OMG how do you guys ever find anything. I know I am a neatnique, but some of these are extremely messy. My room is just 9'x9' I have to have organization. Good we are all different.

What is the point of having a studio if you constantly want it to look nice & neat & tidy? How can anyone get anything done that way? I refuse to spend way to much time, tidying up, all the time. I want to work in my room, I want to leave it set when I need to leave the room, & it's my room, so I can do just that. If that bothers anyone else, that's their problem. Remember.....Those who mind, don't matter, &, those who matter, don't mind. It's your space, just concentrate on enjoying it, & keep busy & happy with your quilting!....

Mine, by the way, is a messy clean. Clean enough, & organized enough, but I don't obsess about it. I would rather enjoy it, & I do!...

Hey funny I have one of those attachments too. And mine is gray too. Love my 3 cats.

mine is no longer- my son took his furniture so I have nowhere to put my "stuff". It's in boxes now until spring when we will finish the basement and I will move downstairs. I am sewing on the kitchen table and have the cutting mat on the island in the kitchen. Hubby is not happy, after 1 week he is now requesting it to go back upstairs. Sigh.... soon we will start on the remodeling projects.

I remember what my grandmother use to tell my grandfather:

You have the same pants to get happy in that you got mad it. I would hear her say that several times a day to him about something. LOL

Love all the picks everyone posted. Looks like you all are having fun. So am I, my sewing space is a mess too and when I leave the house I am covered with threads. :)

I am a firm believer that you can have a neat sewing room or a productive one. The two cannot co-exist!

Just to make you guys feel better, here is a picture of my cutting table, piled up with, yes a mink coat, a lynx jacket, and several packages of newly purchased batting. We won't even talk about what is underneath that stuff. A friend wants me to see if I can repair a coat & a jacket she bought at an auction. No, they are not mine.

Where in Illinois are you? I'm orginally from Spfld. Now in the Atlanta area.

I saw a sign recently, lol!..."Quilters come with strings attached"
Very fitting for all of us, don't you think!...

well I thinks we are all the luckiest people because we have the space. Just imagine what the others with no room to call their own have to go through everyday, clean up and more clean up. how sad for them. I will keep my mess it is mine and if I don't want to clean it up I just Shut The Door!!!! have fun all

lynn

Most times I will use some of what I have but I like buying quilting stash. If I end up with more fabric then I have storage for, I give the older away to guild for charity projects. It goes to a good cause and not stuck in a bin taking up room. I took a rubbermaid bin full of fat quarter bundles to guild last month because I bought all the fat quarter samplers of
CT new fabric lines and knew I needed room for those. It's my way of recycling and contributing to worthy causes. Two in one. I check the classifieds here to see if anyone is looking for fabric I may have and have no plans for and I send it to them.

:D

Thank God I thought it was just me!

The "wall of shame" and "stash mess" are treasures. Sometimes you just have to forget organization and just wallow in fabric and enjoy the colors/patterns!!!!

I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FABRIC!! If you have some please post it here before you go donate it! Pretty please?

Looks like mine! As hard as I try I have a semi-organized mess but I do know where it all is!

Looks like mine! As hard as I try I have a semi-organized mess but I do know where it all is!

I am so overwhelmed by pictures of sewing rooms. I can't imagine how woman can let rooms get like most of them are. I would pull my hair out. I work on ONE project at a time, buying what I need when I need it. I look at these rooms and all I can think is what a waste!!!! Why not do a project, finish It, and then move on to the next one? Life would be so much relaxed and enjoyed. Is it "whoever dies with the most fabric wins?" Use judgement and enjoy what you have at the moment. FINISH a project and then move on. I will probably get a lot of flak over this reply, but just think how much more you would enjoy quilting, if it was't moving you out of your home. I have not ever heard of any other hobby that overtakes your home, like quilting does for some of these quilters

I'm so very glad to see everyone elses' rooms! I'm right at home in all of them and you've given me courage to show you mine.

We just had the carpets steam-cleaned, so everything is still up on the tables and ironing board. You can tell that I'm trying to cram too many hobbies into one 18' square room, but it's a lot more space than I've ever had before, so I'm very grateful! :)

I'll be even more grateful after I get my machines and table cleared off so I can sew again - third day without sewing something - I'm having withdrawal symptoms. ;)

My dad always said, what looks like a mess to someone else is not a mess if the craftsman knows where every thing is, and that is what counted. LOL I miss him very much. He was a master carpenter.

When did you go to my house? lol

Hahahahah!!! :lol: I'm not going to give you a bit of flak - you're just expressing an opinion. :)

When I do get my room organized and beautiful and carefully labelled, I don't do any work in it because I don't want to mess up my room. If my projects aren't out where I can see them, I forget they're there and don't get back to them.

I can't imagine how someone can work on one project, start to finish. I can't imagine how someone can work on a project and put away every tool and scrap as soon as they're done using it.

I do "clean-as-you-go," somewhat, because I've been in food service most of my life, but when my room is perfect, I get more uptight and worried about keeping it that way than getting a quilt or a dress or a doll or a painting made. :)

Just different ways of working . :)

I don't think I could be more relaxed or enjoying my life more then I do now. That is probably why my sewing room is messy, I only do what I want to do and cleaning my sewing room is never high on my list. And it's the only room the cleaning person doesn't go into, and it shows.
:-D



If you need a certain print of fabric and I have it it I'll be happy to send it to you but I donate my surplus to the guild for community charity projects.

Sorry, but I find your before and after pictures hysterically funny :-) -- mostly because, if I had them, I could post the same pictures! Of course, I've had a long day at work so maybe it's not so funny but I'll enjoy the moment for now. Thanks!

Well I just cleaned yesterday and I haven't had the energy to do anything today so there isn't too much mess.

We must be related! My room looks the same. Oh, well, at least we are accomplishing something constructive.

Helen Marie

No flak here! My favorite motto at the moment is "To each his own!" Do what makes you happy, doesn't mean it makes someone else happy.

Loved all the comments...now, me..been sewing for 60 years so I have some accumulation...not buying anymore, just sewing charity projects like Shorts and Little Dresses for Africa and lots of pieced quilt tops..and am making progress HOWEVER, I just got my Mom's accumulation..she is 93...I will be posting some of her stuff for sale...lots of panels..

wow! I can't even come close to competing

I can see what you mean! All I need do is open my door to my studio!!!! Fortunately, I am having a lady come by tomorrow to help me get organized!!! Good luck!

That sounds like tennis elbow. You don't have to play tennis to get this. It hurts.

We will see you on the hoarders before he gets home?LOL

Looking at all the photos, I just don't see the problem....I am envious of all the wonderful fabric stashes......

nice rail fence you have started...

LOL ... I sure wish that were true!!!

Looks normal to me.

I loved seeing everyone's sewing room pics. Mine is on here somewhere on another post. I think all of you with a wonderful stash are very wise. The price of fabric is really rising so look how much you have saved. Plus nice to have something when you need it. I also agree...whatever you are comfortable with is how you should sew. Some are messy- some aren't...we all make wonderful things in the end.

looks normal to me.

You all make me feel good. I thought I was the only one with
such a mess in my sewing room. I was going to close the door
when my cousin comes next week but I may not bother. Ha!!!

It's amazing we can still get anything done. I think this is the norm not the exception.