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Old 03-03-2011, 10:07 AM
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BettyGee
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Originally Posted by MistyMarie
I have spent the last two hours working on my former sewing area (in my laundry room) and don't feel like I made a dent. A few months ago, the mess actually forced me out into my dining room so I could sew without cleaning off my machine each time, but now the dining room is getting messy too because I keep pulling stuff out of my laundry room to work on and don't want to just dump it back into the room when I am done.

I think I am too messy to be a quilter.

I am feeling overwhelmed. I have a room downstairs where I keep a lot of my fabric and my mid-arm frame, but it doesn't have enough room for my machines, so I keep bringing fabric up to use. Lately, I am buying more fabric and notions because I get tired of looking through a mess to find something. I need to hire a professional organizer if I am going to keep quilting because the mess is driving me NUTS and I am not a naturally organized person, but once I get organized, I seem to be able to stay that way for quite a while.

Does anyone else get that overwhelmed feeling about their quilting spaces? (Or lack of it?) Am I the only one who loses their notions and what-nots in a clutter?
OMG yes. I am in the final stages of organizing my stash. I bought way too much at the end of the year with all the sales and it got way out of hand. I purchased the fabric boards and just about have everything wrapped. Still have fabric that must be sorted and folded. I tried to put fabric in groups of themes so I can find what I'm looking for.

I live in Aurora too, around Utah Park. If you'd like to chat about how to save your sanity and your fabric give me a call 303-751-1388. My DH says I'm the most organized person he has ever known, but when am I going to start sewing again. I'm almost there and with each fabric I fold I get an idea for a project and that slows the whole thing down. See it is a never ending process.

Don't give up, fabric is so beautiful and you can do so much with it.

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