Originally Posted by Karen K.
This winter when we had all the crappy snow and ice-I live in Michigan- I decided now was the time to clean out sewing room. AND I did get it accomplished. I am handi-capped and have trouble walking, and there was only a narrow path from door to sewing machine. I felt such a sense of accomplishment when the procect was finished. AND you know what 17 yr. old grandson said when he saw it all cleaned up, Gee Grandman you can see the floor. It was all I worked on for about 10 days. You just have to tell yourself you're going to do it and do nothing else till room looks great.
I applaud you tremendously on your efforts and the changes you've made for your safety and enjoyment of sewing. I hope you enjoy your newly arranged sewing room much more now. Pat yourself on the back, too.
VERY similar story here, too. I too am disabled a have trouble walking, so after some recent tripping over table legs and other items and losing my balance trying to navigate narrow pathways in my sewing room I finally reached my "Popeye Moment" - I've had all I can stands and I can't stands no more! :lol:
So, I'm in the process of doing exactly the same thing you've done, and yes, it's taking days to do it all. Besides safety issues in here, I had lost my creativity and joy in sewing because I had too many things in here, it was too cluttered and I felt like I couldn't even breathe. :(
I took out one 30 x 48" sewing table (still have one 30 x 60" sewing table in here now), two chairs, one tall 7 drawer rolly bin, and several other items. Instead of trying to have my room set up for at least two quilters (friend comes over occasionally but doesn't use the other sewing machine anymore, just hand sews), and have two or three of my machines always set up, I decided my safety and peace of mind were worth more.
I changed things that weren't working for me anymore and sat down and asked myself what would be the most important things for me to have in here? I know have the one large sewing table that I can set up two machines at for myself if I need to, the one large cutting table with storage underneath and a place for my ironing board, which I prefer over a small pad to iron on. I also have two 6' tall bookcases for books and pattern storage, my computer desk and a small bookcase for computer related items. My stash is in the small closet which DH kindly installed shelves from top to bottom.
My other portable sewing machines are stored on a shelf of my bookcases and now I can use my treadle to sew on instead of for a cutting mat surface. Yay! :thumbup:
My neighbor came over yesterday to check on my progress and gasped, dropped her jaw and said, "WOW!" What a compliment. :thumbup: