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JenniePenny 06-28-2012 10:52 AM

I have a room that is very nice. Walls are a very faint peachy yellow and the trim work is midnight blue. Lots of recessed lights. Laminate floor with built in cushioning. White furniture which houses fabric and books. A quilt rack for two finished quilts, and a 4'x6 design wall and a 4 x 8 peg board. The laundry room is adjacent. Only thing I would like to add is a bathroom to the laundry room. I have my cat (helper) too.

burchquilts 06-28-2012 03:48 PM

I would love to have a rather industrial-looking loft (away from my house) to do my quilting in. Then I could drag stuff out & never worry about it being in the way. I'd have skylights & big floor-to-ceiling windows. There would be well-worn wooden floors. Tables all over the place... big ones, like library tables. Floor-to-ceiling shelves for my fabric storage. A couple of design walls. All different types of lighting (overhead, spot, task). A fridge. A mircowave. Oh... I think I just described Heaven... LOL!

Dolphyngyrl 06-28-2012 04:37 PM

A whole other house, I wish I just had a whole other room other than a small corner in my bedroom to quilt

Mitch's mom 06-28-2012 05:37 PM

It would be 30 x30, moss green walls, white trim, medium oak laminate flooring, large white wall cabinets with glass fronts for my fabrics which would all be neatly arranged by colors and style, a 6x6 cutting table, a walk in closet for storage of bulky items, a row of counter with replaceable cut outs to fit all of my machines and a removable extension table to hook on the front edge of the counter so I could attach it when I am working on a heavy quilt or FMQ. My lighting would be daylight fluorescent and some incandescent lights. I'd have a large vintage look ceiling fan with no lights on it, I would also have electric outlets with 4 receptacles and built in surge protectors, a small laundry area with a washer, dryer, utility sink, and an ironing station. I'd also have a large antique Grandfather clock in the corner. No, I haven't really thought about it much at all...

SunlitenSmiles 06-29-2012 03:20 AM

I think a former train station or small firestation would be nice, there would be room for all the fabric, walls for the quilts, parking for my friends, and enough room to have everything out and ready, always.

JaniceP 06-29-2012 04:34 AM

I'll take this one! LOL


Originally Posted by joyce888 (Post 5323236)
First the room would be at least 24' x 24' with 9 foot ceilings. Laminate flooring with an area rug. Comfortable stuffed chair and ottoman. South and East triple windows. One complete wall of seven foot tall enclosed shelving with barn-door style doors and open to the ceiling for displaying trinkets. Six foot square center island that has adjustable height top for cutting, with cutouts for machines (2), an ironing station, drawers and sitting area on all sides with outlets. Television, stereo, PC, and phone. Plenty of ceiling can lights and large ceiling fan. This room would be on the top floor at one end of the house.


mjsylvstr 06-29-2012 04:51 AM

Right now I have a 9'x12' compact room.....it contains my sewing table (which folded is 20"x4'....opened can reach 4'x7' and built by hubby), which holds machine, cutting board and notions needed at the time.

I also have my corner computer desk with both computer and TV, printer right next to it and hubby also built me floor to ceiling shelving on two walls.

I have one small closet but in it, have two canvas hanging sweater bags of which each has 6-12"x12' cubicles....wonderful for my fabric.

I also have a hanging canvas shoe bag which has 10-5 1/2"x12"cubicles which are perfect for the containers which hold all my little PPing scraps. I use the containers from cold cuts and can fit two on each shelf.

So you see, small can be great and a plus is that when it's this small, one must keep it organized of one could lose a lot.
lololol

AshleyR 06-29-2012 05:05 AM

A room without cats

Taughtby Grandma 06-29-2012 05:38 AM

A big round room with windows almost all the way (the windows have that reflective glass the deflects some of the heat, but lets the light in). Set up with my sewing machine, long arm machine, cabinets and cutting table, a tv and radio or cd player.

Suzan88 06-29-2012 05:56 AM

I have the top room above the garage - 34' x 28' I think. The staircase is 4'9" wide so I can get furniture up there to practice upholstery. There is a shower room and a recessed kitchen with a deep craft sink along the south wall leaving the rest of the space for a studio. If we have lots of guests staying over I can retreat there and be perfectly self-contained.
At one end of the room I have a stove with two couches, a television and CD player and window seats that hide bedding and craft items I don't need to get at very often. Under the built in corner TV table I've stashed my photography stuff - frames and card making things - and I've velcroed a curtain there to hide the mess. There are floor-to-ceiling shelves for books and magazines in that corner too.
Along the north wall there are five windows overlooking the garden and on the opposite wall is a design frame. In the recess created by the staircase I have shelving for fabric and very narrow shelving for jars of notions.
I use the kitchen shelving for overflow jars of buttons and ribbons and bag making notions.
I'm very lucky that the garage was built away from the house though it's not advisable to traipse across the yard in the dead of night when the weather is vile, there's 4' of snow or wild animals about but, if we had attached the garage to the house as originally intended, my studio would have been the master bedroom and I'd probably have had to use a much smaller room for my sewing. I've created a central sewing area that could accommodate other people too but is currently full of patterns and works in progress; I'm not very tidy. The only thing missing is someone to share it with - I find I do a lot more work when there's someone else to chat to but I live in an area where a lot of quilters have their own spaces that range from closet size to a spare cabin in the woods and we just get together twice a month to show and tell or learn a new technique. As I said, I feel very lucky to have this dedicated space.


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