#1. I love the large bright room with the new solid surface flooring (Former forest green carpet made space feel dark and was always covered with threads, strings and pins.) #2. I love my Big Board ironing surface. Need to find out about John's gravity iron. #3. I love the Tammy who comes on Fridays and puts stuff away. She helped me reorganize the studio when everything was moved to remove the carpet and paint the floor. Now she comes for a few hours every Friday. As I use fabric during the week, leftovers are placed in a box. She knows to first empty that box, pick-up pins off the floor and straighten the "less than fat quarter" boxes which are sorted by color. Most weeks I have saved a job she can handle without my supervision such as ironing fabric. At noon she stays with Mom while my husband and I go out to lunch. Wish she could sew better. She does help with some charity project but she isn't up to handling my detailed quilts. I decided to hire help in my studio rather than help caring for Mom.
Susan