Your favorite sewing room idea
#101
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Originally Posted by aliaslaceygreen
You have been given lots of great ideas!!!
page three of this thread is where I have more currents shots of my studio...I still have more to do, but it is coming along....
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-44879-3.htm
Don't be afraid to try and reject some things; it takes time to find what works for YOU!
good luck!
page three of this thread is where I have more currents shots of my studio...I still have more to do, but it is coming along....
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-44879-3.htm
Don't be afraid to try and reject some things; it takes time to find what works for YOU!
good luck!
#102
What a wonderful idea. I was going to use a trundle bed so I could still sleep at least two.
Originally Posted by Janette
My sewing room is also my guest bedroom so it was crowded in there and awkward. I solved it by putting a Murphy bed with drawers and shelves along one wall so the bed only takes up 18" and I have the rest of the room for sewing. Expensive, yes, but I love it.
#103
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Originally Posted by Melody
Busy weekend here too. Lots of cooking to do in the morning, kids arriving in their campers, 9 grandkids (teenagers and older). So I will say goodnight and thank you all so much. I will check back on Monday. And when I have the sewing room finished, I will post the AFTER pictures, but that is going to take me a while! So much sorting and pitching to do.
#104
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Originally Posted by Corry
Okay, now how many of you have a kitty that loves to lay on your sewing table or on your stash for a comfy bed? I don't mind my cat coming into my sewing room while I am in there working but i don't want her making a habit of laying up on my table or fabrics. So I had to keep the door shut to my sewing room to keep my pets out. Well during the day it gets rather hot in my sewing room with the door shut but i need to keep it shut because of the animals...what to do...lol Hubby bought me a little window unit a/c but I only run it when i am in the sewing room. But still had the problem of it getting hot with the door shut. My stabilizer I use for machine embroidery got gummy with my thread breaking from gummed up needles. Well one day I said to my hubby...I need a screen door for my sewing room! A month later hubby brought me a screen door and took the other door off and put my new door on. It is soooo cool!! He painted the door and the screen PINK! It matches my room with the pink curtains and pink dresser! Well it works out great. The room is nice and cool with the a/c circulating thruout the house like it should and the pets can't get into my sewing room. I will take a pic of my screen door tomorrow and send it in. It is homemade of wood but looks really nice I think. My kitty is not so happy about it but that's life..lol My design wall, shop light hung from the ceiling and my screen door are my favorite ideas for my sewing room.
Add an antique, really old so beautiful, screen-door to the room. they can still talk to you and you to them
:lol:
#105
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When my son was still at home, his best friend worked for a cabinet/counter top company and they threw away damgaed or unwanted counter tops. I got several long ones and my husband built stands for them to rest on. I have one long one on one wall and a short wider one on another wall that I use as as cutting table, and a short narrow one that I use for the serger. Those three tops were the best things I got, and I could build my sewing room around them.
#106
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Originally Posted by Melody
Oh, my goodness! So many great ideas. I am going to make a list of the ideas that will work best for my little room and I will keep refering back to this thread to refresh my memory so I don't forget anything! I love the pics. Without a doubt this is the best forum on the web! Honest.
I am so excited about getting started... but all my company has arrived so I will be busy for another day. After that, I will get started tearing this room apart. Fun and family tomorrow, then work and fun afterwards. I'm going to take pics of the progress as I go (boy is this going to be a mess for awhile!)
thanks ;-)
I am so excited about getting started... but all my company has arrived so I will be busy for another day. After that, I will get started tearing this room apart. Fun and family tomorrow, then work and fun afterwards. I'm going to take pics of the progress as I go (boy is this going to be a mess for awhile!)
thanks ;-)
#108
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Originally Posted by granny_59
Originally Posted by quiltykim
Originally Posted by granny_59
great topic, I love the pegboards.
I also like my stuff handy so I made these.
I added binding to plastic and formed pockets by sewing it to the background fabric. Then I put some batting on cardboard, put the fabric on it and stapled it on the back.
I also like my stuff handy so I made these.
I added binding to plastic and formed pockets by sewing it to the background fabric. Then I put some batting on cardboard, put the fabric on it and stapled it on the back.
I just took a long strip of fabric of the desired width and folded the pockets by putting the magazines in as far as I wanted them to show up. By folding the fabric to the back and staple it in place they became secured.
Hope this makes sense. If I have to explain something I realize my limitations of your language.
Granny
#109
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Originally Posted by garysgal
When my son was still at home, his best friend worked for a cabinet/counter top company and they threw away damgaed or unwanted counter tops. I got several long ones and my husband built stands for them to rest on. I have one long one on one wall and a short wider one on another wall that I use as as cutting table, and a short narrow one that I use for the serger. Those three tops were the best things I got, and I could build my sewing room around them.
#110
I had a friend give me a portable "craft table". I don't know where she bought it, probably Michaels. It is 36 inches tall, and has a surface of 36 inches by 24, approx. It also has a power cord with sockets on the front and a shelf of "cubby holes" that you drop containers in to hold paints, brushes, etc. I had my dh cover the cubbies with pegboard. I covered the table with thermal batting and a cover. This table sits to the left of my sewing machine, I use it for a pressing table. The iron is plugged in and sits on the pegboard, I just swivel to my left to press as I sew.
I remove the cover to help me baste or to cut.
I remove the cover to help me baste or to cut.
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