fresh start.

via flickr


in the spirit of the new year, starting over and "cleaning house", i recently took on the half of my room that serves as a studio and ventured into piles of fabric and plastic bags full of patterns that haven't been touched in almost a year. being someone who likes to save everything (too many experiences where i've gotten rid of something seemingly useless, only to find i'm looking for it the next week), i had to force myself to be ruthless and ended up throwing away about 10 bags of fabric scraps, cardboard tubes, paper and patterns that i'd been pushing aside for months.

the five trips it took me to dispose of the unwanted mess left me wondering how it all fit in the corner of my room in the first place. either way, i feel a million times better now that it's gone. its funny how easily physical clutter can affect (or reflect...?) clutter in other aspects of my life. sifting through the remaining fabric, i rediscovered some ideas that i didn't have the space to act on before and was inspired to new possibilities that i previously wasn't sure how to approach.

now that i have the space, i only need the time...