Sewing Room - Help - Wall to Wall carpet
#31
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I wouldn't want to "lay" anything over my carpet...it isn't all that much of a problem to have it in the sewing room. Being careful with pins and brushing up threads prior to vacuuming is much better than dealing with something that moves around every time I take a step or getting out of place and shifting, etc. Just take a little bit of care, then when you have the funds later you can replace it with linoleum of hard wood. Congrats on the new house!
#34
I have carpet in my sewing room...haven't lost any pins...whenever I have dropped a needle or pin, I immediately pick it up...My sewing room is in the basement...wouldn't want hard floor...carpet keeps the room warmer..!
#36
I've always had carpet in my sewing area. I use glass head pins which helps. If I drop them, it's almost always under my sewing table. We recently re-carpeted with a lower nap carpet so I no longer need the mat under my chair. It probably helps that I'm not a going barefoot person. A year or two ago we replaced our living room carpet with wood and although I love the appearance, it's takes more time and work to keep it looking nice than the carpet did.
#37
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Posts: 914
We have carpet in the room I sew in. We tried office pads and I was always rolling off of it. The other problem is that the carpet begins to get waves in it from the rollers on the office chair I sew in. Yes, I'd love laminate or a pretty vinyl....but not yet.
#38
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
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I've had carpet in every room I've sewn in for 40 years. I keep an extension magnet handy to pick up pins, but it doesn't always work. I wear a pair of slip-on style sandals around the house and just make sure I don't have bare feet in my sewing room. If I do leave a pin DH seems to be the one who finds it! Just count your pins at your design wall, and watch for dropped pins everywhere. Pretty soon it will be second nature and you won't drop many.
#39
Originally Posted by jeaninmaine
Originally Posted by Jill
I have a carpeted sewing room and I know we won't be changing it to wood or laminate for years. I always wear shoes and vacuum it frequently. I usually take my shoes off when I'm at the sewing machine but put them back on before walking away.
What about linoleum, could I lay a roll of that down??? Would it work. That could be cut to size.
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