Feeling overwhelmed with piles of patterns, fabrics, trims, books and more in your sewing room? Ready to dump it all and start fresh? Or at least find a way to manage all the things?
We'll take a look at the popular KonMari Method of tidying and how it applies to sewing and crafting items to help give you a set of guidelines for dealing with the clutter and to free your mind and space for new creative projects.
Show Notes and Mentions
-Marie Kondo's book: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
-Kondo's follow up book: Spark Joy – Read this one, too, as she addresses those questions that come up when reading her Life-Changing Magic book such as keeping tons of books if you love them and tools that don't necessarily give you joy but make your life easier.
-Read my accompanying blog post on this topic of decluttering.
-It's important to refine your vision of what you want your sewing space to look like and how you want it to work for YOU.
-Everything has come into our life for a reason, a purpose, a season. Have appreciation for each item; display, store, use and discard things with gratitude.
-Discard things by either giving away, donating, selling, or tossing into the trash.
-The KonMari categories as I relate them to sewing stuff:
- Clothing: finished items, garments, current and completed projects. These I recommend doing last in the Sentimental category.
- Books: all sewing-related books and publications
- Documents: patterns, pattern papers, magazines, notes, binders, etc.
- Komono/Misc: This should be broken down into subcategories: