I am not a fan of making New Year's Resolutions. I always think of the standards such as losing weight. I need to be realistic after all, so this year I am going to focus on my fabric addiction and my need to purchase too much fabric.
I guess that the real reason that this is a focus for me this year is that I sold my house in June where I had a dedicated sewing room and am now living in an apartment. Now, I rented a two bedroom apartment and the second bedroom was going to be a sewing room, but then my daughter decided that she wanted to go to Junior College instead of going away to college.
What's a mother to do? I, of course said she could move in. I ended up putting my fabric into storage boxes and there are a lot. I started off buying a rather large box. It is the size I put all my Christmas Ornaments in, from the container store. Well, after I loaded my fabric into these I could not lift them. It took me and Ganzy (my daughter) to carry them to the closet and once we got them on the shelf it made the shelf bow.
I went and bought 12 under the bed storage size. Of course 12 will not fit under my bed. I did manage to get most of my fabric into these and they are stacked on the floor of the walk-in closet and take up half of the space. But now I can't see my fabric. Being able to see my fabric makes my heart happy. If I am going to get anywhere this year I have to shop first in the closet.
The good thing about this resolution is I do think I will be able to keep it. On January 3, on my first day back to work, my boss told me that my job was ending so with no income I really won't have anything to use to purchase fabric. So, my first resolution is at least for the time being is to not purchase any more fabric. I am wondering though can I still purchase patterns and notions? Let me know what you think?
