Cindy60545

I have an 18 X 30 foot she shed for my studio. I have 2 tables for 4 sewing stations + my APQS Millennium on a 12 foot frame. I've got a really nice size cutting station & ironing station as well. I've got plenty of room for everything.

Joset

we just built an 27 x 38 room with heat in the floor. about 10 feet of it is tv room and the rest is my sewing, i have
a stand up long arm with 10 foot frame i have 5 machines with a serger also. a cutting table and big ironing board
also with storage and it is not crowded i love it. every thing is in one room

pocoellie

My sewing room is 14x32, and while it IS considerably larger than my old sewing room, it's not big enough. LOL I just got a sit down Bailey, sit down, because I have NO room for a frame, although that is what I really would like. I do have a considerable stash of fabric AND machines though, so a lot of it depends on your stash/machines.

ka9sdn

My studio is 16 x 30 and it is none too big. I have a cutting table, a desk with a second machine on it, a large corner unit for my computer and a Janome 15K, a wall of lower kitchen cabinets with drawers and a nice long top as well as two 4' x 8' wall shelving units. There is also a 8' table by my Handi Quilter Avante. The Avante is 12' long so you need room on both ends and both sides to be able to load a quilt and stand to quilt (takes a lot of space). I also have a small ref, wall hung TV, and a couple of file cabinets. Really packed room out in our barn shaped garage up on the second floor. I am a very lucky lady. My husband and I finished it up when I decided I wanted a long arm. Hope you get your dream studio.

lindaschipper

Husband says my room is 12 x 12. Sounds big you say? Forgot to mention that it has pocket doors to hide all my goodies.....two windows....and two closet doors in it!!! Not a solid wall anywhere. House was designed like this when I moved it after marriage. This room isn't big enough and the lack of wall area drives me insane. (Short trip I know).

sewnclog

And make sure all electrical outlets are above all the sewing machine tables. Mine are just about 6 inches or a foot above all the table. So as they don't get covered up. Mine is 12 x 14; I had it added on before I got my long arm. NO room for it in the sewing room which is too small. I wish now I'd enclosed the 2 car garage and added the garage on. I'd say a 2 car garage size would not be too small. Like the others have said, you cannot have too much room.

just janet

My sewing "area" is about a third of my family room. It's approximately 11 X 8 I have a large closet, two wall units, one on each side of my sewing table plus a chest of draws. All that holds my books, fabric, thread, rulers, etc. I put up a folding table when needed to cut, I also utilize my dining room table when I need a larger lay-out area and I hang a flannel table cloth over the closet doors when I need to lay out my blocks. I also use a small table top ironing board. I seem to get along just fine in those tiny quarters. I call it my "happy place".

Snooze2978

I bought this old house with a basement thinking I'd use the entire basement for my sewing room as it also included a full bathroom. Of course the furnace and storage rooms took away some of the space and then so did the laundry but not really that much. Anyway I then had a small kitchenette installed using the old sink from the kitchen so I could starch my fabrics and hang them up on a rod I installed between the rafters. Little by little I enlarged some items such as the cutting table, quilt machine and frame, added more shelving for fabrics and supplies and finally a design wall. Now its too small for all I have here but its all mine and I tend to live down here from time to time.

I have a 26" machine with 12' frame, down to 1 embroidery machine and 1 serger, 1 regular machine, most all the walls are full with rulers, threads, etc. shelving for fabrics along 2 outer walls and 1 inner wall. I tend to use the quilt frame for my drop off when not in use. Have shelving under the cutting table that went from 3 x 6 to 4 x 8 using 2 bottom halves of a couple bookcases so storage for books and patterns, shelving underneath to keep my scraps and fat quarters.

intoquilting

That is easy.....you need the WHOLE HOUSE.

Sewgood

I have about 1000 sq feet. I started in a small bedroom next to the kitchen, then we added on 3 times. (YAY!) I have a 12 ft. longarm, a 2 head commercial embroidery machine, a 10 1/2 x 3 1/2 ft cutting table, 3 sewing machines, 1 Sashiko machine, a seger, filing cabinet, computer and printer, small table and chairs and a smaller cutting table. I still wish I had more room. LOL
I think it goes - however much room you have want more. I sew or quilt everyday so the space is really used. I love it!
My DH likes to tease me about how much room I have, but then I point out how large his barns are.