franklin and get to work. see ya all later when the room is clean.

6 comments:

  1. WOW! You have a busy time ahead of you...wanna come help me switch the den around?? :)

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  2. Can I have the fabric you want to throw away?

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  3. Sounds like a satisfying and rewarding weekend. You're going to really enjoy yourself in your sewing room, once you're done!

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  4. Everyone should have a hobby and a special place to stash everything related to it. That's why guys like the garage! LOL

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  5. Carols the stuff I throw away is so old or ugly, no one would want it. it would be fun to have you come down and we could make a quilt together with all the other fabric. crap there is a lot.

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  6. Good luck with the sewing room. I have a similiar issue with my mud room. A few months ago I cleaned it out, painted it, installed shelves, bought a new window treatment and put back everthing in a neat and orderly fashion. I was so proud of myself! Yes, well...it would be hard to tell today. The walls are still a different color but I have so much stuff shoved in there, its almost unrecognizeable. I really need to clean it all out again. I am not even sure how it happened! lol Btw Lisa, both of my daughters are asking for a sewing machine for Christmas. I don't sew so I know nothing about them. Any recommendations for a good starter machine for kids? Hope you have a great weekend!!

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