it's all about the priority of concentration!

I don't function well with clutter. The rest of the house relects this pretty well. There's a lot of dust, but who's looking at that?

I have right much space in my workroom, so I can go longer without actually having to clean up in there. Threads on the floor, dust, I never notice those, but when I get too many project remnants about in too many piles, (these are very neat piles, mind you), I start putting things away.

What interests me is this. My fabric piles all consist of fabric pieces that came off my shelves at one time or another. What's left from these projects would theoretically be less than the amount of fabric than I had to begin with.

So why is it that the fabric never fits back onto the shelves? The only explanation I can come up with is that my fabric is breeding.

A good thing, yes? I do hope I like the babies.

Looks lke I fit right in with the majority of you and so I will be brave and add on a view of part of my sewing room. I have shelves on two walls with fabric and genealogy books that don't show in picture. I probably have more fabric than I can ever use but I am trying. I aim for the waste basket when I am sewing but mostly if they end up on the floor they stay there until project is finished. Thn I pick them all up and vacumn. It is so nice to have a place just for sewing that I don't mind that my space is small..it works for me. I have a chunk of W & N stapled onto the closet (which is filled with bins of scraps)door and I use that for my design board. Really helps at times. I am happy with my stuffed shelves but know that I really need to tidy them up someday. Ok..don't say I didn't warn you.

I also am messy . I always put everything away when I'm done with a project. I don't even empty the trash.!!

I'm a neat freak!

I DO empty my trash. When the trashcans get about half full. And I clean out the cat box in there regularly. Do I get neatness points for that? LOL

I am a very conflicted person.. my downstairs (kitchen bath, dining room, family room) are a neat as a pin.. I even go so far as to clean up the kitchen before I sit down to eat.. I will wash the knife I've used before I eat whatever I cut with it..

But.. then there is the basement where the bulk of my sewing things are, plus a number or machines and surger.. That's a disaster.. and I have my embroidery machine on the first floor in what's supposed to be a formal living room. Now that room is a mess as well.. My conclusion: I am an extremely neat person, it's the sewing that's that messy by nature!

When I start losing things in my sewing room (sometimes within a 2/3 foot area) it's time to clean up. Usually only a few days before the next pickup of clutter. Don't know how it happens so fast!

i must be a genius times 2 as my sewing room is a total & complete mess. somehow i make it to the cutting table sewing machine & ironing table. i want to straighten it up but it just seems impossible. aha now that i've said that a little voice said just start in one corner. maybe i perform magic

I have found that a long strip of masking tape-stuck ends down and sticky side up- right on the edge of my sewing table helps with the thread issue...some. Otherwise, my sewing area is a disaster zone!