Thursday, September 3, 2009

Quel désastre!!


OK, so a summer of fabric ordering and in & out of my craft room has resulted in a MESS! I was not feeling inspired or happy facing the chaos that has taken over (somehow the chaos in the rest of the house is OK...fixing it would take too much time away from crafty pursuits!).

I saw a great tutorial on folding fabric...YEEESSSS, you read right. I really like folding fabric. I like ironing it, folding it, then I stack and re-stack it into happy little piles. I find that it clears the mind of any worries and fills it with happy pattern and bold colour instead. Mmmmm....soothing and peaceful. OOoohmmmMMMMmmmmm.


I have the world's smallest craft space. I think that it is around 7X8 (that might be generous!) and is shared with the recycling bins. It is small...but I am SO grateful for it! It's the first time that I've ever had a dedicated craft space that was mine. It is such a luxury to be able to leave the sewing machine out. It frees me up to steal a few minutes for sewing here and there (without using up all of that time hauling all of the gear out). It means that I can leave all of my crafty things out on display. It means that I have my very own little "haven". Do some of you feel similarly about the crafty space you have managed to carve out in your life???

5 comments:

  1. Your happy piles even make me happy. I've started on mine. . .such a big job!!!

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  2. I can't believe you like to iron and fold. I am impressed.

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  3. Hey -- that looks like Expedit from Ikea. I have those shelves too. You space looks really nice, and I agree -- any little area you can carve out for yourself is so wonderful. When my daughter graduated from college I turned her room into my sewing room -- I love having my own space.

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  4. I think that's the Ikea table and bookcase I was looking at. How is the height? Is the table large enough? My future space is going to be small too (though larger than yours at 10x10) but I'll need a knitting chair in there too! Would love your ideas on arranging a small space!

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  5. The space is just perfect, Holly! And you're building up quite a nice stash, too! I keep my fabric folded, but it's certainly not near as neat as yours and definitely not ironed!

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