Craft Room Tour 

Thanks Karen.☺️ I'm excited to say I finished the raven last night! If I've got time I'll film him today 🐦‍⬛☺️

@@marionsworld24 That sounds great!

Love the ships and your wonderful space. TFS 😊

Thanks Leanne. Sometimes I have a bit of a change around, but mainly things are exactly where I need them to be now.

Thank you Tracey

Oh, I agree!

Oh it sounds lovely! I'm lucky to have such a creative space. It's definitely evolved over time but it's now perfect for me. I know some people wouldn't like everything on show, but I find all the colours very inspiring. I'm off to look up Illinois on the map!😊

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Thanks Laura. I definitely think it's very 'me'!

You're a long way from your origins... I'm loving seeing where everyone is from.. My original cardboard boat was done following a pattern by Ann Wood of annwoodhandmade.com You should check out her website too.

Thank you Jayne. I hope you'll continue to like the things I'll be doing and making. I'm very much a newbie at being on RU-vid and making the videos as I'm not on any other social media at all.

Thank you for watching it too!☺️💐

The garden does have amazing scent. Especially on an evening as the sun goes down.

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Thank you for your lovely messages Nancy. I love painted cupboards. Paint is not particularly expensive and it can totally change the whole look of a room or a piece of furniture. The cupboard in the workroom was a total experiment in the way I painted it. But it worked out so well. I can't imagine it any other way now!

Thank you so much!

That's exactly it Sheila! It's not that I have no patience with one thing. It's more that I want to do everything. So if I fancy knitting ...there's something there to pick up. If it's sewing ...again something there to do. It keeps me interested in everything!

Hello Beth. So lovely that Naomi told you about it and that you find it interesting too! She'll have told you it's a new venture I'm sure. I'm the most un-techie person! But I'm learning... Do you have any crafty hobbies?

@@marionsworld24 I wouldn't have known you weren't a techie person from your video! I do; mostly, I knit (I take my knitting out everywhere with me haha), but I also write, and have started learning to sew, spin yarn, and paint :)

Oh Trish... you're a long way from your son! My daughter lives in Germany. We're lucky to live in the times we do and we can video our children wherever they are in the world. 💕

You're so welcome. That'll be another pin in the map I think I should put on the wall!

You sound just like me! You have to have projects in differing crafts on the go so you can do just what makes you happy any particular day! Happy crafting Gillian.

Yes Marion I have just started doing embroidery again after many many years and am making little brooches, I also have several crochet projects on the go as well as knitting and I have made a very small start on a paper piecing quilt! Being retired has enabled me to spend time doing crafts that I love!

Finding arrowheads sounds amazing! If I was there I'd be asking to go with him 😅

Aw... thanks Pauline 😊💐🪡🧵

The raven is finished! I'm hoping to post it later today. I just can't wait....

Diane .....Omg that is a brilliant way of putting it. Your words are perfect!! ❤

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Thank you Sue. It's not that big but there's a lot in it!

@@marionsworld24 We moved house last year and our new home is on a new-ish housing estate. I have a small back garden and a raised flowerbed out front. The soil is builders rubble with a thin layer of poor soil over the top and the back is a blank slate of grass with one tree. We are west of Dallas in Texas and the summer sun is hot. It's amazing how many native wild flowers make an appearance in the roadside verges. I am learning and experimenting with what will grow well here. It's a fun experiment.

Thank you Tess for the lovely message. I do believe everyone has creativity. Just sometimes it may not be what you expect. Finding the thing that inspires you is the key and then practicing that on a regular basis. Then there's no saying how much a person can achieve.

Thanks Yvonne. I've always tried to make things without spending a lot. In past years I just wouldn't have had the finances to buy the things I would have liked to, so it makes you be more creative with what you have available.

Ooh.. I'm pleased you like it... It's most definitely my happy place to be 💐🪡🧵

Hurrah...definitely paint them! If you don't like how they turn out...paint them again! I sometimes just keep adding colour till I like what's there. Also I paint on a base colour. Then go in with a small palette knife and start scraping the colour on and off again. You can get amazing patterns developing that you could never purposely do. It's exciting to see what appears...

I did used to house my stash and supplies in boxes like that too. Especially when I didn't have this room. But when we decided this could be an office/ workroom I jumped at the chance! I definitely do more crafting now that it's all out around me. I feel inspired by the colours, and everything is just to hand. I know I'm lucky to have that though.

@@marionsworld24 My main problem is that I've tried various stitching crafts so have supplies and need to remind myself they're there! E.g. supplies to do Goldwork, Stumpwork, Whitework, Crewelwork, Beading, Silk Ribbon and Silk Shading, Patchwork and Quilting, threads and fabrics to embroider and cross stitch and also knitting. I haven't got rid of my lacemaking pillows or supplies either although I've nearly forgotten how to begin pieces. Like in anything I enjoy making but fully finishing is the dreaded part unless I can take it to be framed! Too easy to spoil a piece of work you've spent hours making! Unfortunately I need to follow someone else's design/pattern as if I have to create my own I just go blank. Years with an Embroiderers' Guild branch (before we moved and they folded) at least gave me an appreciation of the skills of others using textile supplies in a different way to the way I do. That's me in a nutshell Marion. That's why I could gaze at the contents of your book for hours. Lockdown for me meant hours I could sit and stitch with no outside commitments to keep🙂. More me time.

Thank you. It's definitely my happy place to be!🧵🪡😊

The older machines are a pleasure to use. I do have a modern Janome too. It's a good sewer but so light on the table that sometimes it moves around. The old ones stay where they're put!

@@marionsworld24 i totally understand what you mean

Thank you so much for your message 💐

I like sewing or knitting outside too... When it's warm enough though 😅

Thank you so much Dikla. What do you like to create?

I am mostly painting and embroidering. Mostly portraits. However, i love seeing the nature scenes of your books. I watch your videos while working on my projects 🙂 @@marionsworld24

Brilliant! Do you paint in watercolour or acrylic? I've recently been practicing my watercolour painting after many, many years of not doing anything beyond painting up furniture etc. I wanted to paint my daughter's portrait in watercolour. It was okay, but I didn't quite get her likeness. I have been getting better though the more I do. Practicing regularly is really helping me. 😊🖌️

Such kind words Shelly. Thank you.

Amazing message Wendy. Thank you so much and thank you for subscribing too 💐🧵🪡😊

Thank you so much. I do like having projects on the go!

Pleased you like it. There'll definitely be a ship in the future. Not quite yet though I think...

I love a good bit of reorganizing 😊

I found that clock unexpectedly on a day out with my sister. As soon as we saw it we both knew it would be coming back with me for the sewing room wall😅

Thank you so much for your kind words Connie. Definitely my sewing and crafting has helped me a lot. It's something my brain can latch on to and then I'm in a world of my own 💐

It took ages but was well worth it! And now they're such a lovely display on the shelves . Also, going through them all meant I could separate out really special ones into a jar so they were easy to look through too. I hope you enjoy your button sorting !😅

Thanks a lot! I'm sure there are cosy places there too though...

Thanks Helen. A lovely gift from a friend who had.t ever used it as it was her mothers machine. It's getting famous now!

Hope you have fun Jen!

I do. I'm very lucky to have this room to make into my creative space ☺️💐

You are so welcome!

Oh..we definitely get the rain! Last week it hardly stopped.... it's just that time of year here!

I'm lucky I've got the space now. 😊

My sewing/craft room is most definitely my happy space!

Thank you Freddie for passing on my channel. I hope she likes it too!

Hello Grace. Welcome to my channel. I hope you enjoy looking around at what I've been up to. Thank you for watching too!

Thanks so much. I'm lucky to have the space. Before we moved here I was always having to clear my stuff off the dining table when the children came home from school. There was always bags and boxes of stuff everywhere! I'd sew late at night once they'd gone to bed. It's a luxury to me having a proper space.

Wow... thank you Jane. I just do my 'thing' really....

I wish I still had my Great Grandmother's treadle machine... I used it up till I was married but it got left at my Mam's house as I couldn't take it with me at the time. My Mam ended up getting rid of it 😱 The Bernina was a gift from a friend. It was her Mam's machine...😊

30deg in winter!!! My goodness Lydia we don't hardly get summers like that here! Which Marie Wallin sweater are you knitting? I forgot to put in a picture of the one I have the yarn for. It's the Yell cardigan. I'm not quite ready for a knitting project at the moment though. I'm off to look up where Fremantle is now.

It would be nice if it was 30oC but no it is 3oC so much colder ….😊

Thanks Vanessa. Isn't it amazing we can just talk to each other through a mutual love of sewing and crafting? Welcome to Marion's World...

Hello Annie... I'm pleased you think it's lovely. I'm sitting in it now and I wouldn't be anywhere else :)

You are welcome Bridget.

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Thank you so much 😊

Mine Too! I make sure I clear up in between projects, but when I'm in full flow...it's pure chaos! Well...organised chaos.. :)

Hello Barbara. I'm glad you are enjoying what you've found. Thank you for watching.

Thank you for the compliment... I'm afraid my poor garden is looking worse for wear at the moment. It needs me to do so much tidying up....🍃🍂🌿 🥾

I think there's plenty of us who are interested in every blooming thing going!😅

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Thank you Beth. I don't make as many quilts now as I used to. I just don't need them anymore as I have so many. Although a quilt will be in my project video next. It's been waiting to be finished for years!

Glad you enjoyed it Nicola..

I'm definitely going to be making another one!

That sounds wonderful! I wish I could see your space too.... I was actually thinking I wanted to visit Alaska a few months ago. But it was so expensive to get there I'm afraid. I even priced flights to Anchorage!

@@marionsworld24 you are welcome anytime!!! I would show you the sights!

Welcome Rae. Thank you for watching and subscribing to my channel.

I think I'm going to have to get a map and stick pins in it!

Thanks Ginnie..and welcome to my channel 💐

@@marionsworld24 thank you Marion

Welcome wishes are flying towards Australia. I'm so pleased you've found me in my little corner of the world! I hope you enjoy doing the embroidery of the birds that come to your garden Wendi...

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I'm very lucky! We used to use this room as a 'quiet' room when the children were young. But it just ended up being the dumping ground! We reclaimed it back to be a workroom/office. Michael's bit got squeezed over the years as my crafting part took over... This time last year I had it totally empty and re organised the whole thing to be exactly how I wanted it. The only new thing that went in was the Ikea unit for the wool. It was all in boxes under the table before that.

That's lovely..thank you..

He only took about an hour or so to make from garden stick to brave warrior!

It's all super interesting!😊

Ha Ha! Thanks Pauline. Sounds like I'd like to have a nosey around your craft room too! I used to have so much more than I have now. But I've really tried hard to get rid of things for crafts I don't do anymore. I passed them on or donated them. It's given me a better space to organise the things I do every day. And to have it displayed too. I'm sure all crafters do the same. Get interested in a certain thing, get loads of stuff, only to find that 6 months later you're not doing it anymore. But you hang onto the stuff! For me it was mainly papercraft and scrapbooking. I loved it at the time, but I'm just not that interested anymore. I gave all the stuff away to someone who was really into it.

I agree with you

Thanks so much Dawn for this lovely message. Thanks also for watching my videos. :)