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Yesterday afternoon had been set aside in my mind to make some cushions. It was cold outside, the dog was asleep, my emails were up to date, the children at school until 6, even the house was clean and tidy. No excuses, I could settle down in my sewing room and have time to make the pillows I have promised my daughter for her bedroom
You can tell where this is going can’t you …………. Before I start sewing with vintage fabrics I always spend time checking for marks or flaws, experimenting with complimentary patterns and matching the cuts of fabric to produce the best result.
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Well yesterday, the fooling-around-with-fabric took over from the real-task-at-hand and an hour later I was having such fun that I had even got out the camera. So once I had the camera going, I just had to tidy all the shelves and sort the threads, and arrange the pins on the pincushion ….. and lo and behold I ran out of time to actually make anything at all.
But excuse me! … I do have a blog to write after all.
Yes, that is the advantage of being a blogger, that even procrastination can be justified if it results in a couple of pictures
I hope your day is going well, and that you – unlike myself – will
finish the day with a tidy list of chores all ticked off, done and dusted.
finish the day with a tidy list of chores all ticked off, done and dusted.
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PS to my daughter: don’t worry honey, you’ll get your cushions!
44 comments
It seems that this procrastination is happening everywhere. That has been my pattern of the recent weeks.
But you had an enjoyable time taking pictures, so all was not lost.
very beautiful fabrics!
Incredibly beautiful fabrics. Going to order things when I know where we're living!
Oh, please just send me everything in that cabinet!!!! love the fabrics and all the other things you have there.
xox
Hi Sharon, What you did was just as important, sorting and playing with combinations and taking pictures for us. You will be ready to sew pillows next time. Beautiful Fabrics!
Sharon:
Your fabrics are gorgeous! Your daughter will love them!
I think we are all feeling the darkness of the cold winter, making it a little more difficult to get going on things.
These fabrics are breath taking… can't wait to see the finished pillows. xo HHL
I'm so jealous that you can even consider whipping out a few cushions out of those lovely fabrics! I'm hopeless with a needle and thread – my darning ends up looking worse than Frankenstein's scars (or so notes my young boys!). Maybe if my sewing nook looked as good as yours… Cynthia
Wonderful fabrics. Organizing is so much fun. It's procrastinating with a sense of accomplishment.
Have a great day,
Jill
Well, of course–you have to get organised!
P R O C R A S T I N A T I O N . . ummmmm where have I heard that before and since blogging, it has gotten worse! It can at time make me crazy!!!!!
Loved this post that we (as bloggers)designers, moms, grocery shoppers, chefs and wives already do the impossible AND if it means a post is in order . . yeay!
Also Sharon, I loved the perfect space you created. Pillows will be done in no time now.
What a charming vignette your sewing shelves provide!
The best thing of all is that you have a nice organized space for your fabric! It is amazing how fast my house gets cleaned when I am going to be taking pictures!
XO,
Jane
All beautiful, but i love the tin canister in the photos!!
It often happens to me too!
And I feel guilty… =)
I can imagin what beautiful pillow you will do with these gorgeous fabrics!
Silvia
I see a beautiful quilt in those fabrics. xo Jenny
I stumbled across your beautiful blog today, from following Rose- A Femme d'Un Certain Age who is following MaiTai's Picture Book. I digress, I ended up here and was delighted to see a lot of similar fabrics that I have collected under the premise of 'doing something utterly gorgeous with them….one day' I had to laugh, your post so echoed my self same behavior last time I planned to get busy with the creating, happily my fabrics look wonderful, well organized and ready…and have been that for, ooo, I don't actually want to admit how long! LOL!
I think part of the joy of creating is the accumulation of all things that make your heart sing, and putting them together in a pleasing way, is in fact creating no? Sewing or organizing, its all creating, its all good! 🙂
I love your beautiful stack of vintage fabrics and notions. Lovely pics! My collection looks rag tag instead elegant but I do so love to redeem things! I am making quilts from old denim blue jeans.
Thanks for the peek into your collection!
Oh la la I applaud your efforts, tres magnifique !
These photos are surely pin worthy my friend.
XO
Bonjour Sharon. You had me at "the children do not return from school until 6:00pm." Wow. Ever since my son started school here in the United States, my "work" days have stopped at 2:30pm. This does not leave much room for procrastinating, I am afraid. What needs to get done (house chores, errands, teaching, blogging) needs to get done between 9:00am and 2:30pm. That is that. Looking back at the years when I was growing up in France, my stay-at-home mom must have really enjoyed her free time while my brother and I were in the [capable] hands of the French public school system. 😉 Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
I love your fabrics!
Markus
well the material really looks good and neat and the vintage thread it all blends together very well, makes great pictures
the best part is you were enjoying yourself playing with your treasures
A few GORGEOUS pictures, that is. . . Delightful!
Sharon, your post made me laugh out loud! It's so very true – although I am an expert procrastinator and the blog just gives me one more tool in my repertoire! I am glad for the detour you took taking these photos, love the peek into your gorgeous sewing room and all your pretty fabrics! Lovely! XO
It's all about the aesthetic of the journey being as important as the aesthetic of the destination.
oh, and I love your boxes and fabrics and all.
Ah, but of course we will want to see the pillows when you do turn them out!
What a beautiful fabric collection. I would want to show it off too!
As for procrastinating, what do you think I'm doing right this instant, lol?
I am a quilter from Finland. I love these beautiful photos.
Sharon,
Your vintage fabrics and notions are so fabulous. This is such an inspiring post!
You have inspired so many special touches in our home! Thank you so.
~Lynne
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It's so easy to procrastinate this time of year too. It's a sleepy, slower time of year. We DO need to fill it with fun things, and taking photos is SO much more fun than… chores. Your pictures are wonderful, btw. The fabrics are so lovely. I would want to take pics of them too. 🙂
That sounds like something I would do! You have a very lovely sewing area. Beautiful fabrics.
With such beautiful fabrics your daughter will have delightful pillows.
well if I had your sewing space and THOSE gorgeous fabrics I would too be gazing at them and display them and take them on pics and dream…
and you allowed us to dream along so not such a bad move 'procrastination'
Beautiful photographs. So pretty. Your organising has given us so much pleasure. No chores for me this sunny Oz day. Off to visit an old friend and share morning tea with my grand-daughter. Deidre.
I just learned how to do "Pinterest" a few days ago and all productivity has been shot. My eyes are almost bleary as I juggle learning this and scouring all internet images and holding down a full time job. My teenage son told me that this was what some "middle aged moms" do all the time. Eeks. I guess that was payback for not appreciating all the video games he gets lost in….:)
Oh my goodness! Too funny! I spent the day sewing new drapes and I had to remind myself to enjoy the process because I kept thinking about blogging! You have also inspired me to get my sewing room organized, thank you:)
hahaha…oh that's so cute. And it did make a beautiful post! Love those fabric combinations!
Dearest Sharon,
You created a lovely post with some neat looking Toile de Jouy stacked with beautiful tins and such. Very well done. Now it will be a joy to select the fabric and actually start sewing your daughters dream-wish of a pillow!
Love to you,
Mariette
Oh dear…
it is so true…we have blogs to write!! LOL!!!
Also, BEAUTIFUL fabrics…and those
(i think) hemp cloth rolls!! I love them!!
Fra
p.s. There's a giveaway chez moi, you can join in if you like!
Magnifiques tissus, de belles créations en perspective !
Beautiful fabrics, beautiful designs in perspective!
January is the perfect, winter month to procrastinate. Love your vintage fabrics.
Karen
Very delicious fabrics. How I'd love to live inside your linen cupboard! Such gorgeous colours and patterns…
Linda at Beautiful Ideas
I adore all of the fabrics, but my favourites are the mattress materials.Also the cushion covers you made are so nice I want to go out, buy fabric and make some myself. Mind you I have not used a sewing machine in over 20 years.
Debbie