Friday, September 10, 2010
tools of the trade tips
Having read all your tools tips, I think I better shape up! My thread spools are all dumped into a tray and scissors amongst them all. I drop all the fabric trimmings and threads on the floor, to be picked up whenever I get up from the sofa. My friend Sharron always looks like she is trying to restrain herself from tidying up my sewing basket everytime she comes over to my place to sew. Ms. S always has everything in its place, all bagged and labelled! I better go to the naughty corner... I am a very tidy person everywhere else, but not with the sewing basket. Kim McL
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I smiled as I read this--just last night I had quite a pile of trimmings on my floor until I was done and picked up! I think your sewing supplies and mine have a lot in common (except yours are obviously more productive!)
ReplyDeletesounds like my kind of women although my floor is fairly clean around my sewing area which is very much out in the open... but now my bedroom is definitelyt another story as I have lots of fabric stored on the floor on one side of my bed and on the other side I have tote bags and books stored on the floor and anywhere I can put them ... so .... and I dont have time to clean them up as I have more applique to do ..
ReplyDeleteI could see my self in your post. I have a wicker basket next to my chair. As I trim my appliques and take out basting threads I drop them next to my chair. Sometimes they actually land in the basket! It's hidden from view by my chair so I don't worry about it. When I'm doing the floors each week I make sure to clean up my mess...then promptly start a new mess. ;)
ReplyDeleteBetter messy creativeness than tidy idleness! :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I read your post I thought of my mother, the cleanest woman I ever knew. She was a marvelous seamstress making the inside as beautiful as the outside of any garment she was making. She kept an immaculate house (I think she dusted everyday) but when she sewed there were threads and trimmings all around the chair where she sat. When she was through sewing for the day everything got cleaned up and put back into place. I, on the other hand, am very fussy about having a little bowl close by whenever I sew so I can put threads etc. all in one place......... but I seldom dust ~ sigh
ReplyDeleteI like Leslie's quote - I'm somewhere in the middle!
ReplyDeleteHugs - Lurline♥
Hi Kim
ReplyDeleteI think the jumble that is your fabric basket helps in making creative choices. Kaffe and I have taught hundreds of students and I can say for a fact, that those with neat piles and wee plastic bags and terrific organization, have the hardest time making choices. It is my firm belief that making a color or fabric selection is best done by instinct and not by plan. When fabrics are in a jumble, you can discover interesting combinations just by glancing at the pile. If the fabrics are too well organized, those happenstance combos cant occur.
I know I make my best color choices quickly and without too much thought or planning.
Hi Kim, YOU are right I would love to tidy up but you also know I DON'T have a problem with color choices. Luv Shar
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