A while back I greatly reduced the size of my sewing space. It occurred to me that I was monopolizing 400 square feet of our home (the part which happens to be the best, most private, opens to the deck kind of space...) and it would probably be a nice thing to share it a little more with my family. So we turned it into our everything room; in addition to a very scaled down sewing space, it now houses our library, family computer, a few video games and our movie watching set-up, it also has lots of comfy seating for hanging out with friends. We were sure to leave plenty of wide open space too - for goofing around.
Anyway, a great deal of my fabric and supplies was packed up and moved to the basement. The intention was to set up a storage system down there that I would pull from while working on a certain project or new design. I have a small shelf near my sewing table for storing the materials for current work, everything else stays downstairs.
In theory it seems like a good plan, but here's the thing... I have yet to develop a good system of storage in the basement, and I am busy! I have the market, custom orders and a little shop that needs sprucing up once again, yet I've been having a difficult time finding inspiration when my entire fabric pallet is boxed up downstairs. I just needed something to get the ball rolling again... maybe a little of this and that to be exact. 
Well, alrighty then! We are back at it, through the process of being busy, getting lost in the beauty of great fabric design, ideas are flowing once again. I am remembering certain prints I have downstairs, and I am even locating them! This little Etsy shopping trip really got the wheels turning (and stocked my market booth while I was having trouble locating the best of my own fabric supply). Sometimes I get so lost in the delicious world of vintage/thrifted fabrics that I don't try out enough of the offerings by the current designers out there. It was inspiring to treat myself (and my work) to a taste of this, maybe I should try it again sometime. It was good fun! ;)
A few things will be going into the shop later today...!
