cizzors

I have a sewing room. So do some of you. Some have a sewing space. There are also some of you that have a studio. How does a sewing/space become a studio? Yeah, I'm bored.

DebraK

Is it a place you just go to, to sew, or is it somewhere you go to create?

Jingle

I would think a studio is a big room with several sewing machines and lots of cabinets and closets. A big stash of fabrics and several comfy chairs. Wait, that sounds like my dream, oh well, just what I think.

auntpiggylpn

I was watching a Fons & Porter episode a few years ago and they were talking about this very thing. Mary Ann Fons stated that she thought the rule was this: If your sewing machine sits out for more than 24 hours, then you have a studio; if you have to put it away after each sewing session, then it is a sewing space" I don't know how true this is because I have a little 9' X 10' room with a walk-in closet and most of the time I leave my sewing machine up on my sewing table (even though I have a cabinet to put it away in!) And I also have to move my machine often as this room is also my computer room. All (okay, almost all) of my fabrics and sewing supplies are in this room. I don't refer to it as a studio, I call it the "Sewing Room"

twoxover

i think it's how the individual percieves their own space. what some call a studio, i'd call their kitchen table, <g>. I wish i had a studio...because in my mind, it would be a sizeable space devoted to sewing/quilting ONLY. my sewing space (and yes, my machine stays out 24/7) is shared with my work office (i telecommute for my job) and a futon and big chair and tv where the kids play video games. I call is my office/sewing room. again, i think it's all in one's own perception!

BellaBoo

I started with a small room off the den. I took over the den, then the guest bedroom next to the den. I had both rooms redone to be all mine. DH has his man cave room with his big tv plus a shop with all his tools. The kids complained about no den anymore but of course were told it's your home not your house. LOL

Digitizingqueen

I call mine a studio it's a bedroom with a large closet, it is packed full think my goal is to maybe get some of the junk out... But it is my studio because it is where I create and where I get inspired to my art ( quilting) just wish it was bigger :-)

w7sue

I share our "fourth bedroom" with my husband and his hobby - he is into amatuer radio and we call the room the "radio room". My sewing machine it up full-time and has it's own table - I have two bookcases for books, patterns, supplies and fabric. I only have a small space in the built-in cabinets - he has the rest ... but, I have half of the family room because of the longarm he bought me last summer. I did volunteer to move the remainder of the family room upstairs to the living room, move my stuff out of the "radio room" and put it in the other end of the family room - he said no - pretty short sighted of him since that would give him the entire "radio room" for his own stuff - lol -- I told him the other day (when I was mad at him) that I would just wait until he was gone and then do it - he just laughed

Jan in VA

In my little antique cottage, my living room has been turned into my "studio". I call it that because it IS a dedicated space for nothing but quilting (and some computer work like visiting QB or designing patterns).

It's where I have two large tables for quilting.
#1= 44"x72" and has my machine set down into one side of it, room on the other for another machine, room for a large 35"x23" Olfa cutting mat on one end and a shelf under that end. Two machines in their cases are stored under this table.
#2 = 63"x36" and has one end dedicated to a big 38"x28" ironing surface and the other end for in-progress stuff/ cutting mat surface. Under this table I store 4 very large Sterlite clear storage boxes of quilts and WIPs.

A Singer treadle base (no machine)which is now a table holds a nice wooden 5 drawer thread cabinet, 6 plastic drawers of frequently used notions, and a small 3 drawer container of of needles/thimbles. This sits on the original hearth of the cottage fireplace. Covering the non-working and closed-over fireplace is an antique quilt which hangs from a rod between the mantle supports.

I have a small 3-shelf bookcase; many of my quilting books are still in boxes in the attic.

All the fabric is stored on one wall, on shelves are strips, squares, triangles, remnant pieces, pieced blocks, small UFOs, some infrequently used notions. The fabric in yardage is stored in a closed cupboard in shelves by color.

Battings, less valuable finished quilts, a large container of solid color fabrics, and a large container of muslin, linen, and matlesse fabrics are stored in a large closet.

Just about the only thing that isn't in my 'studio' is my large design wall because there is no one full wall large enough for one. That resides in my bedroom. But I have smaller movable design surfaces in the studio. And the washer and dryer are literally around the corner, as close as they could possibly be and not be IN the studio space.

Even my comfy, TV watching/quilting chair is not in my studio! If you come to visit me, you'd best plan to sit on a rolling office chair!

Jan in VA

Dolphyngyrl

I always think of a studio as being separate from the house, but thats just me