Re: Quilting Spaces
05-20-2011, 07:49 PM
#81
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: SHELBYVILLE, KY.
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I'm blessed with a nice sun room where i have a 6 ft. table where I cut and sew. As you come in my front door you can't see my mess at all. tHIS ROOM IS SECTIONED OFF BY A FIREPLACE IN THE center and then wide door openings on each side of it.
05-20-2011, 08:27 PM
#82
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Nowata, OK
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I am now a widow with no children at home...just lonely me......so I took one of the bedrooms and turned it into my sewing/computer room. It is kinda crowded but works for me. What fabric I have is in plastic containers that fit under the bed in the spare bedroom. I had to move my table from the dining room area into the family area when I got the longarm quilting machine because that was the only place I had big enough to set it up in. But it all works for me pretty good except I do have to do my oil painting on the dining room table. I only have 3 of my 7 sewing machines in my sewing room. The other 4 machines are put away for right now. I have some real old treadle singer machines that are in the garage for now.
Windsong
Windsong
Dining room now
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The main part of my sewing area
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One side of sewing area
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The end wall of my sewing area it was a closet
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Longarm quilting area that was my dining area
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05-20-2011, 08:33 PM
#83
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Location: Orangevale, California
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Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
This reminds me of what Dad did.
Mom complained that she wasn't getting any privacy at all from us 5 kids even when she went to the bathroom.
So Dad installed a dead bolt on their bathroom.....LOL
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Mom complained that she wasn't getting any privacy at all from us 5 kids even when she went to the bathroom.
So Dad installed a dead bolt on their bathroom.....LOL
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05-20-2011, 08:37 PM
#84
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lebanon Missouri
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I am moving from a 3bd [2bd 1sewrm] into a 2bd so I'll be losing my Haven But the new bedroom is 19ft L x 9 1/2 ft W room[ I was thinking LongArm ]-and its got a 13x4 cedar lined closet Which is already full of stash So my options are-1- put a twin bed in the laundry room or-2- sleep on the couch I guess either will be OK as long as I can quilt I'll be happy besides sleep is over-rated -Pops says "Where theres a will theres a way"
05-21-2011, 09:04 AM
#89
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Somewhere North
Posts: 6,180
I have been there! I started quilting after my kids were all gone from home so I turned one of the bedrooms into my quilting space-one year and 2 granddaughters joined the empty nest. One got the quiling room and I moved my 3 machines into the dining room and my stash and UFO's where ever there was an empty spot. Now we are once again empty nesters/have moved and I have a quilting room again. Peace!
I never sewed in the bathrooms though, there was always someone in them.
I never sewed in the bathrooms though, there was always someone in them.
05-22-2011, 01:24 PM
#90
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: New Zealand
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Hi, I used to do it all on the dinning room table when the kids were younger but it was such a pain to tidy away as everyone has mentioned. Inow have a corner in our main bedroom which makes for a tight space but husband is understanding when I remind him he has the whole garage. I have my machine there on a drop leaf table so when I sew I still need to pull out the side of the table to make it usabel for sewing but that is much less work than before. I also have a tall shelf beside it which I store my fabric and bits on. I used to use suitcases under our bed to store some bits before I got my shelf. My kids are teenagers now and everyone knows that when they leave home they can come back but will share their room with a sewing machine as I will claim it, so they are prepared. Good luck
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