Silly question about my sewing room
07-23-2012, 06:56 AM
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I think it is all in your minds eye.....when I was a girl my mother had a 'space' under the stairs, then as a young mother I had a sewing room, where all I did was sew from patterns....Now I have a studio, which has my books, cutting table, machines, fabric, design wall....pictures of my creations....It is my creative space...my studio
07-23-2012, 07:19 AM
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I just think different people have preferences about what they call it. I call it my sewing room. I have a longarm in a converted back porch and I call it my longarm room or "Gabby's room". (I named my Gammill.)
07-23-2012, 12:00 PM
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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"
Oh, that would be my whole house...........
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07-23-2012, 02:44 PM
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I'm with you. My room is my sewing room. It's my kind of organized, meaning, I know where everything is, but if someone else looks in there, they think it's messy. But if I clean it, I lose everything. It happens, so I quit trying to organize it. Everything stays where I put it. I don't dare move things around. I still have a box I lost in there a month ago and can't find it because I straightened up the room. Dang!!
07-23-2012, 03:01 PM
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I LUV this thread -- just learned that I'm not the only one to have a "studio" in my living room -- mine is a 42" table, located behind the sofa, and holds my sewing machine and serger full time -- except when I'm quilting something big, when the serger is then stored in a plastic bin beside the table, allowing an area for the sewing machine extension table -- the quilt itself will drape across the sofa when working on the binding, etc. This allows me to stay in the "heart" of our home. There are just two of us here now -- with 3 bedrooms upstairs, so this was a choice we made to share our time together. I use the dining room table as my cutting space, and an upstairs bedroom has ironing and stash area (a huge 1850s dresser). By keeping the ironing board upstairs, I qualify by quilting as "exercise". Nice to know how we all love the artistry and construction of quilting, in our very different environments.
07-23-2012, 05:24 PM
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In our old place I had a sewing space. A sewing table with a machine, a closet with everything stuffed in it. In our new place I have a large room with two newer machines, a cutting table, a china cabinet with all of my fabric, ruler folded, a closet to hold the fabric on bolts, batting, etc. I made it my studio by adding things that just make me feel good. My grandmother-inlaw's rocker that she used to quilt in, an inhereted treadle, the pie safe my dh gave me to hold all my quilt books, and decor that I love, love, love. Sometimes I do call it my studio. But, I almost always call
it my happy place. I smile everytime I enter.
it my happy place. I smile everytime I enter.
07-23-2012, 05:42 PM
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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
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
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