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Old 07-31-2012, 12:52 PM
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You know how I got my own sewing space? By taking first a corner, then a bedroom, then another. When the last son went off to college, my hubs said (no kidding here), "you're getting a separate sewing room before you move our bed out." As if I tossed the kids out.....I may have encouraged just a teensy bit, but they were hitting 20! You see, keep it up but be careful that you don't appear too pushy.
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Old 08-07-2012, 03:57 AM
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I love what you have done already, I also have the dining room as hobbyroom and more it is even my bedroom now(I sleep in a hospitalbed). I cann't get up the stairs anymore so everyting I do for hobbyand that quit a lot) I do in the dining room, for the moment because we are going to install a stairelevator and then I can go upstairs again, my husband already paint the former room of our son(he lives at his girlfriend know)so in a short time I will finaly have my own hobbyroom and looking forward to it. Later on I will post some pictures when we start to decorate it.
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Old 08-07-2012, 04:18 AM
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100 yards of fabric?? In my wildest dreams I could not imagine that being YOUR stash versus a quilt store. You are a very fortunate lady!!


Originally Posted by JanTx View Post
My sewing room is also the dining room - well, you have to be VERY WORTHY for me to turn it back into a dining room even though the basics are still there. When my kids come we either go out to eat or squash around the kitchen table which seats 4. Anyway ....

My husband built me a quilt ladder - http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...y-t195661.html - which I put in the living room where a small book case had been. The items on that bookcase are now sitting in laundry baskets waiting for a place to live in the kids' old bedrooms.

The bookcase ended up in my sewing/dining room and THIS is how that came out! This cures one corner, but takes care of most of my yardage. The tubs still under the window contain backing - anything over 3 yds. Most of the fabric on the bookcase is 1 yard or a bit more. There are over 100 yards of fabric on this small bookcase. The tubs on the bookcase have fabric which is less than a yard - organized by color as well as I could manage it. The hutch which sets next to this window has bundles and kits - more on it later...

More corners will be on display as the story continues....
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Old 08-07-2012, 05:00 PM
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wow..that is a much better use for a book shelf/ book case/ anyways......it looks so nice now.......
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Old 08-13-2012, 03:30 PM
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I also use to sew in my dining room for years and years. LUckily my dh didn't mind that I left the project there until ti was done. Now I have my own studio and I love it. But we quilters will sew anywhere we can!!
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