Newby Sewer tips: The Curse (and delight) of the Roomba

As a beginning sewer, I am making all the mistakes as part of the learning process.  I'll make the mistakes and share them with you so you don't have to. =)  And since I have a bazillion mistakes catalogued, I'm sure I won't be running out of these posts in a while. Roomba is a lazy sewer's cleaner's best friend.  Sewing is suprisingly messy...loose threads, thread dust (seriously...the thread moving through the machine can create friction and disperse lots of thread particles), fabric clippings, edges and fray...all end up on the floor.  And if it were carpet underneathe my sewing machine, I wouldn't be the wiser.  Yet, our dark hardwood floors reveal everything. And yet, the roomba sucks it ALL up.  Love her to pieces!!  She is one of the most faithful and diligent inhabitants of our home (next to Husband, of course).

Lookit all that she picks up! Isn't Roomba so great?

However, it's important to remember that the Husband set the timer on Roomba to run on Mondays and Thursdays, so any fabric left out on the floor after a late night project to be admired and smoothed out  will unfortunately be swallowed in swirls by Roomba.  So if you don't want to spend an afternoon helping Roomba regurgitate your fabric then iron out said fabric, pick it up.  Lesson learned.

EDITED TO ADD: Unfortunately, there have been multiple ocassions where Roomba has devoured my projects. I guess it's not as easy of a lesson to learn. sheesh.