Bonnie assigned Step 2 as the day to "Tackle your cutting space."
>http://institcheswithbonnie.blogspot.com/2015/01/15-minute-studio-spiff-up-week-2.html< (I would love to comment on her blog - but for some wierd reason - my computer won't let me comment on ANYONE's blog - drat it!) At any rate - this one may take a while - mostly because I need to figure out WHERE I'm putting the stuff I take OFF of the table!
Granted - I have one of those vertical office file thingies that hang up on the wall - like they have in Dr. offices - and use that for holding patterns - mostly applique patterns. This HAS to sit on the table since my plaster is so old and weak that it would shatter if I tried to nail a nail into it! I also have little trays - a cutting tool tray - has scissors, slicers, etc. in it - that I use on that table. And I a baggie for scraps - which hangs on the doorknob right next to the table with those plastic rulers hanging right above.
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| My "work" door - actually a door to a closet that is extraordinarily narrow. I use the door for sewing machine directions, paper piecing patterns, goals, and mostly for rulers and templates that I use a LOT! (the 6.5 x 24" I use on yardage, an 18.5" one, a skinny little 3.5 x 12.5" and a 4.5 square) |
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| All my other rulers sit inside the closet hanging on hooks that are probably as old as time! On the floor sit a craft case and my rollaway sewing machine bag. |
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| Table is semi-cleaned up. You can see the plastic vertical file holder filled with quilt patterns. You can also see the green felt covering different miniature "design walls" that I can toss into my sewing machine bag. The yellow Nestle Qwik cans I use to toss thread and snip its into and when full take them to the LQS for a lady who makes doggie pillows from them. We will NOT discuss the cardboard boxes of SCRAPS hiding in various places! |
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| My sewing machine desk - machine sits on an old cutting mat - that is warped beyond belief! Next to the machine is the gray cutting mat that I use for quick snips as needed. Top drawer holds all my thread - well... SOME of all my thread. More thread is in its own case tucked in the center open space (along with pin boxes, directions for the machine). The bottom drawer holds 2 trays - one for scissors and slicers, the other for odds and ends - like pencils - stuff like that! |
The pictures are OLD - and so right now, my goal is to at the least get it BACK to that level of decluttering and picking up - and then figure out WHERE my problems are (as in accumulation of fabric - scraps and yardage) on the cutting table and see what I can do to resolve that!
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