Since I retired from traveling to teach and do guild programs, my storage area for teaching supplies has become a dusty mess! This is underneath my cutting table, which is an old oak drafting table from the highway department.  It is right in your line of vision when you enter the studio, not pretty!  (The mess, not the table, which I think is quite attractive!)

We decided to go back to IKEA and get this drawer unit to try and organize things a little better. It fits almost perfectly in the space.

Most of those projects, plus some group projects and UFO’s are now stored out of sight and there are three drawers for art supplies and projects as well, and even one empty drawer!  Not for long, I’ll bet!  It is VERY white so it still demands too much attention, but maybe I will get used to it. Definitely better than before!

The books are DONE! And this year is caught up so far, too. One of the things I love about this time of the year, is when I tally all of the numbers and get to see the totals of the patterns sold. It is always gratifying to see the end of year figures, especially on Third Weekend In October. It was released in 1997 and has consistently been INNOVATION’S best seller having sold a total of 27,396 copies in the 10 years that it has been available!

Those other patterns are still waiting to be folded, here they are, waiting for me. That’s my quilt storage bed in my studio storage area next to the patterns along with some unused hanging rods, and stuff. I need to load the tax program on the computer so I can carry on with that chore, and I still need to come up with a new pattern idea! No rest for the weary.