Having a cleared space does make a difference. Having two sewing area's right now I have double duty to do today. The area where I actually quilt is our 3 season porch and has been terribly cold. So we moved the sewing machine into another room on a folded table with a small cutting mat, and set up the ironing board also. Braved the cold this past weekend and quilted two small Project Linus quilts, so now that area needs to be cleaned also. Need to take time to reorganize everything in both spaces. Why don't we have little elves that come at night and do this for us???