Getting organised (or .... I love IKEA)

In honour of our first wedding anniversary, Dan and I got some quality kid-free time organised this weekend.

How did we spend it?
A very romantic trip to IKEA of course!!

New shelving for my sewing room to try and get my ever growing stash under control!!

I knew I would never be able to maintain a beautifully stacked display of fabrics like these fabulous stacks ....

1. my fabric stash, 2. To-Do, 3. My CLEAN stash ;), 4. A cabinet of fabric..., 5. My little sewing room and stash, 6. Repurposed, 7. Folded and Color Coded, 8. Folded, 9. organized fabric

 

So, I bought a heap of drawers / boxes to fit the shelves and filled them with colour coded fabrics.

 

Here is the inside of my 2 favourite drawers:

 

 

And of course, some new fabric to add to the mix:

 

 Dream On layer cake purchased at Over The Rainbow

 

 Tufted Tweets fat quarter stack purchased at Fabric Worm

 

Echino Spring 2010 fat quarter stack also purchased at Fabric Worm

 

I think I need to take a break from fabric shopping for a while. Wonder how long that will last??

 

Andi :-) 

 

PS Dan and I did also manage a romantic dinner in town ... just in case you were worried!! 

Mini Makeover

I bought some new shelves for my sewing room (that used to look like this).


I like the cleaner, whiter look.


I still have the old shelves that I will (one of these days) paint white too.


Have a great week.

Andi :-)

One job down. Many more to go!

Today, I worked on the MAMMOTH task of tidying up my sewing/work space.

Even though I would love it to be prettier with white furniture and matching everything, its pretty great to have ANY space for such indulgences.

It feels great to be able to see the floor again.

Also, here is something I've been working on lately ....


I plan to finish it off this week at Perle 8s. Once it's finished, I'll tell you what it is.

My WIP pile is slowly diminishing. Hooray!!


Have a great week of stitching and living life.

Andi :-)