Craft Year 2012 Is Looking Bright!

Oh my goodness, what a day today was! At the end of every year I methodically go through my craft studio and weed out items to prepare for the upcoming year. With the move to Kentucky, I no longer have a room totally devoted to my crafts for a craft studio. I only have a small area of space to put up a sewing table, chair and ironing board! So did I ever have to weed through my fabric stash, pattern collection, notions bins, yarns stash, craft library, apron project stash (getting the picture here LOL). I thought I would be in tears but to my surprise I experienced a calmness and a sense of total relief.

It really helped me to come face-to-face with several issues:

1. What items would I really enjoy making. Unique items that I can not readily find in a store or afford to purchase within my budget. Items that challenge my sewing or needlework skills and help me to master a new technique.

2. How can I properly organize items and projects in my really limited space.
I decided to use 2 gallon freezer bags to hold the fabric, pattern and notions for individual sewing projects. The project bags were placed in clear under-the-bed plastic bins for hidden out-the way storage! I have a three tier bookshelf which now holds my craft library (which has been heavily weeded), an iron, thread rack, and two sewing baskets. My yarn and needlework items are stored in a very large canvas bag I purchased from Lion Brand Yarn Company! I store my sewing machine and pattern collection boxes on the floor of a bedroom closet. I store ironing board (when not in use) in a bedroom closet and the portable sewing table in the laundry nook.

3. What items must be really be given away or trashed. Yeah, the never used  Serger finally went to Goodwill along with a  Dressform that had no where to be stored. To trash went patterns, notions and scrape pieces of fabric I knew I would never use.

4. My craft goal for 2012. Learn to knit.

Because I wish to focus totally on my family for the holidays, I will not post again until 2012. Chat with you then! Have a Very Happy Holiday Season!