Well my spring cleaning went to my sewing room. Got my very small closet cleaned out last weekend. How in the world did I fit so much stuff in that closet is beyond me . But I got out 5 trash bags of stuff I did not need. And I moved some shelfs around to make some mor room. And in that move everything got dumped on the floor and I mean everything. I can bearly get into my small room now. It looks like every know natural disaster has hit it. Why is it when cleaning you make more of a mess than what it was befor you started?

More evidence for my argument - cleaning is a waste of my time :) and it just makes the mess worse!

Have to we are looking for a house.

aaah! that is the only real reason to clean out ;) Good luck in the search for a new home.

I always tell my kids you have to make it worse before you make it better. They don't appreciate it when I dump whatever needs to been clean ( the closet or drawer on the floor) Enjoy your clean room.

I'm still working on it.

My mother used to put a wheel barrow outside our room (4 girls) when it got too much for her to bear!

I am in the same boat. I had to make room for my DGD sofa bed to move up into my "sewing area". In doing so, I decided to try and clean up tons and tons of spots my son had made when this was his room. I swear he let a case of soda explode up there!

I have been spot cleaning the carpet for weeks. On my hands and knees trying desperately to get them out. In the mean time I have to move furniture, basically everything around the room to be able to get at the carpet to do the spot cleaning and then the rug shampooing. I am almost done! I have one more section to seam clean today. Spot cleaned the area last night.

Then I have to move all the furniture and organize. Can't wait. Haven't been able to see let alone use my machine in weeks.

Can't wait until it is all finished, clean and Sew-Perfect!

At least I will have some place to sew! :):) :)

LMAO!!!! I'm actually doing the same thing! Just reorganized all my fabric!! Took 2 days!!!! Everything is color coordinated and the containers are labeled, even with color coded labels!! I know I need therapy!!! :lol: :lol: Reorganized my drawers. One wheely thing is for just sewing stuff and the other is for the quilting stuff. Now if I can keep it this way I'll be able to find things when I need them. What's the chance of this? Cleaned up sewing area, did some sewing, back to a mess, OH WELL!!! Atleast it looks happy in there, being utilized and all!! :-D :-D

omg, you have tornado's in your house also. When my girls were little, we had tornado's when things were so disorganized that they couldn't find their socks etc. So with the tornado, the drawers were emptied onto the floor and they had to put things back away correctly. I thought I was the only mother on earth that was that mean.

Whenever I organize, I can't find anything!

Oh, you all warm my heart. In order to bring order to my sewing room I am going to have to take all the furniture out and then all of the other things. It is driving me crazy. I know that is the only way... oh, that and letting go of other crafts I haven't done for years will give me more space for all of my quilting stuff... I hope!

Organized is a relative word here!! I've taken over 1/2 of the sunroom for my sewing and cutting and all my fabric and everything else is in the basement!!! I get to have 2 places to make a mess!! Woo Hoo!! So I keep running up and down the stairs (you'd think I'd be skinny by this point - NOT!!!). I pull fabric run to sunroom to see if I like it (wonderful light), if not back downstairs! Not the ultimate, but I love working in the sunroom and DH won't give up the other end for TV viewing when its nice out. Its a long room that at one end is LR furniture and the other has been taken over by me!! Maybe one day it'll ALL be MINE!!! Let's see how uncomfortable I can make him!! :lol: :lol:

lol yeah, I guess we should just leave well enough alone.

lol, do you think making him uncomfortable will work? lol

LOL You need a louder sewing machine, then it would interupt the tv noise! ask me how I know.

Maybe it's that spring time ritual. We just moved my sewing room from a large (dark) room in the basement to a much smaller (but brighter) bedroom upstairs. We put my cabinets in the closet but had to leave the doors off so I can get to them. My hubby built me a wonderful sewing table with drawers and a countertop from the Habitat for Humanity Restore for only $40 and it takes up one whole wall. I have my TV, my small book shelf and even my Gracie quilting frame in a 10 x 10 room. I got it all organized, then took a bunch of fabric out last night to start a quilt for a co-workers wedding. So much for a clean room.

Me too
Am now pasting a label on every box.
Nothing helps me remember where particular boxes are however.

What I like about organizing is that I always find something I have been looking for or that I have forgotten. I "tidy" up my fabrics about 2 times a year. It's almost like going shopping!

And for Carol in Colorado, I would love to see some pics of your 10 x 10 bedroom with your Gracie frame set up. I put my frame in the storage building because I got so stressed from being crowded in my den (sewing room) which is 16 x 24'. I would like to set the frame up in my small bedroom but didn't think I had enough room to get around it.

Do you think it could work? :wink:

Carol in Colorado, I too would like to see your organized sewing room... I am not sure how big the (sewing room) bedroom is that I have to pull everything out and reorganizer so I have room to move without a Grace quilting frame. :roll: Looking forward to your pictures. (if I get my organized I know I will have to quickly take pictures because it won't look so neat as soon as I begin using it! lol :lol:

I'll try to get some pics taken tonight - as soon as I pick up all those pieces off the floor and put them back away :)

From experience I offer what I wish I had done:
Rent a storage building to stash all the things you can't use right now instead of donating or throwing them away. (Not just sewing, but also lamps, wall hangings, you will probably have tons of stuff the realtor wants out of the house.) You can never replace it all for the price you will pay for the storage building.

Yes, it's all hard, messy work doing a total gut job, but think ahead to the benefits that you'll make it "more right" for your needs and tastes which makes you want to be in there more and in turn you'll be able to sew so many more projects.

All in all, it's a good creative cleansing.

*You are now obligated to post pictures of your paradise.* :mrgreen:

I had planned to start spring cleaning this weekend! Was even in an odd way looking forward to it....however my oldest daughter (38) is back in the hospital for Chronic Pancreaitis, and her liver #'s are too high....so guess I'll be headed there. Besides, my sewing room is always last. Someday!

I hope she's OK!!

:lol: Because it is all hidden away. I know the feeling.

You are always welcome to come tackle mmine - I am envious

The flip side of cleaning is, you are discovering things you forgot you had. It is like going shopping in your house and it is free with front door parking. The biggest reason, to make room for more fabric. Works for me.

my sewing room is 10x10 also and there is no way I could get my Grace frame in there. I can bare turn around now, we need pictures how you did that LOL

I actually like to organize my sewing room and I like to collect cute containers and sewing baskets - a bad combination for me because I can't remember what I put in which container so I had to make a list of items and put it on my bulletin board so I will be able to find STUFF. There is something theraputic for me when I organize my room (organize=clean). I guess it's the challenge of trying to cram more stuff into the existing space I have.

There is a nice ranch for sale (I think) on Holland St in Saugus. Maybe number is in the sixties. That's all I know about it. Good Luck !

That was for you. Did I goof ?

With an extra room for your sewing!

Becasue you start looking at stuff, and thinking about your projects that you want to do, or will never get to! I think we just like to look at our stuff!

Thanks I'll look into it

I sure hop so. We have been living in this very small apartment for over 20 years now And my DH wants to move now. He hates moving. And I always made do.

You might want to think about just ripping out the carpet and putting down some faux wood. There are vynal (sp?) out there that look like wood and are easy to put down. I actually did that in my whole house. It is much easier to sweep up fabric scraps and threads than having to vacuum. Also if you have allergies they will be much better if you get rid of the carpet. If you really think about it carpet is probably the dirtiest thing in our houses. Also pet "spills" are no longer a big issue. You just wipe them up and wash the floor.

my Fourth grade daughter went to school and told here teacher , when my mom cleans she makes a big mess. bless her little heart

To those who have sewing rooms...you are sooo lucky. My machine is on my dining table when I sew then in the closet when we eat. I have 2 shelves in a small closet for my boxes of fabric, quilt books and quilts in stages of work. So I am envious of those of you who have dedicated space. If I didnt have to sleep I would be all set. :lol: :-(