Stash (Stirring the Pot)

Sigh. . . that's so beautiful!

OMG! I'm droooooooling over her stash and sewing room!

I don't trust organized people. Does her studio always look like the picture? Where are the stacks on the floor?

As far as her description of buying because the fabric is too good a price to pass, I have been there and done that. I too am trying to hold back on such purchases. Recently my downfall has been kit purchases. Everything in one neat little bag seems so innocent. The bags store so easily.

Omigosh..... what a beautiful sewing room and and even more beautiful stash! She's REALLY organized!

Patti in Seattle

I'm with you Susan - she can't sew much if her stash is that nicely folded. Either that or she doesn't love and fondle her fabric often enough. I may not have my stash all pretty but I know each and every piece and could prolly tell you who gave it to me or where it came from! LOL sad isn't it?

Twice as much space for stash as my entire wardrobe (which also contains most of my stash). Sigh!

Hanne in London

LOL. Thank you, Susan. I needed a belly laugh to start my day and that will do just fine. Polly

"Susan Laity Price" wrote, in part

LOL, my first thought, too! When I had a specifically dedicated sewing room (I converted it to a home office about 5 years ago *sigh* and haven't been "right" since), my sewing room was a DISASTER! Well ... I prefer to call it "organized chaos!"

I've bought kits but not for the patterns ... just for the fabrics. It's like having someone else do all the work in picking complementary fabrics and then you can do whatever you want with them! :)

You're sounding just as organized as the person in the link! Organization, IMHO, isn't in how pretty and neat your sewing room looks, but how easily you can find the pieces to a project! :)

Don't suppose you'd be willing to hire out your services as an organizer, would you? :)

Seriously, that's a great method for keeping organized ... I know far too many people who buy pattern A and the fabrics to go with only to have them get all mixed up with pattern pieces B, C, D, etc and those fabrics! :)

NO! It's wonderful!

And normal! :)

Friend of mine would buy lots of fabric and stash it away in her wardrobe closet for a few months ... then when her hubby SAW the new fabric and asked if it was new, she'd truthfully say "This old fabric? I've had it for ages!"

Seeing her do that always gave me a chuckle ...

You gotta see this Pat. It is all your fault stirring the pot over stash. Boy have I been buried in just a couple big bins of fabric.

Taria, just trying this Flickr thing out. If it works it was easy.

Pat > Okay, since the pot has been stirred up a bit, I'll keep up the

Is that you in the picture, Taria? Your organization scheme is -- different.

It worked! :)

Taria, bless you for your courage in showing us what you've been up to. At least you have an excuse- you were organizing! What a yummy big room you have- lucky you! I have that much mess but it's confined to a 10X10 ft. bedroom being used as a 'studio', so the 'stuff' is piled quite a bit deeper. My stash (most of it.....) is still in the "garage that almost was converted to a sewing room". I am slowly bringing it all into that tiny bedroom and it's getting more and more congested. When I sell this house and start building the next one, the largest room in the new house will be for quilting- I don't care if it's the living room or the master bedroom or even the kitchen! VBG *I* will make the decisions about how the rooms are used- and phooey on anybody who doesn't like it! LOL

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

You go girl! It will be the perfect house!!!!

You'd feel right at home in my livingroom right now. I've been auditioning fabrics and cutting today for a swap block so it looks like the fabric bins under the sewing table blew up, spewing fabric the whole length of the room. Can't create without chaos though, can I?

I'm guilty of buying some pre-made blocks at a yard sale. I've already put a good matching fabric in a bag with them so it's almost a nice little lap quilt kit. I need some blue to go with the rest of it though. Congratulations on finishing those 10 quilts. That's huge progress in a UFO pile. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Yup, mmm-hmmm, that's right! And I'll be right there beside you going "yup what she said. Yup she's the boss." Because I'm jealous of all you women's (and mens) who have "rooms" to quilt in - I have a 2 -3 foot square desk and the space beneath it. That's it. So I'm claiming Leslie's new house as mine too. Leastwise until she kicks me out.

Howdy!

I've seen some pretty fine quilting/sewing rooms, owned by people who never finish a damn' thing-- so, big deal, goody for them. Others really use their spaces, and some of us prefer to sew in a space other than a sewing room (it's my house, I can spread my stuff where I please, 'cause I said so! ;-P ). "Bloom where you're planted" and sew where you are. The room that could be a sewing room just isn't, 'cause I like to sew in the dining room, near the front door (UPS, mailman, neighbors, Salad girl), kitchen, stack of audio books, Pyramid Chest (Pier 1 Imports) full of sewing "notions", rulers in the bookcase in the front room because I *remember* they're there; near enough to the garage where I can hop in the Cruiser and get go an ice-cold Sloppee. The one thing the dining room is NOT near is a pile of UFOs-- HAH! Of course not: I don't have any UFOs. LOL Sew where you can; enjoy the pics of the sewing rooms, organized and other wise. ;-)

Ragmop/Sandy-- professional hand quilter p.s. I was ironing fabric for the BBS squares this week when a young woman in an apron came to the front door; she handed me a card about her company, told me how they make salads out of all these nice, fresh ingredients, and she could show me how, "All I need is a big bowl!" I smiled so sweetly at her (I can, too!) and thanked her (I can do South-ren even tho' I'm not), saying, "That's so nice but I really don't think so, thank you so much!" And she was so nice, too, and thanked me (I don't know what for, turning her down?, not making a sale?); I'm not sure where the selling part would come in, she wasn't driving a produce truck...

Some of us have sewn on freezers (standing up), kitchen nook tables, kitchen tables, dining room tables, door on 2 saw horses, typewriter table with the ironing board next to it to hold the fabric, to name a few. Ya wanna sew--you'll FIND a way.

Butterfly (who now has the Butterfly Studio II, so I do not have to worry on DH stepping on a needle--he did on his sis's when he was growing up)

Oh for heaven's sake, Sandy! When you make your statement 'it's just paint'.... you forgot a few details. You're an ARTIST!!! I cannot tell you how impressed I am and how much I love your kitchen and breakfast room walls. WOW! WOW! WOW!!!!! Can you give us some online lessons in how to achieve those glorious finishes? Purty please?

Leslie- awestruck & The Furbabies in MO.