I vow, yet again, to get my sewing area organized..
( i do this once a year ) 8-)

Anyone want to join me, and give updates?

Even pictures.before ,during and after? :shock:
Now don't be embarrased..!
Won't it feel just ducky to get our area more workable! :thumbup:
We can give each other pats on the back..ideas for storing,folding fabrics,thread storage...etc!

Who is with me :!:

Can I just watch pleeease! :-D

I just may need to do this with you to be motivated, I have a grand idea but no energy to move it all. Maybe once the grandbabies all leave....

NO! ROFL..Crlyn..i want those fat quarters folded!

I was thinking of starting this January..

so, Just say, "Yes Mom"..

I will set up an album, where we can all put our pictures..if that is agreeable to everyone.Anyone that needs help with posting pic's, we can help! If you don't want to share your mess, that is fine...no fun, but fine!
I will list as many links as i can find to help..and you need to post where you find ideas!

I'm doing this somewhat already.... if you look at todays blog,(below my siggie) you will get a small taste of where my mind is at.... by friday, all my 'rules' etc, :thumbup: will be up....

its gonna be a whole house thing though, and i will probably leave the studio till last, so i don't forget the rest of the house...

besides, then i can steal all your good ideas on studio organization#5??? I think it's the 5th go round, lol!!!

Happy new year!

You go girl! the whole house?! yikees!
i will go and check out your blog! Thanks!

"Up North"..it begins when you are ready..this is what I need to get going..to be motivated!

i just finished taking pictures of my sewing room..all the walls, and the floor..it looks like a tornado went though here..i would love to say..it is that way because of all the christmas sewing projects, but alas..it gets that way everytime i work on a project!
i will get my pictures in and ya'all can look at them and say
"yikees!" or
"geez,my area is not so bad after all" or
"I have her beat"
"If she can show her pictures, so can i" or
"There is no way in heck, i am going to post pictures"
ROFL!

I may join....just putting finishing touches on the new room - have been doing it since mid-August!!!

Pictures!! We want pictures!

I have this plan in the works too LMBO but not until Feb...my grands will be gone, my projects caught up for the month :D:D:D Then I will tackle setting up my sewing room :D:D:D

I cleaned mine but then it got messy again, because that is also where I wrap my presents.

Great plans at least, lol!!!!

Huh, thats how I work...hurricane trish.... (over a tornado, because the hurricane has sustained winds .... lol!!!!)

On the blog, somewhere, probably last february, you can see that version of before and after....

Mines not big enough to need to be cleaned up yet....but dh did mention "your hobby is getting in my way I think Its time we get you a room" Ill be waiting!! :)

Right now everything I have ...stash and all is piled in one corner of the room DH is setting up as a sewing room for me. He promises to start as soon as I get all the Christams decoratios down and put away (all the storage boxes are also in that room) So I will try to post pics as we go along...when I have more to show then just a huge pile of stuff!!

I'll join in. I need the motivation. Where do I post my (shame) before pic?

I will come do your space if you will do mine. I look like a Hoarder! stuff everywhere. got it from my Hubby!!

Your shame, can not be as bad as mine! But i am a happy person...i better be,my doc makes sure of it! ;0

here are mine..
http://picasaweb.google.com/strut526...eat=directlink

I think i will set up something in flicker, where we can all post pictures, i think..going to check it out..
FIRST..Take a deep breath, and so see my room..
(good grief, what have i done!)

DID YOU LOOK AT MINE YET?!!

oh snap, it's trash night,, gotta go take the trash out..it is freezing here!

Will try - but I got a head start looking for that dead mouse - will post a pict later

no hurry, not going to start until january...a pic of the dead mouse?!

I'm in ... Can I borrow someones motivation?? I'll take photos tomorrow after I clean up my kitchen but not sure how/where to post.

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I have already started mine. I started last week, but didn't take any pics.

I think this must be impossible, because I say it all the time too.I am gonna clean up, and then..........well, I try, but it just gets messy all over again..........what is the secret? maybe its because we are so busy sewing, we dont have time to clean up???

ONCE a year????? hahaha! I have to do it at least once a MONTH! Invariably, the fabric I want is on the bottom of a pile, (I have them folded & piled by color plus some in drawers by color) but when I start pulling pieces out, they HAVE to fall down sometime!? Then I start all over! Of course, they're in the closet so when they fall, I can't close the doors! Have no choice but to clean it up because they always take a few more things with them! Plus the UFO's that are piled up! Couldn't pass up those great fabric sales! lol! :-D

Just remember..creative people are a little messy! lol! I totally understand..evertime i start a project..it gets all messed up.

No one "has" to post pictures..or "join" us..we are just giving each other a little push..I am glad some of you started already..that is the point really...make some progress in our space!
Isn't it wonderful when you find a fabric, you totally forgot about?!
I get sidetracked alot..start with the books and magazines, and end up sitting on the floor,reading one or two of them!
:roll: :roll:

Ok, I am going to use flicker photo sharing. you post the picture here, and i will gather them all tp and put them in an album...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24578155@N05/?donelayout=1

Mine and BellaBoo's is in there now..

ok, i am definitly in on this one...my room has been a disaster since september...so, new year...new paint...carpet cleaned...new shelves/storage...and hopefully bring every thing in from the garage where it has been hiding for months :) my room is such a mess right now...guess i'll even get brave and snap a picture or 2 so i can share progress (or lack of)

Too late for the before pics, I straightened up after Christmas. Now I can start all over.

I painted my room this past summer too. a pale yellow. pulled the carpet up..the wood is a mess, but i wanted to be able to move all my stuff around, since most if it is on wheels. If i ever get the floor to the point where you can see it..i will be able to use the swiffer to get the threads and dog hair off it...

Iluv2quilt,Congrats! Way to go!

Alright I am going in. If no one hears from me in 4 hours send in the dogs!!!!

LOL!
Just take it coffee or pop in with ya when you go, just in case you need a lift! can i put your picture in with the others?

I just cleaned up my cutting table! That's where the real problem lies, for me. 'Cause I can't part with the little bits. Might just be useful for something. Don't have time to sort it, at the time of cutting... so I just toss it to one side, and the pile builds.

I can see most of the surface of my cutting table, now, which is rare indeed.

I am lol because I did not read 'give updates'. I read give-up date. That will be me if I don't have someone to move heavy stuff.

Find a couple neighborhhod kids to move the stuff for you! lol!
I cut a couch in 2, in the basement..because, hubby was always saying "I'll get around to it"getting it out of the basement..trashing it.. ..i could not move it because it was to heavy! LOL!
do you know how cool a sawz-all is?! ROFL! yikees!
he moves pretty fast now, when i ask him to move soemthing for me! :)

I like the SAWZ-ALL story. Way to go!

I'm in.
I have started already, ran of room...
I will try to post pictures of before, I took them a couple of months ago. I need to figure out how to post pictures:)

I have an upstairs room and a downstairs class room/studio
Here are two pictures out of at least 6, I took a picture of each area upstairs in Oct.

I don't think you can be both neat and creative at the same time, can you? I know I can't...........

What a great idea-and I need motivation I think! If I don't get mine cleaned I will not have the room for my new sewing center hubby is building. Mine is awful compared to all of the ones posted here...hang my head in shame...oyyy...
BUT I am going to jump in and get it done. Now I will go take some pictures to post!
Hugs
April