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Happy Thursday! I thought today it would be fun to do a little sewing room tour! I've shown photos here and there of my space, but now that we've been in our home for a year, I figured it was time to give a proper tour of my workspace. Fair warning, this is a photo heavy post! I'm very lucky to have an entire room in our house to dedicate to my sewing. It's in an extra bedroom on the second floor, and it gets lots of morning sun. Plus there is access to the walk-up attic from this room which is convenient for storage. I was so happy when I realized I could squeeze both of my tables along the wall where the ceiling slopes. I remember tearing pictures of an attic craft room out of a copy of Martha Stewart Living many, many years ago that had a similar set-up. I thought it was so lovely and cozy, and it is! The tables were given to me by my Dad, who bought them out of an old schoolhouse that was closing. I've got a cutting mat on each table, and plenty of space to spread out. My sewing machine is on the end of the room with the two windows, which is great. Note: I sew on a Janome 1600P, see my review of this machine here. My serger is set up on the other table! I also have room to pull out my older Janome machine if I need to sew buttonholes or use any special stitches. Note: My serger is a Juki MO654DE. My quilting cotton fabric stash is housed in a Billy bookcase (with glass doors) from ikea. I wanted the doors to help keep the fabrics protected from sun damage. Thankfully it doesn't get any direct sun! Next to that is a metal cabinet (vintage) that houses most of my garment fabrics and larger cuts of canvas, linen, etc. My scraps could be a little more organized, but I keep them somewhat tidy in this red vintage metal chest of drawers. Sensing a theme? I love vintage metal! This old metal breadbox holds my liberty of london stash! Opposite my sewing tables is this big cubby unit. It's the largest Expedit from ikea, which has now been replaced by the Kallax line. This was quite a challenge to take apart and move, but it survived! It holds my vintage sheet stash, some collections, notions, hardware, patterns, interfacing, works in progress, and more. How about a little peek at the top cubbies? First up, some of my vintage sewing machines! Next, a few vintage tins, including a sewing machine accessories tin and my Droste cocoa tins! My Hello Kitty Janome sewing machine, and some of my pincushion stash! I have a small wall shelf for my pincushions, but I haven't figured out where best to hang it yet! This shelving unit holds a lot, in part thanks to my very favorite storage containers! These are 15 quart Sterilite ClearView Latch Bins from Target. I bought my first one a couple years ago because of the purple handles, but quickly realized how great they were. Two stacked can fit perfectly in the cubbies. The internal dimensions of the Expedit vs. Kallax units are the same, so you should be able to use these in Kallax units in the same way. I use them downstairs to store my paper pattern inventory too, it would be scary to count how many I own! A few months ago I made this thread shelf to store all my thread and bobbins. It hangs next to my sewing machine for easy access. I shared a tutorial for how I made it here: DIY Thread Storage Shelf. I hung up a set of two shelves on the wall behind my sewing machine to keep tools handy, but off the table. It's also a great place to put a few cute things! One of my favorite things I've found thrifting here in CT is this vintage pink lamp. It wasn't in super great shape when I found it, and it was only $2! After a little TLC it's working great! Another DIY project I tackled for my sewing room was a pegboard! I've wanted one of these for a long time, but didn't really have room (or the tools) in my last space. I used this tutorial to make mine. It's so useful! I haven't hung much up on the walls yet, but I did hang up my pin banners! Find my tutorial to make these here: Enamel Pin Banner Tutorial. Right behind my sewing machine is my ironing station. I recently installed a metal curtain line (also from Ikea, can you tell we live 20 minutes from one?) on this wall to hang quilts, quilt tops, or a piece of batting as a makeshift design wall. And last but not least, one last DIY, a rug! The middle of the room is all open, so it's nice to have a rug there most of the time. It's a big room, which means I needed a big rug. With all the stray threads and messy crafts happening in here though, I didn't want to spend a lot on a rug. So, I decided to make one by stitching together some cheap runners from Ikea! The bonus is that it's not super heavy, so I can easily roll it up and out of the way when I want to baste a quilt. Find my simple DIY for this here: Sewing Room Scrap Rug Tutorial. I hope you've enjoyed this tour around my sewing space! Happy Sewing!
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Hi Everyone, I realized that a blog post about my new sewing room would be gigantic, as there is lots of thoughts and photos that I want to share, so I'm going to break it down into three separate posts: The first one about choosing The second one about planning And the third one about the finish Finally I get to show you around the room! There has been a lot of explanation, but I wanted to share my thought process as well as the finished room. Are you ready to go in? When you open the door, this is the view of the room. This is the same angle of the room when we first looked at the house. Aren't before and after pics great? And also, I love how the yellow walls look! We will travel around the room clockwise. To the left of the door is a bit of wall space and then the closet. You can see the fabulous closet organizers that came with the house. See how the project boxes fit perfectly on the shoe shelves? I've already made a rule that I can only have the same amount of boxes as there are spots, so once they are full, no more UFOs until something is finished!! The left side of the closet... And the right side. This is the sewing table with spots for two machines. I have lamps for both machines, too. Like I said before, if something is difficult to do, I won't do it. All I have to do is decide which machine I want to use, sit down, and turn on the power and go. I even have a second chair, but it's downstairs right now until I get one for my computer desk. I am LOVING the Alex drawer cabinets from Ikea. The top drawer on each side has all the feet and attachments for each machine. The one on the left is full of thread! The bottom drawers are deeper and hold cones of thread perfectly. The drawers in the other cabinet have notions, my machine quilting necessities, etc. The center Alex door cabinet has two shelves for deep item storage--like my roll of freezer paper and other large items. Above the machines is my wall of minis and other favorite items. Aren't the red scissors great? My friend Linda got up early and went to the local quilt shop in Virginia one morning because the shop was having a rummage sale of display items. She thought I needed them and I just adore them--mostly because I think of her whenever I look at them. I still have my "N" (what does it stand for? Nothing, heh heh heh.) On the right side you can see the edge of the first of the Billy bookcases. Remember, this is the "L" shaped unit that I needed to use the narrow bookcase instead of the wide one. You can also see how we butted the bookcases against each other in the corner. All three of these pieces are attached together in the back. We used 3 angle brackets to do the corner, and then 3 metal "straps" to add the narrow bookcase on to the corner bookcases. We did the same in the other corner--you can't skip out on safety features! I have all of my fabric over here on this side because the sun comes in the window at an angle and mostly shines on the other side of the room. This is a different view of the same corner. I left one shelf out of the narrow bookcase so I have room for bolts of fabric. The bottom large shelf is filled with rolls and large pieces for backings. My Great-Grandmother's treadle fits perfectly in front of the window. As of right now I don't have a window treatment. At some point, I may make a valance, but I don't plan to cover the window too much. Now for the other set of Billy shelves. This side is more for display, although I've made sure to have plently of room for increasing fabric. I forgot to mention in the earlier posts that is is extremely important to me to have "growing room." See the red crate that I have thread in for display? Linda also got me that at the same sale as the red scissors. I shopped in several places for red baskets and containers for hidden, but pretty storage. (I had luck at the Container Store and Hobby Lobby.) I love how the shelves almost reach the ceiling. I considered the shorter shelves, but I knew if I did, I would just pile stuff on the top, so I did the taller shelves--they look neater this way. Next are the Trofast units for fat quarter storage. You can see one of the bins is missing--I had it on the cutting table. It is so easy to grab the bin of the color that I need. I have been using these for nearly two years now and still LOVE them. For my third unit, I got one of the double containers (it takes two slots instead of one--you can see it on the bottom right) and it has some precuts inside. I found the apothecary cabinet that is on top of them at Hobby Lobby and couldn't resist. I may repaint some of the drawers, but for now they are fine. On top I got some cracker jars and painted the lids and added pretty drawer knobs for handles. This is also an idea by Lori Holt. The apothecary drawers are already filled with things like rick rack, bias tape, lace, etc. I've labeled them all, too. Another feature that I wanted was a bulletin/inspiration board for notes and ideas, etc. My husband and I made this from a sheet of homosote (only $5 in the "slightly damaged area of the local home improvement store) covered with batting and fabric and stapled. I added the ribbon and used upholstery tacks where it crosses. The inspiration board leads back to the doorway. Down the middle of the room is the cutting/ironing island. It measures three feet wide by 89 inches long. With the fabric cover, I can remove the cutting mat and use the entire surface for ironing! It's amazing. I've mentioned before on this blog that I collect yardsticks. It may seem weird to some, but I love them since they are used for measuring--they remind me of fabric. I love old wood, and history, and I've tried to find sticks from places we have lived or felt a connection. I have a Pinterest board of yardstick ideas and I always knew I wanted to use them somehow in my "forever" room. I ended up using a double layer as trim around the top of the room. I love the effect that they have: I feel surrounded by "yards of history and memories." In the picture below, Hawarden is my husband's home town. Here is the closet with the design wall in place. The small quilt is the free Valentine's Day project from the Temecula Quilt Co. I said that the number one requirement in this room was lighting. So far I haven't changed it at all. With the new wall color, all the reflected light off the white shelves, and the window, it always seems bright in here--even at night. Although this room is smaller than the one in Virginia, I think it has way more storage and I like it even better. I have plenty of storage--and while the shelves seem full now, there is lots of room for more fabric, etc. Some of the shelves are full of project "piles" containing everything need--I just have to grab a pile and begin to make it. Also, one or 2 shelves has all of the pre-cut pieces for an on-going major project. With my major requirements fulfilled, and the room filled with everything I love (and nothing I don't,) this room is my dream. I LOVE to be in it! There isn't a comfy chair or a tv--those are elsewhere in the house, but I do have my ipod and a cd player for my favorite sewing listening: audiobooks when I cut and piece and music when I machine quilt. My last tip is that I plug the iron into an extension cord that is right next to the door. It is easy to see if I remembered to unplugg it as I leave the room. As nice as the room looks, it functions beautifully! I don't do "pretty" just to be pretty. I need everything to work easily--and it does. I think that is my favorite thing about the room. Well, that and the view out the window. It changes every day. Thanks for taking the tour with me! JoAnne
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This is a full size paper (electronic file not available) woodworking plan for building my Arts & Crafts inspired sewing table designed for a Singer Featherweight 221 sewing machine. Once built, the table can be disassembled and stored or transported to a summer rental, quilting retreat, or kept in your RV to have with you on your extended vacation. The plan includes additional options for White Featherweights with the shorter beds and also the original "School Bell" (1933-35) model. But wait...there's more! It doesn't have to be a sewing table...just omit the hole in the top and the drop-down on the cross members and you have a standard table you can bring out anytime you need it. Knock it down for storage or keep it displayed year-round. (Also available: Template and step by step instructions for the Singer 99K modification (electronic pdf file sold separately).
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Lazies, Join me for my sewing room tour and the craft room of my dreams! Over the years my sewing space has moved and changed while growing with my needs.
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