You don't need a lot of space to get crafty!
Sure having a whole room to dedicate and unleash your creative passions is many crafters dream. I know some lucky women who are living the dream, a whole room dedicated to their craft of choice, with covet-able storage solutions, wanton excesses of work space. But for most of us having our own crafting room is just not an option short of kicking one of the kids out of their rooms or re appropriating the man cave amidst howls of protest.
Dedicated space to craft is even less of an option when you live on a boat!
Which is okay, because if you're creative enough to be crafty in the first place then you're creative enough to find ways around space restrictions.
I've had to. There was no way I was going to leave my creative hobbies behind when I moved on board. My creativity is a large part of who I am, I need it, after a while of not being creative in some way I get depressed. But some concessions had to be made though. I had to abandon a blossoming love of paper crafts, card making in particular. There's no way of getting around the storage space required for paper slicers, stamps, stickers and oodles of pretty paper. And I had to make hard choices when it came to my sewing box full of goodies, projects-in-progress and gorgeous fabrics. In the end only a fraction of my crafting gear came with me.
But I'm surviving thanks mainly to embroidery.
Embroidery, indeed all stitching crafts are great for space challenged crafters. A wide range of threads can be stored compactly, round hoops can be hung up out of the way or stored easily in small cupboards. Pins, needles, thimbles, scissors and most other accessories don't take up a lot of space either.
There are a lot of clever storage space options around the place these days too. I'd be lost without my pink craft caddy, a thoughtful Christmas gift from my sister-in-law. It stores most of what I need in one compact place which makes it easy to access what I want and also pack them away quickly when i'm done. Small baskets, tins, boxes and even Swedish bathroom accessories from IKEA have all proved invaluable in keeping my minimal crafting space organised.
Do you craft? How do you keep organised? Have you got your own room or do you take over the dining room table for weeks on end?
Dedicated space to craft is even less of an option when you live on a boat!
Which is okay, because if you're creative enough to be crafty in the first place then you're creative enough to find ways around space restrictions.
I've had to. There was no way I was going to leave my creative hobbies behind when I moved on board. My creativity is a large part of who I am, I need it, after a while of not being creative in some way I get depressed. But some concessions had to be made though. I had to abandon a blossoming love of paper crafts, card making in particular. There's no way of getting around the storage space required for paper slicers, stamps, stickers and oodles of pretty paper. And I had to make hard choices when it came to my sewing box full of goodies, projects-in-progress and gorgeous fabrics. In the end only a fraction of my crafting gear came with me.
But I'm surviving thanks mainly to embroidery.
Embroidery, indeed all stitching crafts are great for space challenged crafters. A wide range of threads can be stored compactly, round hoops can be hung up out of the way or stored easily in small cupboards. Pins, needles, thimbles, scissors and most other accessories don't take up a lot of space either.
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| My craft basket of works-in-progress |
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| My very handy craft caddy |
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