Friday, March 4, 2011

Shame, Guilt and Embarrassment

The Triumvirate of Motivation.

Yep.

After posting yesterday the mess I call my sewing room, these 3 emotions nagged me all day. I did get a fair amount of work done on my Long Road Home project, but I kept glancing at something that could/should be put away or picked up or straightened. It got so bad that I decided to bite the bullet and take action.

By gosh, I cleaned my sewing room. Yeah, I know! Shock and awe!!

Let's do a before and after.

Here is the before pic standing in the doorway:
And after:



Here's the before shot from my seat at the sewing machine:

And after:



I folded yards and yards of fabric and put it away. I cleaned off the blue dresser that butts up to my sewing table. I separated scraps and found storage for them. I threw out a lot: old lists, boxes, packaging, catalogs, etc. Three empty bins are now filled with planned projects for this year (hopefully!). Last,I ran the sweeper. Whew. What a task, but I am quite pleased.

Now, there are certainly some areas that still need attention. The Clean Police would still probably write me a ticket, you know?? Take that that tub just under the front of the ironing board, for example. It is completely full of Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I cannot lift it nor scoot it. So I really, I mean really, need to just start stitching. I could work for a year on nothing else but this bin, and still probably not be able to use it all. (That sounds like a lovely challenge, though!)

I tucked away a stack of patterns that I've removed from magazines or copied off the internet. These need to find their way into plastic sleeves, and then into a binder. I've got the sleeves and the binder, but I'll get to it another day.

I really want to stay focused on Long Road Home.

I've gone from this:

To this:


To this:

I know I'm going to love this quilt, but I really think the next one I make will have way bigger pieces. I have a need for speed!

2 comments:

  1. Jayne...I'm going to love this next quilt of yours!! Lovely! Nice job on the clean up! I need to get downstairs and do that myself!! Have a great weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Doesn't it feel great to have done the straightening? When we closed the shop and moved everything to the house, I felt like a hoarder! I have cleaned and organized for MONTHS! My sewing room still needs some love, especially since we are getting ready to list our house for sale! How's that for motivation? LOL

    ReplyDelete

Feedback on my posts is always welcome!