Here's where I was for over a week: Messed up bias seams, unruly ruffles, botched cutting jobs, unusable fabric purchases, unpicking stitches, re-tracing pattern pieces.....we've all been there, in bits & pieces, right? (please say "yes")! But hey, one glitch right after another, after another, after another???? My general life attitude is pretty positive, but enough was enough! Time to take a break....
I decided that I needed to focus on projects that were either un-muckable, or easily fixable even if I did manage to muck them up. And get my SewJo, and my Life Mojo, grounded & focused again.
Here's what I've been doing this past week:
1. Weed Therapy!!!! You can either pull the little buggers out with loving kindness, or with aggression...either way, the results in your garden can't help but replace a smile to your face.
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| I think I have a truck load ready for you, Gary..... |
2. Clutter Clearing. Sometimes the junk yard is your best friend. Let someone else decide if this
piece of junk old object is a treasure in disguise!
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Just in case you didn't think that was a truck load,
here's what's hiding behind the weed pile..... |
3. Pad the dress form. Queenie, the lovely vintage dress form that was part of a fabulous free haul (& only took about 2 months of de-smoke therapy before I could actually bring her into the sewing room) was never going to look like me without some major adjustments.
Fabulous Fit to the rescue! She's still not perfect (like me - I mean....well, hopefully you know what I mean....) but close enough to get a good idea of fit without having to contort myself while avoiding pin pricks.
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| Not the best shot of The Queen, but this leads into the next step...... |
4. Re-organized my fabric stash, which also evolved into some re-organization of the sewing room. FINALLY got the bookshelf built! (It's not finished aesthetically, but it's functional)
The Sewing Room Tour:
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| Penelope, Colette, & Joey Janome, at your service :) |
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| The cork board is my new Design/Project Board, ready to be filled with inspiration! |
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Sergio the Serger. I kept draping pattern pieces over the doorway,
which was not the most efficient spot, & realized I had a solution already hanging on the wall :) |
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The new book nook is hiding behind The Queen -
it's a little slice of organizational heaven having all my books & files at my fingertips,
instead of pawing through piles!!! |
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I turned my cutting table so that I can drop a leaf when
I'm not actually in the middle of cutting a project out.
My tiny room can use every square inch of available floor space! |
5. Got a mani/pedi & bought a new pair of sandals to show it off! Since I haven't had a mani/pedi for well over a year, & can't remember the last time I bought a brand new pair of shoes, this was a bit of a splurge for me.
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The jury's still out on the fabric flowers,
but who knew that platform wedges could actually be COMFORTABLE!
And I LOVE the view from way up here!!!!! |
6. Clean & dust & scrub & vacuum &......all that house stuff that can get overlooked when you're engrossed in.....other stuff. AAahhhhhhhh.......a clean house!!!!! Another little slice of mundane heaven to enjoy!
7. Meditate. Daily. At least. Ahhhhhhh.......... :) This is another practice that's been too infrequent lately. Lots of
justifiable reasons silly excuses, but my life sure flows a lot more smoothly when I begin my day with some focused introspection & divine inspiration :)
8. Spend quality time with friends, who don't care if your mojo is missing....they love you anyway :) :) Bask in that love & support. :) :) :)
9. And the reward...
Enjoy the results! With my sewing room (& part of the house & a little bit of the garden) all cleaned up & organized, I'm reminded of how much I love my little attic sewing space, and how much it feeds me. Ready to play there again! So far, the stitches are flowing easily again.....may yours be flowing & feeding you as well.....
And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off & back up to my lovely little attic sewing room :)
