I Want It Now!

Time to clean up my mess.

Well, I have actually been doing it over the last few weeks

At long last, it is just a few days before the delivery of my new, and final, sewing cabinet. I’ve been waiting for it for 3 weeks. It has drawers and shelves, so hopefully the mess that is my sewing, strewn about the house, will not be focused in one area, and easy to tidy up.

Years ago I had a tiny room off my kitchen in an old and odd boarding house I lived in during the 70s which served beautifully. Good light, built-in wall ironing board. I used a student desk as a sewing table and spent hours in pure bliss. Now, nearly 50 years later, after testing out with a small sewing table in the bedroom, the investment is made. Good light, room to move, and a whole wall to myself.

To accommodate this new member to the household, a domino effect has to happen. Stuff needs moving, discarding, rearranging. I couldn’t do it in one day. This cabinet is made by Koala Cabinets, manufactured in the USA, and beautifully finished. Not cheap. My local sewing machine store sold me their floor model for a reasonable price and are delivering it this coming Tuesday night. The reason? Koala has revamped their sewing cabinet line to become more modular, as well as more cost-efficient to manufacture, but not less in quality.

Below is an old YouTube video that shows the manufacturing of their cabinets, which I think is absolutely fascinating. You can find more info online, of course.

Yeah, so I want it now. Instead, more work has to be done on revamping and moving and reshelving stuff, but in the long run, the effort is worth it: less junk and clutter! I think the arrival and using the new sewing cabinet will not be outpaced by my anticipation!

Thaw

Today it is still cold! I went out with my drawing class early this morning – 53F! (Laugh if you want – but that is really unusually cold where I live.) The sun came out and warmed us up, but I still felt the chill when I got home. A hot lunch started to thaw my chilly bones – so let’s consider that Spring is around the corner, and the thaw begins with running creeks.

Another Look Back (1/26 to 3/13/2021)

I always enjoy taking a look at paintings and studies I have done.  Last time I posted them here was in late January, so another posting is due.  I have been really busy over the last couple of weeks getting this mess of a house cleaned up, so painting has been a bit sporadic.  Some of the ones here may be duplicates of previous, but as my life is chaotic, so go my posts.  My pencil portraits need to be scanned, and they will come at a later date.

Fallow

It’s mid-March and the land is opening up for the sowing of crops later in the season.  The bright new greens of spring begin to show amongst the fields and grasses left over from the year before.  Depending on where you live, trees are barren, or still green.  I live in a climate that never sees snow, seldom rain, but the cycle of seasons still holds it’s excitement as birds return, bulbs emerge, and the land is once more prepared for another season of crops.