First, I want to apologize for yesterday’s rant about Facebook. I try not to sling my dirty laundry all over my website. It’s not cool.
I guess I was having a moment.
I think what inspired me was Hank Green’s recent rant about the X platform (formally known as Twitter). But you don’t want to watch his video (i.e. the link above) if you have tender ears or if you have young children in the room because Hank gets angry enough to actually swear!
Second, that picture at the top of today’s blog post… That’s NOT what my sewing room looks like during the holidays! Brace yourselves…
Here it comes…
Oy…
You might have noticed that I haven’t been posting on Fridays. Normally I do a blog post five days a week, and I type them all at least one week before they post. (The magic of the internet lets you prep them and set a date for them to post themselves.) But lately, I’m having trouble keeping up.
So please leave a comment on the true nature of your own sewing room! How bad is it? Not as bad as mine? Or far, far worse?
I’m going to spend the rest of my weekend getting that disaster under control because the “sofa” that stuff is piled up on… well that’s actually the “guest room” futon. So if my daughter comes home for Christmas, she’s going to need a place to sleep!
Sorry everyone. This week’s blog posts are not the best. Hopefully I can catch up when school gets out and I’m home for the holidays.
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Shelly, I made AG clothes like a crazy person on a mission. Since I was a child I have loved making doll clothes. Then the bottom fell out of AG doll clothes that I was selling to cover fabric cost. A friend also makes beautiful AG clothes and no one buys them. How do we dolls to be popular again?
Good question. I’m not sure what the future holds for dolls. There are still children who play with them, but it seems like the age of girls who play with dolls is getting younger and younger.
As kids get older, the things they ask for at Christmas time are more frequently electronic. Remember, I work as a school librarian, so I’ve witnessed this change over the 30 years I’ve been in education.
I don’t mind a rant now and then. It shows that you’re human and get frustrated sometimes, just like me.
Second, my sewing is no longer confined to one room. The room i was going to use is buried in boxes of material. So I moved to the front room, where my sewing machine and numerous boxes of lace and patterns are. I swear that there is a small path through everything. I won’t inflict the horror of a picture on you, but rest assured that if you ever entered my house you would KNOW a sewer lives here!
My sewing space seems to spread like invasive plants. I get where you’re coming from, Vanita.
My place is like that we have a granny flat nd I take half the lounge but have boxes in the cupboards nd bed room nd still give away a alot never enough space
“Never enough space…” SO TRUE. I have a feeling my Secret Santa from work will be giving me more fabric for Christmas, and where will I put it?
I have no idea!
The neat thing this year is that I taught my art students how to sew felt bears (a little tree ornament, using a mini version of this bear pattern), and that used up a lot of my felt squares and felt scraps. So now I have a little space where the felt used to be.
But best of all, 50 kids learned to sew this year. YAY! That’s the BEST.
My sewing/craft room is much messier than that. I buy fabric faster than I sew, so nit enough room to house it all. I love fabric and believe you can’t have too much. LOL.
I also “buy fabric faster than I sew,” and the stuff just seems to accumulate overnight!