mms61371

My daughter moved out and I took over her room. Well in January, she needed to move back in with my beautiful granddaughter. It was extremely worth it to give up my "studio". I am now in the kitchen/dining room and I like it alot more than being in my own room.

sewmom

When our kids were little, I sewed at the kitchen table. Then bought a sewing cabinet from a neighbor and fixed up a small corner in the basement with a play area for the kids. When we moved to our current house, I sewed in the basement laundry room. Sometimes the pipes dripped and the kids would throw stuff on top of my machine, but it was ok. When my daughter moved out, I took over the room that we made for her, but my DH had to walk through it to get to the room where his computer was. He'd complain about stuff lying around that he'd have to step over. Then 2 months after I moved in there, my son moved out and I took over his upstairs bedroom. It has more space, but man does it get hot in the summertime! If I had known that he was moving out, I would've just waited and moved my stuff once! But I love having my own space. You ladies are very creative in finding ways to quilt w/ o separate sewing rooms.

donnahbm3

The first quilt I made (queen) was in a 587 sf apt (1 BR, 1 LR, galley kitchen, 1 BA) that I shared with my DH, a dog, and a cat. Every square inch of wall space was taken. I did my cutting on a top to an night stand that I laid on the floor. The only place large enough to spread out the quilt was on my bed. My sewing machine was sitting on a singer sewing table I had, also in the bedroom. All of my sewing stuff was stored on top of the dog's crate, also in the bedroom. Now, a widow, I am living with my 85 yo DM, have a large BR 11 x 21, which houses my new king Gracie Pro and Juki, all my stash, a 3'x7' cutting/sewing table, two sewing machines. It's always a mess, but it is MY mess

pollyjvan9

I have a small house and a large family, however I do live alone. I care for a 2 1/2 yr old great grandson 2 days a week and once or twice a month we have birthday/holiday parties here. There are usually 19 to 23 of us.

My machines are set up in the west end of my family room. The folding table in front of the Juke does double duty when we are all together. The double doors lead to the utility room where I store my stash and the ironing board when not in use. The yellow armoire has all kinds of stuff for quilting, pens, pencils, fusible, anything. The other picture is of a floor to ceiling cabinet my SIL built for me. This was was not use for anything because of where it was located and this cabinet only takes 1 foot out of the room. It holds a TON of stuff. Has 9 shelves. The design board is a piece of rigid insulation from Home Depot and I move it is free standing so I can move it where ever I want it. Everything can be quickly put away and brought out again.

Lucy90

I have converted an extra bedroom into a sewing room so I'm not sewing in the dining room anymore. Everyone enjoy the space they have for quilting and enjoy the experience and the pleasure of making quilts, table runners, purses, etc. Enjoy!!

lillybeck

I never had a place to call my own untilly recently. We have a room that is 14 by 20 and that is where I go. the only problem is that we also have to use it for a guest room and that ogten means putting everything away. Of course it is worth it to see my kids. We raised our family of 8 in a 4 bedroom 2 bath home and I ran a daycare from my closed in garage so I was either scrunched in my bedroom or a corner of the LR when I wanted to sew.

lillybeck

I tell people that if they come to see me come anytime but, if they come to see the house make an appt. I live here and I am not going to keep my home as neat as a pin just in case someone drops in.

union lady

All you women are amazing! What I got from this whole thing about sewing spaces is that you have rich, wonderfully busy lives. Lives that are as colorful and full of love as your quilts.

Diane

ShirlinAZ

My Mom raised 7 kids plus in a 3 bedroom house, about 1200 square feet. Her sewing machine was in a closet that was just a bit wider than the open cabinet. Dad built little narrow shelves with bars across to hold patterns, etc. Mom didn't have much of a stash because fabric was only bought to make clothes, including jeans, for all of us, including the foster kids. But there was always a box full of scraps that we could pull from for doll clothes, and that she could pull from to make scrappy quilts. We cut on the dining room table (is was the only one big enough), we set up the ironing board in the kitchen, and we did our fittings in the hallway which is where the sewing machine closet was.

Where there is a will there is a way. Mom always said you just have to keep a small space tidy so you have room to turn around.

Anne P

I'm with you, GagaSmith. I, too, have my studio in the basement. There is a tiny, tiny window over my cutting board, but because I'm so short, I cannot really see anything out of it. I envy those with big wiindows, but am very appreciative to have a dedicated space. That portion of the basement is unfinished, except that my dear DH did put in a ceiling with great lighting and some beautiful built-in cabinets.