I love my sewing space.  It makes me happy.  It is loaded with tons of natural light and has just enough space to spread all my things out, but still feel a bit cozy.  The picture above is the aftermath of what happens after a project where there is muslin in the floor, scraps everywhere a la Eleanor Burns, and you had better where shoes because I haven't broken out the super magnet to pick up the pins.  

This is my baby.  A Juki TL-2010Q.  She is fast and reliable.  She weighs like 40 pounds because she is mostly made of awesome metal.  Her automatic cutter is better than most machines I have tried and I love her more than anything.  And I say that even as she sits beside a fancy Husqvarna embroidery machine.  Most sewing of the sewing I do involves a straight stitch and my Juki does that beautifully.  I bought her online from Sewing Machines Plus and it was a great experience.  Good price and fast shipping.

And this is my infamous stash....or at least some of it.  I have two other closets....but hey who doesn't, right? he.he.  (long uncomfortable silence.)  

My space suits me.  I can sew and create jewelry and do whatever else I want.  When I have had enough, I can walk out and close the door behind me and know that the mess behind the door is mine and NOBODY can SAY A WORD to me about it.  I love that!  

Thanks for letting me share my space with you.  I have loved seeing your spaces over the years, so I thought I would share mine.

Interested in me, huh?  Strange one you are.  

I like to think of myself as a renaissance woman.  The type who builds things, sews things, grows things, writes things, etc.  I am happy to see more and more people are coming to that realization as well.  It's a really good thing when people learn to do and not to depend.  

I started sewing at a VERY young age.  I tell my mother that I was her sweat shop employee.  She worked for Levi Strauss for a long time and then struck out on her own to design wedding gowns and such fancy things.  I was the one sewing on the beads and tiny things she "claimed" was easier for me to see.  HA! Poppycock.....

I always thought I knew better than her.  Could do it faster, with less material and all that....and everything I made always either fell apart or never got finished.  So, I finally submitted to her tutelage and am the better for it.  

I used to tour and sing all the time, but after a while I needed a bit more security.  I had a daughter and wanted to provide her with a stable, happy life which required more moola than I currently had at the time, so I put that fancy degree to good use and joined the corporate world.  I still write songs and sing and encourage my girl to be as creative as she possibly can.  So that feels good.  

I found this fabric on the EmmaOneSock website last year after reading about it on Gertie's blog, after she saw it and recognized it from Anthro's site.  I just love how everything is so gosh darn connected.  

I made this skirt last night, of course stopping around the 2 AM mark which seems to indicate that I never seem to hit my stride until then.  Also, 2 AM is also when I am more prone to stupid mistakes, like the ones that you can't recover from.   

It came together quickly even though I NEVER seem to understand the instructions in Burda Style mag....NEVER!!!  But, I digress...  I still have to hem it and I am trying to decide how long I would like it to be.

I just draped some green knit fabric that I found at my local fabric shop that I "plan" to make into a top.  More to come on that once I figure out exactly what I want to do.