The other day I had an hour to spare (lucky you I can hear you shout), so set about reorganising my workroom and clean (sorry I had to swear) it.
Taking up a lot of space in my workroom is my lace making equipment. So I set about getting to it, this itself was not easy as it was hidden under mountains of other things. Once found, I took them out and placed them in the hallway, for a decision as to what to do with it all later.
Then I hoovered, dusted and moved things around, quite merrily for the next half hour or so. When I had finished, there was no more space in my workroom than before! How could this be?
Well the two main culprits (after the lace making equipment) are: firstly my stash of material; and secondly my burgeoning pile of unfinished objects (UFOs). I also have a dressmakers' dummy and a mannequin, but they don't count.
Firstly my material stash is split into categories and then stored accordingly. I have nine drawers of scraps, each draw holding a colour theme. I then have a box of cut cotton for scrap quilting. I also have a picnic basket of material, this is mainly cotton for quilting. Three large boxes contain dressmaking material of various types; from silk and satin to denim and leather. Stood on their ends in a corner are rolls of interfacing, material and wadding.
As for my UFOs. They are everywhere. Mainly in bags either sat on the floor or hung on hooks. Mostly, these are projects that should be frogged, but I don't give up that easy, and I will finish them.
I have a list of things to make/finish off. This list was started in August and I haven't done anything other than what is on the list. This is working so far.
Once this list has been finished I will make another list and I think I will have two columns. One for items to make from my stash, and the second one of UFOs. I know I will stick to this, I may even buy a book to write it in!
This has worked for me before, and I know it will work again. Now, how to stop buying more material . . . . . . . .
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