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Hello readers, I hope this post finds you well, this Friday evening of the Bank Holiday weekend. Thank you for all your comments on my last blog post, it was so good to be welcomed back. It feels like only yesterday that I wrote it but I'm thinking it probably wasn't. Hmm! We're most definitely in my Den today, the epicentre of my little world. I've been doing reasonably well at carving out some crafty time and I'm here to share my latest project and a few images of my Den with you, too. I've started with a piccy of The Stash. It was quite funny on Instagram as when I posted this photo (a little hazy in the super-bright sunshine that day), I received a few "WOW" type comments and others along the lines of "Is this a shop?" or "I can't believe you have such a lot". What I didn't dare tell them was that this was just a portion of it. My name is Hen and I am a Fabricoholic. I could have started with this picture below as it starts the story of The Reshuffle. I'm not conviced it is quite as arresting as The Stash, though. For a good while, I have hankered after having my sewing machine positioned in a tabletop such that the bed of the machine is flat with the table. Do you know what I mean? You can buy cabinets for this purpose such as those made by Horn, for example, but not only are they really pricey, I'm not personally that mad keen on the look of them. Then I saw an idea on Pinterest and another on IG, to craft your own flat bed table. I've been on the lookout for something suitable and the other Saturday at Bridport street market (where else?!), one of the sellers we know well, had this fairly unexciting modern pine table. It seemed a suitable size, it was good and sturdy and priced at just £45. In the back of the Disco (that's a Landrover Discovery, by the way) it went and home to the safety of the HenHouse courtyard where it met up the Mr's toolbag. Don't you just love a handyman. Sometime later, the Mr had, of course, done a perfect job of sanding and repainting the table, cutting the hole and making a shelf to support the machine. There was Jenny Janome in her new table. I am enjoying using her tremendously and find the position much better for my posture and all round working. It did necessitate a bit of a move round in my Den to get the new table in and as luck would have it, the new layout works soooooooo much better. I wish I'd done that in the first place. Silly old me. I've been able to move my ironing board from blocking the front of one of my bookcases over to in front of the window. How's that for an ironing board with a view? Ah, the beauty of Smiling Somerset never fails to please and I love watching the changing of the seasons. Everything is growing crazily and greening up quite nicely about now. A photograph can never do this view justice, however. On to my latest project. You may recall that I'm very much a fan of Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet. I enjoyed her first Christmas sewalong (the quilt top may still need sandwiching and quilting, yikes!) and I was pretty much addicted to Farm Girl Vintage (another one to finish in the near future) so when Lori announced that she was bringing out a new book, fabric line, new templates and hosting a brand new sewalong, I got pretty darned excited! As I understand it, this will involve both pieced blocks like Farm Girl Vintage and blocks using templates and appliqué. I realised I had better have a practise at the appliqué before everything kicks off in August and as it so happens, I already had an unused set of Bloom templates waiting in the wings as in the end, I hadn't found time to join in the Bloom sewalong when it took place on Lori's blog last year. Happy days! I wasted no time in printing out the free pattern for the Bloom blocks and getting right on down to some quality stitchy action using the instructions on Lori's blog. Each block has a blog post of its very own as Lori holds your hand through how to make each one. (They're easy to find in the right hand sidebar of her blog.) I had no plans to make an entire quilt, let me be clear. I would just try out a few blocks and use those to make into something, maybe pot holders, a table runner, who knows? I found making these blocks fitted well into my daily schedule. I enjoyed choosing a block, selecting the fabrics, cutting out the shapes and stitching them using Lori's interfacing method (detailed on her blog), to prepare the block ready for appliqué in front of the TV in the evening. Reader, I got a little bit hooked on those pretty Bloom blocks. Soon, I was looking forward to my appliqué fix every day and I was loving how portable the project was, too. I had to go to London twice in the space of two weeks and the train journey had never been so enjoyable! Around this time, something in my grey matter started whirring. I remembered that somewhere I had seen some Bloom flowers which were a little different for they involved patchwork shapes. Well, I love nothing more than a spot of patchwork so off I went trawling back through Lori's blog posts and there I found full images and details of the patchwork flowers Lori had made. Yay! Before too long, my collection of Bloom blocks had grown. Petal Power!!! I've now made sixteen blocks and I am pondering what to do next and I am also at that stage of feeling sad that my Bloom time is coming to an end. There are four blocks remaining which are rather different in style, not quite so obviously individual flowers like these. I'm not sure if I want to make those, I don't like them as much but then again, they may provide a nice balance to the quilt if I maybe use them in the four corners of the quilt. I could otherwise just stick with variations on some of the flower blocks. Decisions, decisions. Did any of you out there also join in with the Bloom sewalong? I'd love to hear (and see the results) if you did. Until next time reader. Then we'll head off to Lilac Cottage. I think... Xxx
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I really want a craft room! With all my craft supplies and being interested in so many different types of crafts, I really could use a space devoted to crafting and creating. So I searched Pinterest looking for ideas for my craft room, whenever I get a home with an extra room (hopefully soon!). This craft room has bright colorful aspects to it, something I'd like for my craft room. Everycraft room needs an island like this one to not only store supplies, but to use as a workspace. I really like all the storage in this carft room, so many options! A craft room with good organization is a must! Love this craft room, especially the see-through cabinets and chandelier. This has got to be my favorite craft room idea because I love the decor and color scheme. The chadelier is so posh, too! The above two photos are of the same craft room, two different views. This room has different stations, an idea I'd like to incorporate. I'd need a pretty chair in my craft room by my book case full of craft books and magazines and would use that area as a reading nook. This multifunctional craft space is awesome! The 3 photos above were pinned from tipjunkie.com and are great inspiration for my craft room. I will have a craft room!
Whether you use sewing as a creative outlet, a way to save money or simply to keep yourself occupied, sometimes you could feel uninspired or thankless in the absence of a permanent workstation. We've discussed all aspects of setting up a sewing room to allow you to have a unique space set up for your designs and ideas.
Sewing and craft rooms come in many different sizes. It's not the size of the room that matters, it's the creativity that comes from those spaces that's important. I've been married for over 26 years and my sewing/craft rooms have run the gamut from sewing on the dining room table, to storing things in a tiny closet and then many many years in our unfinished basement. My current sewing room has a history and story all it's own, which some of you may have read in previous posts. It was a creation brought out from tragedy. As I mentioned earlier, my previous sewing room was in the basement, underneath an apartment we added on for my elderly father. My father, who is very forgetful, has had several disasters with water. He has flooded our home 5 times, two of which "rained" on my sewing/craft room in the basement. In desperation, I knew I had to find a space somewhere else in the house. My sister, who felt so badly for me, was the driving force behind getting my sewing room up from the basement to an area off our family, what was then a three season porch. The porch had long eating tables and was used for all our large family celebrations and holiday dinners. Well, there have been lots of changes over the last 4 years, but here is what the space looks like now. Today, I wanted to share a whole new post with you with tons of pictures for inspiration. I know sewing and craft room are not the same, but the ideas can be incorporated into any room or space. My life is based on using things I already have, saving money with thrift store finds, upcycling things with paint and turning unwanted items into gems. Every single thing in this room is a hand me down, a thrift store find, bought on sale and refurbished or made by me. Throughout this post, I will share all the pictures and the links to the project posts, so you can make them too!! There are lots of links to other post with the instructions, so just click the words HERE that are linked in red. This post is very picture heavy, so grab a cup of your favorite beverage and let's start the tour. The first spot is the wall that isn't showing in the main photo. It's the wall behind the door as you enter. This is my work bench where all my tools, paints and hardware are stored. In the previous sewing room post, this cabinet had white plastic containers in it filled with supplies. Not sure what this pieces of furniture was before, but it does look like a dresser with all the drawers removed. The frame above the cabinet is a piece of sheet metal with magnetic plastic cups for storage. The cups hold all my tiny parts and pieces...screws, nails, tacks etc. Click HERE for the link on how to make the magnetic frame and Click HERE for the post on how to make the magnetic plastic cups. Here are some ideas from the top shelf... This is a lamp I found in a thrift store. It's a wood planer with a lamp kit added. Perfect for a work bench! You could probably turn anything into a lamp with a simple lamp kit! This is an old oil can I use for a picture holder. Just twist a wire and place it inside the hole where the oil comes out. Include special things in your sewing craft room to add a person touch. I framed a piece of road asphalt I found on a walk with my husband. It's shaped like a heart!! I have the 2 Slinky's my daughters played with when they were little. They are great to hold papers and notes...like a mini organizer. I also use old fashion expandable ruler for another picture holder. The slats in the ruler holds the photo. The first 2 shelves are for all my tools. I bought the galvanized buckets at Tractor Supply for $2-3 a piece. You can click HERE for the post on how to make the chalkboard labels!! All my spray paint cans are stored in the bottom rows. I use plastic French Drain tubes that I cut to fit the shelf. You can click HERE for the post on how to make them yourself. The French Drain tubes help to use the whole space of the shelf, top to bottom. Moving along that wall is an old dental cabinet my boss gave me. I am a dental hygienist, so I couldn't pass it up. The small drawers are perfect for a card organizer. I used my label maker to identify each drawer Now everyone in the house can find a card when they need one. An old waste basket holds yard sticks. If you gather up like items and put them in one place, they are easy to find and you won't repurchase more of the same thing. These yard sticks will some day edge the border of my cutting table or my sewing table. On the "to do" list! This is the only long wall in the room. Holds lots of stuff. This is my desk... The base is an old farm table. I painted the legs black and I left the butcher block top natural. I added the top part of my old dining room china cabinet to the top. I removed the glass doors and painted it black too. Here is an old "before" picture of the china cabinet in 2 pieces. You can paint all different kinds of furniture one color to unite them. Starting at the top of the desk... I added 2 clip lamps to the top for light shining down on my desk. This way, I don't needs lamps "on" my desk and that frees up space for my computer and other things. I plugged the lamps into a surge bar, so I can control both on one switch on my desk not at the top of each lamp. The polka dot boxes have been a popular post on my blog. I use these to store all kinds of things. I hot glued fabric onto card board boxes that Propel water bottles come in. My daughters drank Propel for years, so I saved the boxes all that time. Click HERE to see how to make these. I screwed in electrical conduit pipe straps into the boxes for handles. Key tags hang from the straps to identify what's in each box. In the next section, I bought old CD storage boxes from the clearance section of Staples. They fit perfectly in the space. The boxes came with a slot to label each drawer. I keep pencil, pens, staples, ink, post it notes, memory cards etc...all office supplies. These fabric boxes below that were $1.00 in a discount store. They hold big things like rolls of tape etc. I made little tags with a paper punch. Keeping things in one place and labeling them makes it easier for everyone to find things. The one little drawer in this table had a sad drawer pull, so I changed it out with a valve handle. Click HERE to see the post on this! Keep the inside of the drawer organized too. Click HERE for that! This is an old egg tray from my refrigerator. Underneath my desk, I salvaged our old drawers from our kitchen renovation project to hold all my books and magazines. I painted the drawers black and added cute pulls. On the "to do" list is to add casters to the bottom, so the drawers roll out easier. Click HERE to see the drawer project post. Just down from my desk is a collage wall with lots of goodies!! The black piece of furniture is the bottom of the china cabinet. Tons of storage in there. A wall of storage and a little pretty too! These $1.00 wire baskets from The Dollar Tree hold my supply of different types of string. I pulled the end of the string through the wire basket to dispense it. I keep scissors hanging on the basket, so they are always there to cut the string. Click HERE if you want to see that post. My daughters' old childhood chalkboard is given a little oomph by adding a thrift store frame I painted. Click HERE to see how. These boxes are drawers from the kitchen renovation that weren't used. I filled each one with rolls of freezer paper, tracing paper, adhesive paper, Heat & Bond etc...all stored on curtain tension rods. I also shared an idea for using binder clips to label the rolls of paper...click HERE to see that!! These embroidery hoops don't function as storage. They just add a pop of pretty fabric to the wall. I buy all the hoops in thrift stores or yard sales for $1.00 or less. Click HERE to see how you can make decorative fabric hoops too. This coffee can storage idea was super popular too. I've painted this from red to black, but I still love using it for so many things. It held all my string before, now it's great for skeins yarn!! Click HERE to see how to turn an old wood board and coffee cans into a great vertical storage solution. Lots of storage, but doesn't use a lot of wall space. Yarn now, but this also held my paint cans before! This folding table from Ikea isn't in this spot any more, but I wanted to share it with you . Great table for crafting. This is just on loan. It's my daughter's and I'm storing it until she gets an apartment of her own. In the picture below, I used it for a glue gun station. Click HERE for that post. Filled with lots of tips and tricks for your glue gun. I moved it out of the way under the window. Still my glue gun station though... but the expanding leaf is a great work area if needed. One great tip for your hot glue gun or even your iron is to plug them into a surge bar, then plug a lamp into the surge bar. When you turn the surge bar on to heat up the glue gun, the lamp comes on too. Prevents the glue gun from staying on by accident. I made a sign for the family and it's hanging from the lamp. "If the light is on...So is the glue gun" Next to that table is a hand me down couch my sister is giving my daughter. I'm just "holding" it here until she moves out some day. Shhh...she might not get this one!! I had a comfy chair in here, but moved it out temporally. If you have the space, always try to add one comfy spot for you to read, hand sew or just relax. This is my cutting table in the center of the room. Lots of ideas I'll share below... First is the height of this table. Cutting tables should be higher to ease back pain. A fence post finial is added to the bottom of each leg to raise the table up. Click HERE to see that post. I never have "unused" space in my sewing room. Every nook and cranny is fair game...even in between the legs of the table. Tension rods between the legs holds all my spools of ribbon. Click HERE for other posts on ribbon storage and ideas. There is one drawer on my cutting table and I removed the knob and used a special spool of my mom's in remembrance of her. Click HERE to see how to make a spool of thread into a knob and a wall hook too. I also attached a old fashion towel rack just under the table. Great to hold ironed fabric as I'm cutting. Keeps it neat, clean and out from underneath that "pile" of fabric. Under my sewing table is a file cabinet that didn't fit in my husband's office anymore. Perfect for filing my fabric though!! Click HERE to see how to fold your fabric over hanging files. Keeps fabric organized and out of the sunlight which can fade fabric so easily. The top of the cutting table has a few tips for you too. I have been using this old mug tree for my scissors for years. It normally would hold coffee mugs, but this keeps my scissors and rotary cutters up off my table where they'll get lost under piles of stuff. These little glass cups line the back of my cutting table. They hold different kinds and sizes of pins, needles and safety pins. These cups are something we all have around the house. Click HERE to see how you can recycle the tops to your candle jars and use them for so many things. I even have a post there to make a mini wreath with the plastic rings from the top. This tip is for anyone who uses a rotary cutter and ruler. The red suction cup handle comes from Harbor Freight. It's used by contractors to hold large pieces of glass. I use it as a handle for my rotary cutter. Click HERE to see the whole post. This is a paper holder. It would normally be used to hold a paper up next to the computer when typing. I use it to hold the pattern I am working on, especially when cutting different sizes of fabric pieces. I usually lose that pattern somewhere on the table. This way, it's up and always visible. Behind my cutting table is a recycled mail slot holder from an office. For me it holds computer paper, card stock, stationary, scrapbook paper etc. The top is perfect for my Go Accuquilt fabric cutter. As I mentioned before, I use every available space. On the sides of this cabinet, I screwed in a rack that would hold sauce pan lids. These are great for my Go Cutter dies and great for quilt rulers too. The other side holds all my paper supplies for mailing packages. Just behind that and screwed into the table is a curtain rod that holds rolls of brown paper used to cover packages for mailing. Another work station that has changed over the years is just past my cutting table. It's another old painted kitchen table with a mismatched hutch on top. The fabric boxes hold projects I've started or categories of scraps and fabrics...like all my "I Spy" fabric, 1930's fabrics etc. The hutch was was too short for that wall, so I lifted it up with 2 shoe organizing shelves that you assemble yourself. The green arrow shows where I stacked the hutch on the 2 shelves. Not only did the shelves raise up the hutch, they gave me added storage for my scrap fabric. Old storage boxes labeled with the scrap size in each one and the pipe strap idea used for a handle again. Under that table is more fabric filing, but in Banker's Boxes. My sewing room is not damp, so storing in cardboard boxes is fine for me. Click HERE to see how you can turn different boxes inside out for a uniform look Easy fabric filing if you don't have a filing cabinet. Here's a quick tip to keep scissors in all areas of your sewing room. Maybe not a good idea if you have kids around. I hang a funnel where I need the scissors...easy and safe container to hold them. Click HERE to see where to hang them in your space. The last area is the wall unit and my sewing machine area. The framed peg board to the left of the wall unit is a new feature for my paper punches. You can click HERE if you want to see how to make one too. I like my sewing table to be low...because I'm short! Lol I made this sewing desk with 2 end tables and a hollow core door. Click HERE to see that post. Then click HERE to see how I revamped it when I covered it in vinyl!! This organizing tiered tray comes from the hardware store to hold nails and things...not for me. Sewing supplies it is!! Click HERE to see more Then I found a silicone ice cube tray in a discount store!! Perfect for all the feet for my sewing machine!! Click HERE for other sewing organizing ideas for this tray. I also keep an olive tray near by too. Holds my glasses, seam ripper etc right under the machine. An olive tray from a thrift store is the perfect fit for that space...long and narrow. The ironing station is next. I have a small ironing board next to my machine and my larger one is next to another machine I have when friends come over to sew. I use the same concept for my iron as I do for my glue gun with a surge bar and lamp. If the lamp is on...I left the iron on. Another great item that I found in an automotive store is this magnetic cup. Super strong magnet to stick to the car when they are repairing it. It holds nuts and screws. For me, it holds my pins. The magnet really sticks to the metal of the ironing board. Never falls off! The wall unit is the place that holds all my craft supplies. I save everything!! Our house is the place where friends and family go to for supplies. My daughters are 22 and 21 and still use supplies from here. They and their friends just raided it to make costumes for a performance and Halloween costumes too. Saves them money and I love it when they all come by. Each section is label so they know where to find something. The top cans are mine though. They hold all the parts and supplies for my Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt or English paper piecing. The cans are tomato sauce cans I pick up free from a pizza restaurant. Click HERE to see how I covered them. Below the cans are more of the covered cardboard boxes for fabric projects. All the white boxes are plastic shoe boxes that I have collected over the years. They are about 88 cents - $1.00 in Walmart. I always buy the ones with the white covers so they will always match. I can change the colors in my sewing room and never have to worry about all these boxes not matching. They hold everything from small paint bottles, ric rac, coin rolls, zip ties, beads, zippers, elastic, pom poms, pipe cleaners etc. Pretty much everything...and as always...labeled!! The top middle section has more sections of French Drains. This time the hold canning jars full of my buttons. Each lid has a button glued on, so I know what kind of button is inside. Click HERE for that post. In the middle lower section, I removed 2 of the shelves and replaced the back wall with sections of fabric covered cork boards. Great for photos, inspiration pictures or patterns. Click HERE for the "how to" to make one for yourself. Next is a drying rack idea I use for fabric. I have it hanging on wreath holders over the door, but you can click HERE for the post and other ideas for your sewing room. Using a drying rack is great to keep ironed fabric neat, but it also frees up space when it hangs on the door. The wall unit itself was made from 3 cheap short bookcases, a top section of wood boxes my dad made to connect the bookcases and some crown molding. My sister was the head of this project. Here are 2 old pictures of the bookcases. I should have taken more photos, but wasn't thinking way back when. These were old teak bookcase I had in the basement. When I painted them back then, I had been painting furniture for days and didn't even bother priming it. The paint is still good. Chips here and there, but I'm good with it. If you are painting laminate or wood furniture and it's in a high traffic area or a place where company might see it, maybe I would prime then paint. The thin backing was removed and sturdy bead board was added to strengthen the unit. Crowning molding was added to make it look like one piece of furniture not 3 bookcases.. My sister is the queen of crown molding. I will beg her to do a tutorial on how to cut and add trim molding to old furniture. Well, I hope you enjoyed another tour of my sewing room and all the new updates. If you want to see other ideas in my older sewing room posts, you can click up at the top of my blog under "Sewing Craft Rooms" Thanks so much for visiting. Feel free to pin ideas from this post to your Pinterest boards or link to this post here on your blog! Have a great day, ~Karen~
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Well here it is, this is my new sewing room / studio for messy jesse. It's the perfect craft space, with lots of shelving and storage for my growing fabric collection. A new addition to this room is a wall-mounted TV over my desk yippee! Wowee such a difference hey, It's so amazing what a lick of white paint can do! I haven't got my new scalloped blind or a light fitting in yet so it's not quite there but I couldn't resist giving you an update. I was lucky enough to already have the wall shelves there when we moved in so all they needed was a rough sanding and some fresh paint. The thread rack is handmade by a seller I found on Ebay. I also found a cute little place to hang my bunting :) Note the victorian fireplace I painstakinly restored for DAYS! I haven't got a proper picture of it before I started on it annoyinly, but it was covered in a ultra thick layer of cream paint which I stripped down using nitro mors solution and a little metal scraper, hopefully won't have to do that again : I My trustee expedit holds my sewing books and my prized collection of Golden Hands encyclopedia's (mentioned in a previous post here). As well as lots of papercrafting bits and bobs. The ladder shelves house an array of sewing notions, threads, trims and paper patterns. I'm still working on this part, I'd quite like to have more of these things on show but I'm not sure how to work this yet. I've got a new desk by upcycling the old kitchen countertops we ripped out downstairs. It's so sturdy, and a great neutral colour for the room. My old desk from IKEA bowed with the weight of my sewing machine so hoping this won't do the same? And the crowning glory... the fabric collection! I've arranged it with vintage sheets, curtains and pillowcases on the bottom four shelves and modern fabric on the two shelves above that, then fat quarters all arranged my colour, topped off with some larger yardage peices including some beautiful linen I brought back from Turkey on a holiday this year (going to be turned into a couple of sofa cushions). Some CK fabric, and a stack of vintage emroidery bits and bobs I've been collecting from charity shops this year. Haha my scrap bucket! what a disaster it looks but it actually works quite well for me. I need my scraps relatively easy to get to and not too tidy where it takes me forever to tidy. Do you have any good scrap organising tips? though I'm hoping to clear alot of it in the new year with some scrap-busting projects. A shelf of my vintage sewing baskets and tins store less-frequently-used items, like press studs, zips, alphabet stickers, and button poppers. Hmm have I missed anything out, let's see: deer ornament collection over the mantelpeice, vintage Singer sewing machine and spools of bakers twine = my perfect studio.
