My key situation is fixed for now. I was able to borrow the spare key from my landlord and bought a new lock so we could each have a copy of the key. I'm going to worry about my work keys later...

My studio is now clean! I spent most yesterday afternoon cleaning and organizing. It's not pretty, but now it's functional.

Before:

Ooh, I'm not so sure it was a good idea to post these. Who knew I was so messy?

After:

My padded print table, trusty Kenmore sewing machine, and a quilt in progress on the right.

I set up a new work station for my computer. Before it had to share a table with the sewing machine.

For now I'm ignoring all the stuff under the table. My fabric scraps are multiplying like rabbits.

It's amazing how good it feels to walk into a clean studio. I need to remember this feeling and routinely pick up after myself to prolong it.

I had such good intentions for today. This was the plan: go to studio early, clean and organize studio thoroughly, begin percentage dye color samples for new round of quilts, make sketches/plans for new round of quilts, make steps towards finishing current rabbit quilt, take pictures, post on blog, tidy up studio before leaving.

Instead, this is what happened: search whole house frantically for studio keys, search car, search snow around car, search snow on parking area, steps, sidewalk, and around front door. No keys. I called my landlord to see if I could borrow the extra key to get in, but there was no answer. Begged Simon to search his office and car (I still suspect he is to blame because it's easy to blame him for losing things) but haven't heard back yet. Considered getting hack saw out of garden shed and cutting lock off, but decided that was a bit extreme. Searched whole house again, even basement.

So I guess the studio will have to wait. On to plan B. I'm off to Lowe's to get as many paint chips as I can. Then will begin color studies on paper.