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    Old 03-03-2011, 06:34 AM
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    Originally Posted by Jill
    If my sewing room gets messy, it drives me crazy and I won't do anything until I get it cleaned up again. At the end of every day I put things where they belong so that I don't walk into a mess the next day. When I set up my room I took everything that I used and separated them according to categories: rulers with rulers, pins with pins, etc. Then I bought a few vinyl drawers and the things I saved I put in drawers according to category. Everything I use is in this room, I don't have it scattered throughout the house. If I had extras I decided whether I'd keep it or donate it to a quilting friend, Goodwill, etc. I think the most important thing for me is the straightening the room at the end of the day. Surely wish I could help you get it cleaned and organized!
    I agree and I wish I could help too. I separate everything in tubs, plastic bins, drawers, etc. and label everything.
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    Old 03-03-2011, 06:37 AM
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    Originally Posted by MistyMarie
    Does anyone else get that overwhelmed feeling about their quilting spaces? (Or lack of it?) Am I the only one who loses their notions and what-nots in a clutter?
    Yes to the first question. No to the second. I have plenty of space but it's so messy I don't like to be in the room sometimes. Sometimes I think what we need are "clutter-buster partners". We'll work at your house one day and my house the next!
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    Old 03-03-2011, 06:39 AM
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    I was overwhelmed just like you at one time. Then I decided to get it organized. It took me over a week. I ironed fabric, sorted, made cardboard to hold my fabric on the bookshelves. I sorted squares by size, fat quarters by colors, notions and got rid of things I knew I would never use. I bought plastic shoe boxes with lids to hold everything and labeled them by color or theme with painters tape. Now about every month, I just have to pick up some things and put them back where they belong. I know where I am on all my UFO's and I actually have completed 2 of them. Once you get through the initial shock, you will feel so good. It was worth all the time and work I spent. Good luck.
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    Old 03-03-2011, 06:40 AM
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    Queen Deb is a perfect example of quilters. Ready to help a "sister" in a heartbeat. So sweet of her to offer to go help organize your room. I love quilters and this board!
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    Old 03-03-2011, 06:56 AM
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    I have been in this mess too, so I took the summer to reorganize. My GD and I sew together so I took the guest room and made a sewing room. The room is small, but organization has helped control the fabrics, sewing tools, etc. Now I am trying very hard to put things back in their place when I am finished with a project. There is still more organization that can be done and am working on that a little at a time. It does help
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    Old 03-03-2011, 07:33 AM
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    My clutter isn't just fabric and stuff related to quilting. I have piles of books around, just in case I want to read. I have my needle case in the living room in case I want to hand quilt - but the frame is put away in the closet. I'm an "in case" kind of person. I've been hosting a Bible study in my little house for the past four weeks so each Tuesday everything quilt related gets shoved into the sewing room only to tumble out the next day when I need to get started again. Yikes. I understand your pain. (smile)
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    Old 03-03-2011, 07:42 AM
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    You're not the only one who loses notions! I just saw a post about the Clover needle threader and I know I have one of those darn things and went looking for it but can't find it so I am going to buy another. Oh dear.

    As for my "sewing and craft room," it has a DOOR and that door stays shut whenever there are guests in the house. I think you know why.
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    Old 03-03-2011, 07:50 AM
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    Bless the mess! Seems to me all quilters have piles about. I keep cleaning off my coffe table, but that only lasts a few days. Then there are the piles by the couch. My DH has learned to step carefully.

    Art Bins are great to organize single projects. I now have stacks of them, labeled, and can grab what I want. Of course, that doesn't count the rest of my quilt projects--38 or more by now. But who's counting!

    Just remember, we're more happy than others who have clean tabletops.

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    Old 03-03-2011, 07:53 AM
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    Originally Posted by Lori S
    I lost a rotary cutter in my sewing room about 10 years ago ... still has not shown up. I loose a ruler almost daily .. now I have a few , and a rule to not "close -up for the night" with out tidying up a bit... at least put the rulers back to where they belong..... and the sissors..... and the rotary cutters..... and the seam rippers.... and..pin cushions and empty the trash.
    I have a carpenters type apron that I put on when I am in a production mode. So I can keep some of my most used tools in the pockets and close at hand.
    The apron is a great idea! I use one when I'm in the vineyard to keep my water bottle, ties, pruners, and clippers all handy. I could keep my scissors, clippers, rotary cutter and magnetic pin cushion all hand as well. They tend to get lost when I'm cutting.
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    Old 03-03-2011, 07:55 AM
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    Give yourself a break. If you get it done, it gets done. If you don't, then continue to de-stress and quilt if that's what makes you happy. I've been where you are and there are only so many hours in a day...don't give up something that helps you to cope.
    I wish you well...and know that there's light at the end of the tunnel; you'll be just fine.
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