I no longer have an excuse

They say that daughters will eventually turn into their mothers.  That never really bothered me because I think my mom is totally cool.  I actually wished I was more like her.

I always equated with being like her to her personality.  She's compassionate so I hoped I would one day be compassionate too.  I never thought it would translate into hobbies or interests.

But it has my friends, it has.

My mom is a closet home ec teacher.  It was actually her desire to be a home ec teacher at one point.  She loves to sew, quilt and anything crafty.  While I was growing up I had no desire whatsoever to do anything crafty.  I think part of it was so I wouldn't be like my mom, but also because she's so good at it that I always knew I'd never be able to be that good.  I picked tap dancing (something she'd never try) and called it good.

Then 2009 happened.  I'm turning into my mother.

For my birthday she bought me a new sewing machine.  You would've thought I had won the lotto.  I was jumping and at a loss for words.  There may have even been a tear of joy.  We've been doing so much sewing and quilting this year, she thought I could use an upgrade.

Because I am truly enjoying all things sewing related, I knew I needed to get serious about my new hobby.  I needed to embrace the fact that I'm becoming my mother in the course of 9 months.

So I organized a closet in our house.  It's my new craft space.  Everything is portable.  I have a table that fits under the bed in that room and a chair that I can wheel in whenever the hum of the machine calls out to me. 

Isn't it so pretty...

and clean...

and magical...

and functional?

I love it.  Sometimes I walk into that room and just stare at it.  It completes a piece of my soul that I have been ignoring for too long.

I even took space behind the door for my cutting mats.

I'm secretly hoping we get another 77 inches of snow.  I'm wishing for that reason to have time cooped up in the house with nothing to do but create.

Now my mom and I can quilt at my house too.  We've both got grand ideas for this closet of mine.

I couldn't think of a better reason to spend time with my clone.