Tonight I started hanging up some of my wallhangings and doing a little bit of decorating around my fabric pantries and cabinets. Absolutely nothing matches but I don't care!!! LOL Hopefully by this weekend I will have photos of my sewing room to share with you all!!! I'm getting reeeeeally excited now!

We are hoping to start up our Thursday night sewing group this Thursday night! Tomorrow evening I have a couple more hangings to put up and a good vacuuming of my space. I still have a pile of big black garbage bags filled with shredded papers, and old stuff I no longer wanted. Hopefully Friday or Saturday I'll be able to start taking some photos!!!

yipppeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

hee hee I just had to share that with you all!!! I know several of you have been after me since renovating the house to get some photos taken of my sewing room, but up to now it's been an absolute tornado down there. Just a few more days!!!

Cheers!

How exciting for you!!! :D :D :D I will be watching for your pictures :shock: :wink:

Wonderful news! Looking forward to seeing your photos! I know you have been working really hard to getthings as you want them! :lol:

Yes I love seeing pictures of everyones sewing space. I bet your group of sewers is happy to get back together
:D

Oh, can't wait to see pics, Andrea!

Ready and waiting to see the pics Andrea!

Can't wait for those pics Aggi, now if someone would just come and straighten up mine :lol: :lol:

Can't wait to see it all!
I want to come play in your room too!!

Were waiting 8)

I'm on 'go', whenever your ready... :wink:

:shock: :shock: :shock: Patiently waiting ....LOL.... this is what we look like after a long and drawn out mare stare, so we need something else to stare at now !
Sharon

Looking forward to seeing it. I love seeing everyone else's sewing rooms. Sounds like you've been working hard on it! I haven't posted a picture of mine because it ALWAYS looks like a tornado has gone through it. :roll:

Excting...but:

Pictures! Pictures! We want to see pictures! :)

isn't it fun to decorate? i loved doing it when we moved in here

I have two more little things to finish up in my room and I need to pick up the brackets this Friday after work. Once the two remaining things I want to hang are hung I'll be taking photos!!! So by Saturday evening I should be going camera crazy downstairs! I added a few little finishing touches to the room tonight with some wallhangings and cushions I made and some soft lighting and I'm getting sooooooooo excited!!! I'm really loving my room, even with the gaudy carpet and horrid 70s panelling (both of which I had hoped to replace during the whole reno phase and before the moving in phase which didn't happen). Hopefully over the winter I might be able to put in new flooring and walls cause I'm about to lose my soul on that @#(*#( panelling. The stuff is like concrete trying to screw in brackets to hang some of my wallhangings!!!

Anyway, just a couple more things to add to the room and then I'll be posting photos. Hopefully Saturday evening I'll be adding my pictures!! I can't WAIT to share them with you!! I have never had a room dedicated completely to my sewing before, so I'm all that more excited!

There will also be room for extra tables to conduct private classes and little day retreats!!! wooo hooo!!!

How exciting! Oh, you lucky girl! Hope you tried the cordless drill for going through that paneling. Did you paint it? Paste some fabric on it with starch (saw that done on HGTV a couple of times and I'm thinking that's not a bad idea.) I may try it one of these days.

Hugs,
Sharon

I am so happy for you. Can't wait to see the pictures.

Hi Sharon

No I didn't use the cordless drill.. wishing I did now that you mentioned it!! HOLY CRAP!!!!! that stuff is like concrete trying to just hammer a nail through it!! I hammered a nail to make the holes for the brackets and I swear I was just hammering and hammering and the panelling was not making a single dent!

Painting the panelling would have been a great idea, except during the whole reno and moving phases, that room seemed to be the catch all place and it was never tidy enough to actually get around to paint it. Hopefully next year I will be replacing that @#($*#( panelling altogether. I HATE that stuff!!!! I'm covering it up as much as possible with my wallhangings and other stuff LOL. The fabric idea is good too... but I love all my fabrics and hate to put them on the walls LOL

Andrea - how about pinning up a big piece of flannel or cotton batting - then you can use it as a design wall? Just an idea!

Waiting to see pictures i bet your so happy Congras.dear

Andrea, your paneling sounds like my plaster walls! More often than not, my little nails just get bent trying to pound them in! lol!!!
I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures!! :D

(foot tapping impatiently)....is it ready yet? I wanna see some pictures!!! :lol: :lol:

I am actually considering doing this and just hanging it over the area where my electric breaker box is. It's already closed in, but it would be nice to cover the area. I might actually stretch and staple a design wall over a bit piece of canvas and then I can move it when I need to get to the breaker box!!!

hi aggi can,t wait to see your new sewing room

Can't wait to see pics. Is this a business or just your own personal quilting room. Not to be nosey just that every time I show these great sewing rooms to my DH . He says"that's a business. No one would need that big of room for a hobby"
Linda

My Sewing room has the 1970's paneling in it too!!! I primed and then painted it..looks great, much brighter and cleaner!! Try drilling pilot holes for the screws and nails, it really makes it easier!! Plus I was afraid I'd get ticked off and really wollup the stuff and put a big hole in it :lol: :lol: :lol: Mine is the main path between the garage and the rest of the house, so everybody dumps their stuff :evil: So I'm in the process of evicting everything that's not MINE!! Enjoy, there's nothing quite like a nice neat sewing space (even if the neat part doesn't last long!)

can't wait 2 c pix!

Hi Tweety, yes I do have a small home based business selling my pieces as well as teaching.

OK Aggi, the suspence is killing me. Sounds wonderful. You ought to put out really great things after this.

I GOT TO SEW IN MY ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST NIGHT!!! WOOO HOOOOOO!! Mum and I started up our Thursday night quilting group last night. Although there were only 3 of the 5 of us there, we each had lots of room to work on our projects! I worked on making a rod pocket for another big wallhanging I plan to hang in my sewing room this weekend. I also started working on some chenille projects I've been wanting to make!

Trevor is working overnights this weekend and it's a long weekend here so guess what I'll be doing in the evenings when the sun goes down!! I'm seeing a few late nights this weekend. Me and the pooch hanging out in my little cozy room with some tunes playing, fabric flying, and perhaps a couple dog treats!!! hmm okay dog treats for Alexi and I'll pick up a bottle of red wine for me and some nibblies!! I think I'll have me a little sewing room warming party with me and pooch!!!! hee heee

Pictures are coming THIS weekend!!! I have to pick up a couple little things at the hardware store and Fabricville to complete the decor and then I'll be taking lots of photos!

Great news. Can't wait to see it.

I'm getting excited waiting to see whaat you have done here! It sounds wonderful!

That's it Aggi, purtty the place up first! LOL

Okay I have a ton of photos, so I just want to say that I am going to post my sewing room photos over in the "PICTURES" area of this forum!

I have about 30 to share with you as I did a 360 of my room and also zoomed in on different areas.

Go to Pictures and see "AS PROMISED... PHOTOS OF MY SEWING ROOM"!!!

Cheers
Andrea