QuiltMom2

"I hate looking at sewing rooms that are so organized that they look like they never get used."
My friend and sometimes meet at her house to sew. She is organized, I am not. Still, I know where things are and my sewing area would be so much better if I didn't have so many projects ( both mine and those I'm finishing for other people)

aashley333

Messy seamstress here! It is a workroom. Always several projects in process. Sweep/clean at end of project.

Iceblossom

I also appreciate the more candid shots -- but I know some amazingly fastidious quilters... not me so much....

We were helping clean out the MiL's house and I picked up a couple of these over the door hangers. Sort of hard to get a good white on white picture, but I otherwise appreciate how they disappear. The fit well on the doors (slightly loose) and I can move them about for different placements.

This closet is for more long term storage, things like decorations, it shouldn't be a problem if it is occasionally blocked. I don't have many available walls for a design wall, but I have a project coming up that is a departure from my normal style and I will need a wall, and I will need it "long" term -- that is probably in the months category. Maybe just weeks, but certainly not just days.

This flannel sheet does not hold well enough, isn't bad with pins but that's not my goal. It is, however, a proof of concept and I think it will work with a different choice. The clips I got from the Dollar Store for large group of Bonnie Hunter pieces... I have plenty.

Fortunately I don't need a full scale view (my basement ceilings are low as well), I will just be working on about a 24 x 60" unit at a time -- the closet is 72" wide. Is a farm theme, I will have random sized pieces of fabric being crops and roads and such, animals, and there will be a few pieced blocks, one Large Barn (already done) and a number of smaller paper pieced animals. Maybe 7 pieced blocks total? Paper piecing is not one of my stronger skills and last time I actively worked on this I thought I'd get the hard blocks out of the way first. LOL that caused me to put it away for awhile and then that turned into a move, but here it is time to get out.

aashley333

I started a scrappy quilt after watching a YT video (shock!). I need 1.5" strips to create 6.5" blocks. Sewn together and placed on the diagonal. I took out both tubs of colorful scraps. As I cut 3-4 strips of each piece, I neatly folded the rest of the piece and discarded smaller pieces. I am organizing as I go. So much easier to use when not jumbled into a pile!
Furthermore, I separated solid scraps by color into smaller tubs lined-not stacked- along the wall. Also one for large batting pieces. I can toss on the lid that it needs to go inside and deal with it when I am ready.

aashley333

I snapped a picture!

Lena1952

My office desk was spotless with everything in its place. My sewing studio looks like a bomb went off! I have a general idea of where things are though. I deep cleaned about 6 months ago and couldn’t seem to find anything when I needed it. So it’s my excuse for not cleaning more often. LOL shelves are color coordinated with yardage. FQ have a bin, or two, of their own and every thing else is cut into the sizes I use on a regular basis and placed in their respective bins. Since most of my quilts are scrappy, I do not color coordinate the cuts. I keep a very small trash can next to my cutting table. When making a project involving yardage, once the fabric is cut into the sizes required i place the leftovers in the trashcan. When the entire project is complete, I cut the trashcan fabrics into the sizes I use often. This has been the only thing that has worked to keep it all under control. Not that it’s ever totally under control.

Iceblossom

Ok, it isn't organization but I have the TV in my sewing room up and operational. TV was pretty easy actually, it's the streaming services and stuff that were harder. I think now I have all?? or at least the ones I want active. I'm used to a fire stick but this is a smart non Amazon TV and it took some fiddling to get everything working. I made a mistake on my current project and being able to have the tv on while I took out stitching for an hour was a wonderful thing.

I haven't put it up yet but I did get my Fons and Porter flannel with a grid "design wall". If I still have to use some pins well, so be it. The grid will help me tremendously as will be able to look at it from a few feet away.

Gemm

I just realized I talked about an afternoon of organizing fabric in another thread and didn't come here to share. I had bags of scraps stashed all over the place and I do have an organizational system so I figured it was time to stash those bits and pieces in their respective colour boxes.

It was a nice idea. Turns out I had a lot more scraps than I had thought and a number of my boxes are not going to close and stack up nicely as I had planned. On the bright side, almost all of the scraps are now in one room. I'm going to call it a work in progress!

Lena1952

Ha, Gemm, my studio is in a constant state of progress! Too many other crafts besides quilting all stuffed into one small room. But the room is all mine and I’m thrilled to have it even if things look a bit disorganized.

Gemm

When I grow up (tee hee!) I'd like a studio! I took over the formal dining room during COVID for my sewing space, the ironing board is in the laundry room, and my fabric and other stuff is stored in various hidey-holes upstairs - in the linen closet, under beds and in the little landing nook I call my library. At least I get my steps in during a project!