The yarn and the fabric stashes have been tamed, and my sewing studio is nervously making its awkward debut in cyberspace. It's quite primitive right now, but it's a start. It's functional.
The knitting stuff found its way into a set of built-in bookshelves, next to a charming window seat, which is opposite this view. A nice place to sit and have some creative chill-time. (Here's the post about my knitting needle mason jar organization.)
Aside from the gorgeous landscaping, the thing that really sold us on this house were the two wired, modular workshops, which would allow us to separate "home space" and "work space." One of the buildings holds all of our sewing pattern/book inventory as well as a simple shipping computer, and the other building houses my sewing space and Patrick's office.
When the doors are open to the gardens, the setting is glorious. When the doors are closed (and they have to be unless the outside temperature is perfect) it is rather cave-like. I have just that one small window up there. I'm thinking that the first thing that will happen (after replacing the house's roof, the siding, covering the painted subfloors throughout the house, and fencing in a garden space!) will be putting a big window in where the bolts of fabric currently reside. Looking right out onto the (future) hen house. Of course, in order to start any of these projects, the Money Fairy has to come and fill our bank account faster than the "I'll-eat-everything-you-got" Medical Bill(y) Goat! Hee hee. Darn goat.
Goat or no goat, this space will eventually become exactly what I need, given enough time (and paint); a practical place of work as well as a peaceful, creative escape. A place where I can recharge. I'm looking forward to checking out this book
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Speaking of places to put your craft stashes, my publisher, Interweave, is currently holding their annual Stashbuster sale, and you can find lots of stuff there at great prices (including my first book.) Upload photos of your stashes to the Stash Bash Flickr group, where winners will be selected at random to receive a bunch of free crafting books from Interweave.
