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I don't have a sewing room at the moment so need to keep everything neat and cleaned away at all times. Can get a bit messy during my sewing moments but then at the end of the day it is all cleaned up again.

Am really hanging out to get my sewing room but the house comes first so will be awhile yet. :-)

Maybe1day

Clean when I start a project trashed when I am finished.

Reading all of the above makes me feel so much better. I didn't realise there was anyone else who made a sewing mess like I do.

I'm messy and unorganized! I was so excited when hubby said I could use this 6x8 room for my sewing room. Then it had to double as an office. Now it has to also store my sons carpet cleaning supplies. If you stand in the middle of the room, you can touch everything in the room its so packed! Anyways....my quilting spread to the kitchen so I could use the table to cut on. Now with this GFG quilt I've dragged it into the living room too so I can handstitch and watch tv! One of these days it will end up in my bedroom too! lol

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Originally Posted by Fancy Nancy

i must say that i am a messy quilter. during a project i have fabric and notions all over the place and not good about putting things away until finished with project. cut threads end up on the floor along with a lot of dropped pins - i try to pick those pins up before running vacuum. thing is i have a waste basket right there for threads cut off but the floor seems to catch more.

Sounds just like me!

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Originally Posted by MZStitch

Yep, that's me. My sewing machine gets trashed by the time I finish a project. I do have a rule though, which I follow faithfully. Before starting a new project I completely clean it, down to seperating flower head pins from ball ended.

Wow! That's really impressive!

All I usually do is pick up as much of the thread as I can because it chokes my vacuum cleaner. Then I run the magnetic pin cushion over the carpet to get pins where they belong. I cut and pin in another area of the house (dining area) so I pick uo all that stuff after I'm done there.

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Originally Posted by jitkaau

Non - sewers and neat freaks often comment on how "dirty" my house is, when it is only material and cotton thread on the floor.I live my life to suit myself, and not the occasional visitor.If they don't like it, they don't have to come -then I can have a good time getting on with my sewing, or sharing a cup of coffee with a good friend who doesn't mind drinking from clean cups when there is a bit of thread on the floor...

Hooray for you. I have the same problem. I tend to be messy - too many quilts, too many good books... etc. I do try to keep things clean at least. My daughter gave me a wonderful plaque that I keep in my kitchen. "Welcome to my loose interpretation of clean." It really fits me.

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i started this thread and i am so glad to know that so so many of you out there are also messy quilters. the reason i originally inquired was because i have a friend that quilts and does general sewing. everytime i drop by her house everything is in tip top shape. if she is not working on a project on the machine, her machine actually has a protective cover on it. never have been sure where she keeps all her notions and supplies - only signs that she does any sewing is by her chair in her living room, maybe a pincushion and a small project she works on. she shows me her finished projects so i know she DOES sew, but i am always amazed. the rest of her house is spic and span so maybe she is just a cleaning freak. i must add that she is also a very stressed and not so happy person - always upset about something - maybe she just needs a messier life to keep things in perspective? anyway - thanks to all you sewing slobs out there - i feel so much better and now have proof to show my kids that it is not just me! oh, and i always warn my kids not to go barefoot in my sewing room b/c i am not extracting any pins and needles from their feet!

My sewing room is a wreck as well as the rest of the house. If I move thiongs I will lose everyt thing

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Originally Posted by stpatmom

I would take a picture and show you all how neat I am NOT, but I think I lost my camera in there......

stpatmom, thanks for the belly laugh this morning! Your my kind of gal. Has been fun reading about others quilting/sewing environments. Mine changes from time to time, but think I am fairly organized (there are glass doors on my room, so can't close the door and hide things).

scotlass