accumulation
That’s what I’ve done, normally as a result of the following;
- ooooo what a bargain, I’ll have ‘1/3/5/insert number here’ metres of that please
- I don’t want to be short of that fabric, I’d better buy more just in case
- That fabric is perfect for something I haven’t put much thought into…
sigh…
and zips too, but I do feel I have an excuse for those, they were for a range I believed there was a market for, I was wrong
Having ‘ranges’ was as a result of Not on the High Street and the stupid pressure I put on myself to conform to what I felt that was expected. Looking back I was right, there is a level of expectation, but I was never going to reach those heady delights of being a big seller on there.
So, now I find myself with a great deal (underestimation) of fabric, I’ve got some ideas, a shape, and some zips, and I’m going to have a play, I doubt it will be ready in time for this Saturday at the Monthly Market, but anything that starts me off before the end of January has got to be a good thing, normally it’s at least April before I feel the sewing love!
Hopefully, see some of you on Saturday, John has his new Valentines card, it’s lovely!
30th January 2018 @ 9:14 am
It a tough dilemma. After new year I wanted to put something away in my daughters room but as she is 11 the floor was covered and I couldn’t get to the cupboard! She reminded me that I had said the house tidy day was a few days away so I left the room to sulk! I landed in the room I use to store craft stuff in, which was overflowing. I took out the bad mood on the room and 48 hours later I had reduced the amount I had by about half, maybe even more. It’s was all sorted and useful stuff went to the charity shop. The shelves were reorganised and lots of odds and ends were reunited. I was smug for days, in fact I still am! Can you tell? But it has made such a difference to the way I am working. I can find things easily, I have even cobbled together a small desk to work at it their. It’s been years since I had a desk!
However it was so hard, I teach a wide range of crafts and have to store sets of teaching materials but I realised that I was keeping everything. It’s a tough call as to what to keep and what to get rid off.
Oh dear, this has turned out rather long but hey ho, its a show of how smug I still feel to have everything organised! Hope you find inspiration i
in your stash.
Cheers
Jo