Little Studio

I was lucky enough to spend some time at my little studio today.  Seriously, it's little.  It measures nine feet by seven feet.  I love it though, very much.  It got me through last fall and the beginning of the winter, without a doubt. 

Elinor and I spent days on end there before she was mobile.  She would nap, we would nurse, I would hold her and look at my things.  I never got much done, but I needed that little space of my own.  I think of Christmas every time I walk in there because we spent so many hours sitting in our chair together, listening to carols and thinking, crying (both of us, more often than not), and planning....always planning what to make when things felt better.

Now things feel better.  I am able to get things done when I'm at my studio!  Elinor doesn't come with me much anymore, since she would have the place destroyed in about three minutes flat.  Sometimes I bring her anyway since it does feel like our place when all is said and done.  We really got to know each other there.

I only get to go to my studio (which is an ActivSpace) once or twice a week, but that's okay.  I like knowing it's there, and I will hold onto it for as long as I can.

Some pictures!

Today I made a bag out of some leftovers I had kicking around.  I think it'd be a great knitting bag for a small project, or maybe something in which to carry your yo-yo and an apple:

I haven't decided on what sort of handles to use, so here are some paintbrushes filling in for the moment:

I took a few pictures of my first foray into hand pieceing, too, but I'll save those for tomorrow....Wednesday.  Does anybody else remember "Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Day"?  Is that an East Coast thing?  I literally think of it every Wednesday, though I don't think I've heard it since I was about seven years old.

Anyroad. 

Comments

[Julie]

I love your studio! It feels very cosy and full of inspiration.I totally understand the difficulty to work with a little one. It is great to have them around when working but likewise my daughter is walking and wants to do everything mummy is up to which could become very messy!

[misha]

Love these photos. I have always loved seeing pictures of artist studios, or bookshelves. The voyeur in me, I guess. Some very yummy fabrics, too. These pictures make me want to craft in general and to learn more about sewing in particular!

[Mom]

love the quilt pieces, bag and blocks. keep up all that energy you have....a lot of talent. love you all mom

[Nora]

Seriously... I'm here in the public library, trying to write while a guy at the desk across from mine chats on the phone (he's been talking for an hour!!) and a half dozen homeless people squabble over the four nearby internet stations. I have three milk crates at home filled with half finished projects and fabrics I picked up to "do something with someday."

Your little studio? It looks like heaven.