Did You Hear The One About How I Was Going To Finish Something?

I keep telling myself I'm going to make a run at finishing the 827465 WIP's I have laying round.  In September I decided I could finish 5 more quilts before December 31st. I didn't publicly proclaim it because I didn't want to be responsible for people dying of hysterical laughter.  Given I've finished one quilt since then, it looks like I'm starting 2014 with a s*** load of WIP's. I've made peace with that.

This weekend I meant to sew until something emanated from the pile of fabric that resembled actual progress. Naturally,  I was only interested in working on the quilt that is currently the least finished. So I dragged out all the 2.5 inch strips I'd previously cut for the postage stamp quilt and mindlessly sat at the sewing machine chain piecing fabric , and stood at the ironing board pressing, pressing, pressing, and then moved to my cutting table to cut cut cut ....

I did get distracted once. OK - twice. The first time I popped out to engage in a spot of retail therapy. 

Yes I'm aware I bought a new handbag last week - but I really did need this one because I had to chuck my big black all purpose handbag out because the cat took a leak in it. She has done that to the last three black handbags I've bought. You cannot get the cat piss smell out of a handbag no matter how hard you try. I know through bitter experience. 

The second time I digressed, I sacked out for a nanna nap. Sometimes I really do wonder how I manage to get through a full day at work without crashing out on my desk. (No pictures of that because you cant take photos of yourself when you're sleeping) 

By Sunday morning I was reasonably pleased with the results of my labour. I had visions of having half a finished quilt to share. But by that stage I was running out of strips to piece, press and cut so I dragged out my fabric boxes and started to pull fabrics out to cut some more. Then I thought "well since I'm here - I may as well tidy the sewing room/fabric boxes as I go" which led to "I may as well cut more fabrics for my orange peel quilt while I'm at it". 

We all know where that leads right? 

So, I'd love to show you pictures of all the fabric I sewed together this weekend for the postage stamp quilt because it was tons, but unfortunately it's hidden under the remains of my sewing room. Creativity is a messy business. 

This weeks goal? Tidy the sewing room.....and keep the cat away from my handbag.

My Creative Space - A piece of heaven

I was going to give you a running saga of my sewing room woes but whatever I wrote sounded like I was having a Fairy Bread Pity Party.

The abridged version of my sorry tale is that I've  had a sewing room  from time to time but usually I get to enjoy it for 4-5 weeks before a relative of some sort needs to come and stay with us.  They say it's "for a few weeks" but they really mean forever.  

I have actually moved the stuff in and out of and changed the locale of my sewing room about 5 times in the last 18 months.  At the moment I'm in our guest bedroom , which is going to get really interesting when relatives come to stay at Christmas because a bit like the Princess and the Pea they're going to have to sleep on mounds of fabric.

Anyway , I had to do a re-shuffle of furniture yesterday due to the needs of our latest house guests (Yes Virginia it is possible to fit 43 square  metres of furniture into a 20 square  metre space ) and managed to get everything re-sorted and I'm feeling quite organised. At least I got to see how much stuff I have. I clearly have fabric hoarding  issues.

I'm off to the quilting and crafting show today. Wonder where I'm going to fit all the new fabric I'm likely to bring home?