Episode 212: Creativity, Craft and Clutter with Shams el-Din Rogers

I’m guessing that most of us find that a cluttered crafting space affects our creativity. It can also lead to over buying when you repurchase something you already own but weren’t able to locate. Very good friend of the podcast, Shams el-Din Rogers, is back to talk to me about the tactics she’s been using to get her space and her in check, and the impact that’s having on her creativity. Maybe these are tactics that would work for you….

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Find Shams el-Din Rogers @sepia_textiles on Instagram.

Listen to her on previous episodes of CYT:

• Ep. #32: Textile Activism with Shams el–Din Rogers 
• Ep. #49: Sewing as Art and Political Action with Shams el–Din Rogers
• Ep. #77: Stashes and Spaces with Shams el–Din Rogers
• Ep. #81: Travel, Sustainability and Sewing with Shams el-Din Rogers
• Ep. #142: Values Based Spending and Making with Shams el-Din Rogers
• Ep. #153: The Provenance of Materials and Techniques - Shams with Allie Davies

Shams is on the board at the Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto.

Shams’s favourite embroidery designers:

• Krista West of Avlea Folk Embroidery 
• Nuri of Shaded Stitchery

Listen to Shams on the Black Women Stitch’s podcast, Stitch Please:

• Ep. #123: Don’t Trash It, Sew It!!: Sustainable Creativity with Shams el-Din Rogers