Interrupting the three-piece suit for a post of which pieces have been in drafts since January of this year..
So, you may or may not have heard about the Sewing Space Tours of Tilly and the Buttons. Back when it was first announced, I got quite frustrated with the submission guidelines, especially this one:
10 gorgeous photos of your sewing space. Please take your photos in natural light, and save them for the web as high quality 650px wide jpegs, with no text/graphic/filter overlays. You may want to include an overview of the space, a picture of you at work, detail shots of your fabric stash, accessories, décor, works in progress or anything else that makes your sewing space unique or inspirational. The more beautiful, creative and inspirational the photos, the better! (here)
Now, I don’t know about you, but my sewing space only stays neat for about 0.1 seconds after I’ve cleared it up completely. This means that about 99.99% of the time, it looks like I’ve stashed 50 years worth of fabric in not enough boxes, with projects on every flat surface (including floor) and assorted bits and bobs everywhere else. This does not make my space inspirational.. It might be unique – I’m most likely the messiest person I know – but not beautiful.
However, at the start of the year I spent what felt like forever clearing up the monstrosity again. This resulted in a pretty decent area, so I made a little movie. It’s still not anywhere near inspirational or beautiful, but I do make most of my stuff in here, so that’s good.
I have since managed to hang my mirror in its original frame on the door and accumulate even more junk and put it any which where. The room is usually at its worst when I’m in the final stages of completing one (or more) projects or have just opened a box to search for fabric and have not managed to get all the original fabric back in said box. This is an example of how my room looked a week ago, amidst the three-piece suit project.
Perhaps I’ll learn how to craft neatly in the future.. but chances are very small. I’ll clean it up again, someday.