You know I have a small studio space, which is in my equally small home. So space is at a premium. I realized the other day that my "Last Plan" of having everything in my studio was NOT working. I had to think about WHY it wasn't working.
I thought I'd put most everything I really use in here then.. I'd use it... and did I mention I started this at 9pm last night.. excuse the grainy photos
The reality is that I DID not finish up my mega list of UFOs (Click here to listen to me talk about that on the radio 6/17/13)
I did NOT start the mega list of "Wanna Do" projects
What happened was that I didn't have room for things I AM working.
This basket is full of quilts that need to be quilted... better known as TOPS
I started taking all the stuff out of that basket to make piles.
The plan is to keep 10 to 12 things in the studio I want to work on. Dixie at my quilt group online thinks I only need to keep 5 in the room. She is mega busting UFOs and should know! But I still kept 12.. don't tell Dixie! CLICK HERE to join me at my internet group, we have so much fun!
This is what I'm KEEPING in my room.. there is 3 times this amount that will be relocated. Right now it's in my dining room awaiting sentencing.
Next is the shelves. I need these to house the projects I AM working on. Sew alongs, projects for magazines, books, etc..
This means that I'm moving my books OUT of the room again. As I need to free up space
OH MY ... EMPTY SPACE!
Here I am slowing getting the baskets off the shelves to analyse WHAT THE HECK is in them and decide what to do. I have a lot of new fabrics on that top shelf and more on the ironing board that I took off the rolling rack.
I'm thinking the rolling rack should be replaced with a pretty corner bookcase from IKEA.. right? Good plan?
Isn't finding the right way to store our things an ongoing challenge? What do you do when your space isn't working?
CLICK HERE to watch a short video of my studio.. I was experimenting.. need to get it onto my Youtube channel if I can.
And CLICK HERE to join Michele's Quilt Along! She is using my batiks and her design is AMAZING.. and FREE during the sew along! I will be joining in after this next teaching trip.. can't wait!
and join the Facebook group.. so much GREAT inspiration.. CLICK HERE!
AND I just realized that you can enter to win some Heat N Bond! Click to their blog where I have a video to share!
