Does anyone's sewing room look like a tornado went through it...for some reason mine is out of control and I really don't know why...

I posted this 2 days ago, I haven't even made a dent in mine yet...oh good grief, I have 3 bags plus a pile that I am getting rid of so far...I will never use it...its going to mommy's house and what she doesn't want is going to the Senior Citizens Quilting group..

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by camylow 16 Oct 2013

I am still sorting fabrics in all this mess

Don't be too hard on yourself. It's bound to be 'organised chaos' just like mine!!!

Absolutely, not only my sewing room Hubby's Shed also.....debatable who has the worst place....Arh schucks I'll say HIM.......

You are lucky it was only ONE tornado......try THREE. I find myself "hiding" the ironing in there as well these days. Lucky I can still close the door..... then it is tidy. heeheehee. Hugs Marg

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by kezza2sew 16 Oct 2013

sounds like you and I have the same room...

My word, yes!!! Company's coming, I quickly grab things & put them in the sewing room & shut the door. never fails...someone wants to see what I'm working on! It is obivious it's NOT cleaning up the sewing room!

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by aussiequilter 16 Oct 2013

that's happened to me too ,, ,

always ....and then I say before I sew another thing I will tidy it up first looks good for maybe one day ....and then that tornado passes by, I also have two kittens and everything that ends on the floor ends up in the lounge or all down the stairs ..Iv'e given up ....It might be messy but its my mess and I know where things are...x

My sewing room is such a .. no, not mess, but filled to overflowing. Even the thieves did not get my box with sewing money, as there was a stack of fabric in front of the drawer it is in!

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by patt1 15 Oct 2013

O you are sooo not alone..mine always looks that way. I have tried and tried to clean it and keep it tidy without any success..my mind goes in ten directions at once it seems so I am constantly doing the "stitch and pitch" dance so my room looks like a storm has passed through it. I am trying to clean up after doing approx l8 costumes for a middle school play and with all the adjustments and alterations its just nuts in there..Best of luck to you in cleaning yours up!

by gerryb 15 Oct 2013

I shouldn't laugh at your break in...but when you said they couldn't find your sewing money for the stuff, I had to laugh! I "hide" my stuff when I leave the house in a pile of stuff!! Guess even a thief doesn't want to brave a woman's sewing room!!

by emily16838 15 Oct 2013

I too hid money and jewelry in my sewing room. They will have to go through 1000's of yards of fabric.....sometimes I have trouble finding it. LOL

Haven't even had the time to get into my sewing room except to do the ironing & that is often done over a few days, then there is a new lot to do.

I move that "All pictures of tidy sewing rooms be banned from now on!!!"

AlmaG.

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by haleymax 14 Oct 2013

I second that motion.

by shirley124 edited 14 Oct 2013

Hear! Hear! LOL

What room -- take over the entire house! The holidays are coming! Lol!

Glad mine is not the only one. But I do not think anyone's sewing room could have looked worse than my dear late SIL's. I just do not know how she ever made all the lovely things she did. Or even found the way to her machines to do the sewing. Shirley

Oh, I do know how you feel. Mine was worse, but I didn't get a photo. I spent one whole evening, on my hands and knees sometimes, and even got a needle in my bare foot, and folded and sorted. What helped a whole lot was putting on a favorite old book to listen to while I cleaned. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be, because I really do love all the fabrics. Anyway, about 5 hours later I had everything back in their little places! It's a good thing I have a tiny sewing room. Oh, I do love it when it's tidy! Now I can mess it up again....

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by camylow 14 Oct 2013

That's what I like about sorting...you get to look at all the fabric up close and enjoy tem all over again

this is so funny. I spent yesterday sewing all day because i have today off from work. i told hubby i am playing today so i can clean tomorrow, leave me alone.. and my plan on cleaning? sewing room is first... lol....then if there is enough time and energy, the rest of the house...
debi

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by camylow 14 Oct 2013

I started last night and am about 1/4 done...

I see we are all in good company. :-)

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by camylow 14 Oct 2013

thank goodness our friends are such alike...we don't think anything amiss

Hmmm, I have noticed that I have a lot of "piles" stacked everywhere...not a good sign...

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by hightechgrammy 14 Oct 2013

When you can't identify what the piles are for, then you are really in trouble!

by camylow 14 Oct 2013

tell me about it...I emptied a tote and found things from when I first started (unfinished) in 2006

by cfidl 14 Oct 2013

Hubby says every chair becomes a table! Lol! perfect to hold an 18" stack!

by graceandham 14 Oct 2013

My Mother always said making lists is okay, but lists of lists, not good. I'm a list person. P.S. To finish a lot of projects (hand or machine) list what needs finishing, and do the easiest one first. Put a big check by it or scratch through it, whichever pleases you the most. Then dig in on the next easiest item. Eventuallly, you'll find that you've checked them all off OR that you're sick of that list!

All the time, I seem to have a good sort out, only to get even more messier :)

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by camylow 14 Oct 2013

I don't understand why in the world we fabric/crafters cant get it together...oh wait its the creativity in us to make things not clean up...

Yep. I'm a mess looking for a place to happen, and my own worse enemy. But you know the most famous picture of Einstein is the one of him with his hair looking like he stuck his finger in a light socket. We're all Einstein's ......LOL

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by hightechgrammy 14 Oct 2013

I knew I was in trouble when I couldn't find my own way out!

by camylow 14 Oct 2013

well maybe it is s good way to keep others out....

Always.

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by camylow 14 Oct 2013

I would love to visit your sewing room someday

by spendlove 15 Oct 2013

There isn't room!

YUP, yup yup. Thank God mine isn't the only one. So many different projects going on at the same time. I can't find anything!!

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by hightechgrammy 14 Oct 2013

Maybe we should have a finish a project day!

I have a very small room in the house we are living in now. It always looks like a tornado went through it. Even when it is straightened up, I cannot make it look neat. I just do my best and bide my time until we move back home next year.

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by hightechgrammy 14 Oct 2013

When your space is tiny, it doesn't take much to make it messy

by camylow 14 Oct 2013

oh that is so true...my laundry so is teeny and it is the hardest to keep clean

Am ashamed to say it but mine got out of control. My eldest Daughter came down from Brisbane and spent 3 yes 3 days to tidy and organise my sewing Shed. Its a joy to go out there now. Have been busy now that we found my machines. Ps... There is hope

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by bandit04087 14 Oct 2013

Want to send your daughter stateside for a few days???

by ConstanceSq50 14 Oct 2013

Heck I'll pay for her plane ticket, I get to borrow her next....:-)

by hightechgrammy 14 Oct 2013

Wouldn't that be a fun job, going all over the world helping people organize their sewing rooms?!??!!!!

by nonna57 14 Oct 2013

Ladies sorry my Daughter is not for hire. Shes MINE for when i need rebooting :))

by camylow 14 Oct 2013

Pauline...for shame...we were all taught to share at an earlier age.....did you forget that golden rule about sharing?

by cfidl 14 Oct 2013

you ladies crack me up.

by aussiequilter 15 Oct 2013

your a very lucky lady Pauline , your sewing rooms looks fantastic , the before looks a lot like mine lol

Well, that must mean you've been very busy and a messy sewing room is a good sign that things are getting done! Love Chris

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by camylow 14 Oct 2013

well its like searching for a remote..hehehe

I tidy up one day and the next day is another storm, vicious cycle, really can't understand it. It is especially bad when I can't find anything and have to pull everything out to find it - one day I will be organised - HAHA

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by camylow 14 Oct 2013

I lost the remote to DH tv....can't find it turned everything upside down..

by camylow 14 Oct 2013

your beginning room looks better than mine does...

by camylow 14 Oct 2013

sorry Chris...posted the last on wrong comment....goes to show you how fubbled I am