Spindler & Thread

Cleaning my sewing room means something different to me than it does to you.  I try to get my room in a shape that I can dust all of the baseboards once a year.  That is one meaning of “cleaning my sewing room”.  For the most part “cleaning my sewing room” means I have to put things away.  When I do that, I find the things that seem to multiply on their own.  For me they are: Scraps Orphan blocks Unfinished projects Things given to me or picked up at rummage sales   Scraps Scraps are out of control for me.  I recently started an improv quilt when I couldn’t get the blue scrap drawer to close.    The major problem with blue/green is that I have often used some form of blue as a backing and have numerous pieces that are 6-9 inches the length of a quilt.  They fill up the drawer fast.    I know everyone's definition of what is a scrap is different.  If it is less than 1/4 yard, it generally ends up in my sc...

 Kim Lapacek put out another challenge.  This one is to clean up your crafting space.  I hadn't even noticed it until a friend asked me if I was going to do that challenge too.   Was she trying to tell me something???  I readily recognize that these challenges motivate me to actually finish something.  I am really good at making progress, but not always getting to the finish line.  So sure why not.   So this week's activity is to take before pictures and link to the challenge.   Someone in my guild very famously quipped that she didn't need to go to a sewing retreat, she could make a mess all over a 1700 sq ft house.  I remember that comment when I have things on the dining room table, partly done things on the guest room bed, hand sewing in the living room and something left in the kitchen from some activity.  I am very fortunate.  I have a spare bedroom with great natural light that I use for my sewing room. He...