nesting?????

After writing this post on Sunday over on BurdaStyle i got out of bed with a mission.  To clean my sewing room! 
At 8:30am it looked like this:

and by 7pm it looked like this:

Yes i was in there for that long  and although it may not look like i did much it was a big job.  I whittled down my book collection, making a pile for Ebay and transfered the rest to one bookshelf.  The other bookshelf now hold my fabric stash, if you can call it that.  I do have 3 large plastic boxes sat on top of the wardrobe full of bit's and pieces too though.  Then the other shelves at the end hold boxes filled with supplies such as trims, elastic, paints and stationery.  The filing cabinet hold my commercial patterns and the small suitcase is full of scraps i  can't bear to part with, they will and do get used though.  I sorted through all those pink boxes, finding self covering buttons i need to finish the baby jacket as well as other stuff i didn't realise i had.  I sorted through my embroidery threads and wound them all onto cards, my yarn stash that fills 2 large plastic tubs, my knitting needles (no need to buy that knit picks dp set i thought i needed, i have most sizes i need!),  magazines, paperwork, loose patterns printed from the net and all those little bowls and tubs of 'stuff' on my sewing table.  I filled a moving box with rubbish!
It feels so much nicer in there and i feel inspired to create, especially now that i know what i have in there, i think i have enough stuff to keep me going for at least a year and plan to limit what i do bring into the room to what i need for specific projects if i don't have it already.  I think i could knit about 8 pairs of socks, a cardigan, many hats, mitts and scarves, and various other knitted items with what i have as well as using the left over balls of yarn on other projects (i have ideas!).  The 2 tubs of fabric bits and pieces can be made into things for myself and my family and items to sell.  The notions and trims can be used on said projects and i can start using my craft books more instead of them sitting on the shelf looking pretty.
Of course i have all these grand plans and ideas but since baby is due this week i doubt i will have the required time needed to fulfill them all.  But, i'll have a sketchbook, pencils and lots of time sitting on my bum to be able to write and draw my ideas down for when i DO have the time.
There are still a few things i'd like to get to help with storage, a pegboard so i can get all the bits off my desk, a thread spool holder (any ideas where to get one?) and some storage pockets to hang from a pole across the window.

At least my sewing room is clean.  I can't say the same for the rest of the house though :/

Comments

[ulla]

Congratulations! You have achieved something I can only dream of in my overloaded sewing space. I have so much stash and so little organized storage space that I don't even know how to start. Luckily my sewing machine is placed in a hobby room in the cellar where nobody needs to go except me and my husband.

[jo]

I always find sitting in a 'sorted' space so satisfying, and there is really nothing like it to get the 'creative juices flowing'.

The inspiration book is such a great idea, I have a 18 month old and a 2 1/2 year old and I make sure that I jot all of my ideas down. Somewhere down the track I will find some time to do them... and I won't have forgotten any of them :)

[kittybaroque]

WoW, Miss Nikkishell, can I employ you to come do the same to my studio space, heh heh....

Here is a link to a spool holding container (and heaps of other craft holding stuff) for a company I worked for a year ago at Stitches & Craft. I'm pretty sure they will be there this year so if you want me to pick up something this weekend then LMK!

Still baby-full then :-)

Catchya,
KB

[kittybaroque]

ooohhhh, forgot the link....

http://www.craftainers.com.au and click on the quilting/sewing link on the left or needlework.

[Nancy Cook]

So, the cleaning bug hit you...that is just the sort of thing one does before giving birth
Best Wishes

[Pip]

Hope you're on your way to a baby today! Because now you are ALL READY! Well, your crafting things are all ready!

[Ladylike]

I'm not sure if this is the type of thing you meant by 'thread spool holder', but my grandma always had one that was basically a wooden board - a centimetre or more thick, with nails in it and a bracket on the back for mounting on the wall. It was really simple, but super effective. She used to hang her sewing shears from it as well.

[kirsten]

super impressed!
[wanna come do my home office??]

[Leisl]

You are crazy! Relax! Conserve energy!

[Colette]

You're nesting alright. I'm a little envious too as I would kill for my own sewing room....

Yes Leisl is right....take it easy and relax!

[monica]

gosh, I must do that.

[elisa]

Hei Nikki, is your silence a sign? This nesting activity has made its effect? Eh, eh I'm crossing my fingers for you!

[rowena]

Im Impressed, funny Ive had the nesting instinct today and im not pregnant. My Living room , Dining room and kitchen have had a massive declutter. Ive thrown out loads of junk mail that (embarrasingly) Id never even opened oops !! The recycle bin is nearly full. I feel like i can breathe again. Hope baby comes on time xx