What’s On Your Wall?
What’s on the wall in your sewing room? Do you have an inspiration board, or a place to put all the pictures and things that inspire you? I’m inspired by so many things; some you’ll find on my wall…
Here at Bunny Hill I have inspiration walls, inspiration boards, inspiration books, inspiration binders, and inspiration drawers. I remember reading years ago that Martha Stewart keeps file cabinets filled with things that inspire her. To think that she clips things out of magazines too! Amazing!
My journals are the simple black ones you can buy at any art store. They have plain pages just waiting to be filled. I keep a supply of glue sticks just for the occasion.
And my binders are assorted. I buy pink binders when I can find them but it’s really HARD to find good pink binders. Soft, shabby chic binders would be more my style…
I’ve been saving clippings and pictures for as long as I can remember. I go through each magazine or catalog before I throw it away and clip out anything I like. I glue small pictures into journals. I put larger articles into plastic binder pages, and other things get put into a drawer in file folders organized by subject. I love going through my clippings and journals. It’s an endless source of inspiration for me!
So before you throw out that catalog that came in the mail, or magazine that you just finished reading, think about what you saw. It may be worth saving.
Sharon over at Farm & Fru Fru has a great post about inspiration boards. Be sure and read it. You’ll get lots of ideas!
Hey, what’s up with all the Moda stuff in this post? Did you notice? Are you a Moda Maniac too?
Hugs,
Anne
19 Comments
Kristy
Oh my gosh! I have always thought I was the only insane enough to cut out my favorite parts of magazines to paste into books! I love it! AND I am addicted to Moda! I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us.
mimi'sdarlins
Hey, we organize our inspirations in much the same way! Except my journals all have very feminine covers w/ soft, beautiful designs, can’t help myself :-) I’m currently working on four quilted panels of scrappy patches to match my sewing room, which I’m going to mount on the four-panel closet door so I can pin pics of family, mementos etc, more inspiration.
Tina
Moda fabrics are my inspiration! I’ve searched through http://www.quiltshops.com for many of the older Moda lines and have found some wonderful designs that are no longer readily available – their fabric colors and designs are fantastic! I could (and have) spent hours upon hours “just looking” when I should be quilting!