Thread: If you could have the sewing room of your choice

There would actually be 3 rooms, a large sewing & design area, a fabric "Pantry" & a "wet" room for dyeing / painting fabric, the last would have a sink. There's be plenty of electric outlets. good lighting, plenty of storage & room to move around, plus french doors that lead to a small patio. This of course is my dream sewing space, my current is an 11' x 13' room that's crammed full of supplies, fabric & sewing machines. Good lighting & plenty of storage is a must. A design wall is a good option also. Good luck.

Cathy S/ Willowwind

Originally Posted by rburnitt

What would you have in your sewing room?
New ideas, your best creations, or others best.
I need all the ideas I can get.

I took over the basement 8 years ago, and the lack of daylight just about drove me over the edge! :lol: BUT.... the extra space was worth the trade-off. I'd say that you should start with the largest space you can find, and everything else will fall into place from there. We recently remodeled my space, and painted it a very sunny color. The floor is just concrete, but it's painted beige, and is very easy to sweep. I also wanted space for my longarm, my Cricut machine, and my 100 inch cutting table. Here's one picture, and you can see the rest here: http://www.candyapplequilts.com/fabr...quilting-room/

Fabric shelves

Candy Apple Quilts...wow! What a great quilting space.

One main feature of my room would be to be able to lock my sharps up so my grandchildren don't get to them. Heck I would love a room all to myself enough for a large cutting table> I actually like a U-shape design myself. Tons of open storage like bookcases, baskets. A good chair, absolute best lighting, radio, computer, printer, tv, cd's, my dog, a couch. Oh and a big design wall and a long arm machine. I guess a breathtaking view couldn't hurt either!

Originally Posted by Rose L

Candy Apple Quilts...wow! What a great quilting space.

Thank you, Rose! I just love it now. If you could see the "before" pictures, you would shudder! :lol:

I'm "re-doing" mine now (again?!). I have a small room but it has a window that lets in great light for most of the day. There are things I wish I could change but I'm changing what I can.

One of the things I would wish for is to paint the walls a wonderful warm white, then I would paint all the furniture the same color. I am painting my shelving and will have it put together soon. Lot's of storage is essential.

I do alot of crafts so I don't have a dedicated sewing table, so that would be another one of my wishes. Right now I'm using my desk (it's pretty big 6ft and seems bigger now that I have taken off the hutch).

My next wish would be to have everything finished and put back in the room - neatly (that is something I haven't had for over 4 years).

You can see the progress of my room on my blog but here is the latest pictures:

Wanda
http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/

my hutch on a pair of chest of drawers

bookcase behind my desk

my work space (needs to be cleaned off but that is coming soon)

I am happy with what I have. My sewing room has lots of windows so I can see the deer and all the wildlife that comes by. I have the wonderful working triangle, sewing machine, cutting table and ironing board. I have a small table next to my sewing machine for my sewing buddy, my kitty cat. I have a TV which is only on during NASCAR races. I have a Bose CD player and a sound dock that I can listen to books while I sew. I don't have a long arm, but I have a good friend that does and she is getting my next project. When I retire I will get an embroidery machine. The only thing I don't have that I desperately want is time to sew. I want to retire so badly. But I have a few years to go.

I'm about to move my room from a smallish room downstairs to my son's bedroom upstairs. He's in college, graduates next year, and we are going to turn what is now my room into a more formal guest room that he'll use when he's home. It's got an adjacent bath, so it's easier on my father when he stays here with our dogs while we travel.

I've been thinking about what I want and here's the requirements (most of which will not be a problem)

my desk with computer. It's a big desk with a hutch, holds my correspondence, quilt and scrapbook books, project notebook, Bible study materials

Two bookcases that are full of scrapbook paper, doodads, etc. I'll rearrange them some when I move upstairs, because I'll be able to move around the rolling plastic filing cabinets.

TV - need to figure out how to get cable in that room though - may just put the converter box in there though :)

Table with my scanner and Cricut

Wants: Design wall - shouldn't be a problem, there is a large enough wall to mound something there

Large table for cutting - high enough so I don't have to bend over, and maybe expandable to be able to hold a king sized quilt

New ironing board - my friend showed me how she took a 2" piece of plywood, covered it with batting and fabric, framed it with 2x4's and it sits right on top of her ironing board. Need to get dh or ds to make one of those for me!

The room has a large window that overlooks the street, but that's ok - lots of natural light.

I can't wait until June when we actually do the move! I'll take a picture and post what I currently have and you'll see why I need a bigger room! :D

I'm renovating my study room now to convert part of it into my own dedicated sewing corner. What's in my plan currently...an Arrow sewing cabinet adjacent to a cutting table, and cabinets for storage. Having a hard time doing space planning with my Interior Designer as the room is really very small....had to share with my two children. I wished I could have a wall to hang my quilts but they are all taken up by the cabinets. Need to think through too, where the ironing station could be.

I wished I could have huge bay windows overlooking an ocean which some of you mentioned. But where I stay, I can only see buildings, buildings and more tall buildings! LOL.