I'm posting a NOW picture of my sewing room in the hopes that it'll shame me into getting in there and cleaning it up so I can get going on some birthday blocks and a wallhanging I need to get to right now. As you can see, I have fabric, newly purchased and stuff I took from my stash to find what I need for some not-quite-yet WIPs. Need to wash and put away fabric, patterns, general stuff before I can even think of sewing. It's an embarassment. I'm hoping that posting this photo will act like a public stockade. Look for an "AFTER" photo from me in a few days. I hope.

What a woman!! Such courage, such passion, let me know how this works for you!! My husband is a neat freak, I'm not.....my sewing room looks a whole lot like yours in fact. He thinks that I am the only person on earth with a unkempt sewing area! 8-)

Aw, Puffin, it REALLY isnt that bad!!!! I bet in just a few hours itcould be beautiful and organised, and I cant WAIT to see the pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a pretty rug....sure is a pretty room! NOW, get going...I cant wait to see it!

You consider your room a mess? Whew, is my room in trouble!! :-)

But Ginny, look at it this way: you LOVE to sew, right? You LOVE to quilt. You LOVE fabric. We take care of things we love. And so, you will be attentive and take care of your things today and give them a proper spot of honor, whether it's fabric stacked nicely on a shelf, or tools all happy and together. And if there's something staring at you that you DON'T love...put it in a box to go to another home.

No shaming here...just support!

Have you tried chunking up the work ? 15 minutes here, 15 there, that way not so overwhelming :wink:

But either way , you are way ahead of me :oops: LOL

That's not so bad. Do you want to spend your time organizing or sewing? Make some room and sew, organize later!

I have to comment on your Ohio Star block on the board. I made a Christmas tree skirt from them in exactly the same colour combination. :)

I'm sure you can do it. It's not that bad. And when you finish will you come and do mine. :lol: :lol: :lol:

You can still see the floor, so I think you're in good shape. tee hee

What's wrong with it??? It looks about like mine!

We can all see your carpet. So, it's not that bad.

It's not that bad. Just break it down into sections & a little at a time.

It looks fine to me! You really DO NOT want to see mine! I have a path to the sewing machine and that's about it!

LOL, nor mine! Actually mine is the kitchen table! Right now, we eat outside on the deck!!!!!!!!!(REALLY, and the kids ARE complaining!)

Actually -- yeah, it's a mess........but it's an ORGANIZED mess!!! At least, that's what I tell MY husband!!!! LOL :mrgreen:

Oh NO you are not!! We are all human and occasionally things get our of hand in any room!

Thanks! After reading these posts, I feel so much better!

if you can find what you need when you need it...then it is not a mess...

I love the windows....natural light is the best

I was thinking the same thing!!! I think you can get it in order pretty quickly!!

Have you seen this thread? You're not alone..lol. I found this the most entertaining thread when I first joined the board..lol. Oh..mine's not in there..I have only recently got a table to sew on..not much to show..yet..lol.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-47523-1.htm

Looks a WHOLE LOT BETTER than mine. Like the onle person said, a path from the door to the sewing machine.

I have a friend that oraganized and never got anything done....So sew sew sew...Really I clean up when I just can't stand it any more but just to put things back I need to know where they are...If I need an idea on what to start next then I clean up more and find something, then I sew sew sew again

That's what Im sayin!!!! :thumbup:

You should do like my mom used to do for me in my bedroom when I was little. She took wide ribbon and broke it into quadrants and told me to clean 1/4 of the room each day until it was done. It wasn't so bad then!!! (My sewing room looks just like yours :)

LOL, mine looks worse and i just "cleaned" it

I know how you feel...I spent 30 minutes in my sewing room last night cleaning up remnants of my and DH's latest projects so that I can think about the next project. Whew!!! Still some cleaning to be done, but at least it's organized clutter!! :-) You can do it, girl!!! Just turn on some music and go to it!

OK...take a deep breath, organize the fabric into washed and unwashed, begin washing what needs to be washed and you will have made a huge first step. I hope you get your room the way you want it.

Makes me feel at home! Mine is in need of a good cleaning and organizing day (or week).

Do you know where every thing is? Then it is not disorganized!!!! Mine looks like that also and some on the floor being auditioned.

my first thought was that the rug makes it look cluttered.. your room is not as bad as it could be. you can have that room in good shape in no time. i love all that light coming in.. molly

Hmm, looks completely fine to me! I'll bet you know where everything is, and that's what counts! LOL

Thanks for all the support comments and gentle nudges. I'm taking your advice; I just pulled out of the piles the five fabrics I need for the first projects I need to get to: birthday blocks and wall hanging. After that I'll focus on decluttering the cutting area just enough so I can use it comfortably.

I track threads all over the apartment and such. Mine is always messy and I know where things are for the most part, but I can clean it up and once I get it cleaned up,,,,out comes the fabric! You'll be fine, Just do a litle each day and you'll be fine. but beware, the fabric could end up comming out just like me. Huggies, Fay

Well, I bet you know where everything is "exactly."!!

Wow.. I wish my sewing room looked that organized. Mine is a disaster right now. I keep starting new projects before finishing others, so I have chaos right now. It doesn't help that I have to share my room with my pantry and my laundry.

(I did take the time to hang the pretty doll quilt from Sapdoggie, though!)

Sewing rooms are hard to control!!! Aren't they!?

Better even than that, don't wash the fabric at all. Works very well for me. If I had to wash fabric before using it, I would stop quilting immediately!!

I only wash if I am doing a swap. Otherwise, everything is unwashed. I only wash fabric that I know is going to be used for a swap project within a day or two of taking it out of the washer.

If you clean it up and put everything away...how will you ever find anything you want when you want it. Don't fix it if it ain't broke..it's still manageable the way it is.

My husband thinks I am the only person that can make such a big mess, in fact last year we had our house on the market and he and MY daughters took all of my sewing stuff and put it in storage. I am slowing getting it back but still have storage units I would love to have back in there , but will just have to show him I can do some what better now that I have a brain.