hello laura I do hope that by now you have gotten your sewing room looking like you want to go in it and get to quilting So that mess had better been cleaned up Its such a joy to have a healthy mind in a clean room you just feel so relaxed and able to function I do believe what your mother meant was the small messes you make when you are creating not the mess you seem to always leave behind from one mess to another etc........ So my suggestion to you is CLEAN UP YOUR MESS WHEN YOU ARE FINISH WITH ONE PROJECT BEFORE YOU GO ON TO ANOTHER
YOU WILL THINK ME ONE DAY HONEST YOU WILL
cause I am still thinking my friends and family for making me see things in a all new perspective SO GOOD LUCK on your new journey lol