QuiltE

..... and to not clean up at home!


Yup not a tidy-upper indeed ....
....probably from all the years of being a good-farm-wife that was too busy!!

Your wish is my desire ...............
Great Reasons (aka Excuses?) "not" to Clean-Up-Tidy-Up Our Sewing Areas ....

Go there and post your little ♥ out!

Jingle

I pick up threads and trimmings from the floor as I see them. Sometimes I put things away and sometimes not. When I change machines I dust sewing cabinet and clean dust etc, from under cabinet and around it as I can reach. We are retired and I sew everyday. I use to be a clean freak when I was working and raising kids. Not so much now.

Quiltah Mama

I'm in the a place for everything, and everything in it's place group. I cannot be productive in chaos. I vacuum and dust weekly and tidy up when sewing inbetween by putting things away after I have used them. I do a deep clean every spring,including windows and moving the furniture to dust and clean under it. I have a cat that frequents my studio and DH and I heat with wood, both of which add to the usual dust.

My sewing studio is on the second floor ( I claimed my son's bedroom when he went off to college 8 years ago) which does allow me to leave projects out when working on them and not worry about how it looks when company comes to the house. Previous to having my own space, when the kids were still home, I sewed on the dining room table for many years. I do find I am more productive in my own space where I can leave a project out and not have to pick it up and put away it after each sewing session. And when it comes to quilting, I really like to be productive.

jmoore

I am in the semi-retired group and have no excuse not to keep my room tidy... I spend about a half hour each Friday afternoon or Saturday morning putting things in their place, empty trash bins and dust/swift the floor. I usually only have one or two projects going at a time, so it’s not too chaotic in my sewing room.

EmiliasNana

I never drop things on the floor and leave them there. Old habit from having animals in the house. We have two Goldens now who are gated out of the hall and sewing room(s), but old habits die hard. I prefer to clean up after every project or I spend more time looking for things than sewing! My room is a mess now from too many on-going projects and it drives me crazy as I don't have enough space. One is a BOWeek, one a travel quilt that got put aside for other more pressing things and now a baby quilt for a baby that arrived a month early. Fabric is starched and ironed and on a drying rack; finished areas of the travel quilt are on my long table, the baby quilt sections are on the guest bed etc. etc. I can't wait for at least one to be done (the baby quilt) so that I can finally restore some order.

Cattitude

I have a decent sized sewing area.....only downsize is I share it with my cat’s litter. Not as bad as it sounds as he is an outdoor cat and only uses it when we are away or it is -20. But....won’t risk closing the door just in case and therefore cannot leave any fabric, partially completed or completed projects anywhere he can access. He can not resist laying down on fabric and quilts no matter how much he needs to contort his body to do so. Therefore everything gets put away.....sigh.

AStitchInTime

My sewing room is the only room in the house that I have100% control over, with no one else leaving messes. But my sewing room is my sanctuary and alsothe cleanest and tidiest room in the house, so I spend a great deal of time inthere.
I tidy it up everyday, projects neatly organized, all toolsput away, floor swept and surfaces dusted (at least around the sewing andcutting tables) – takes me all of five minutes at the end of each day. When any project is completed, then all theleft-over fabrics are sorted (by size) folded and put away and the whole roomgets a thorough dusting, sweeping & lint rolling (design wall).

Darcyshannon

I think I will try setting a timer for 5 minutes after I’m done for the day and see if I feel more welcomed to my sewing area the next day.

It is a balancing act isn’t it and i love the thread for excuses.

sallie789

I usually have 5-6 projects going simultaneously so that there’s always something to work on to fit my current mood. Sometimes I just don’t want to think and need something simple to work on. Therefore there’s a lot of stuff out all the time. It doesn’t bother me though. I have a large room in the basement dedicated for sewing, there’s no pets to worry about, the kids are married, the grandkids have moved away, and hubby doesn’t mind my mess, so...I clean up when it gets piled high and deep and I can’t find anything!

Murphy224

for me it is usually some other event that triggers a "tidying up" episode.....I have lost something and have to search for it, the end of a project that was particularly messy, and just the other day I spilled a glass of water on my computer desk (which is in my sewing room) and in cleaning that up, saw how dusty it was so wiping the dust down, the serger sits on the corner of the computer desk, that area was dusty, next to it is my 6600, everything is along the wall....you really can't dust without picking stuff up and while you have it in your hand might as well put it where it belongs........anyway, the whole thing got out of hand and I dusted the whole room with a slightly damp cloth from wiping up the spilled water.
I need a lid for my glass!!!