What a great space!

What a fabulous quilt studio! I'm so glad that you have that space to work in! You have incorporated so many wonderful elements! Thanks for sharing!

Enjoy the new room...I am very jelous...Where are you going to use your lovely door cover from the old house?

Very nice area. I love your cutting table. Did your husband make that? And the Ikea bar for your work in progress. Good idea! :D

Her cutting table is two Ikea tables put back to back. You can find them online at Ikea and do a search for Norden Occasional Table. You just add your own bins. It comes out to be 32" deep, 72" wide and 36" high.

I've been trying to put my mess in order, so I KNOW how long you've been at it! Beautiful, wonderful, GREAT!!! Thanks for all the new ideas. Now if you'd just come to CT and help me ~ ~ ~

No, she has to come to VA first!

Thanks for sharing your pictures. I'm totally in awe of your sewing room, but especially love your cutting table. Would love to have it!!!

Love your space and your organization!

such a room! everything at hand and all that space!

The windows are fairly high - maybe it's so the children (when it was a school room) couldn't waste time gazing out! :lol: So when I'm sitting, I can only see the sky. One window, above my desk, looks out over my neighbour's garden (a view slightly marred by his oil tank!) and the other looks onto my little inner courtyard. The wall you can see in the photo is actually my kitchen, the house is a 'U' shape with the courtyard in between. :D

Oh, I've got PLENTY of room for Asian prints T! My address is ........ :mrgreen: :lol:

You ONLY bought 10 yards? What remarkable restraint! :shock: :lol:

Fantastic!!!! Perfect.

Thanks Jan! And thanks for missing me! :-D

Ha ha! Did you spot that in the bag under my desk, Susie? :oops: The problem is that the ceilings in France were extra high and here they're quite low as the main house is a cottage. Hans (DH) is just over 6' and only just misses his head. I told him he can never wear his high heels indoors! :lol: So the curtain won't fit the front door here, unless I cut a few feet off it and that would be a shame! We might hang it in the school room across the door into the living room as the ceiling is higher here, but we haven't got round to measuring up yet. As I used the Thermore wadding, it wouldn't really work as a bed quilt. :-D

Hey Terri and Joanne - CT (Connecticut right?) and VA (Virginia? - not bad for a Limey!) are the same side of the country aren't they? Although I know that in the States that can mean they're several days' drive apart! Maybe I'll do a road trip one of these here days!

I have a feeling that Ikea are going to be having to order some more of those in! :lol:

BTW the plastic bins on the top shelves also came from Ikea (although sold separately) and 5 fit perfectly on each shelf. You can adjust the height of the top shelf to accomodate different heights of bin if you like, but I like the combination of small ones for scraps, strings etc and larger ones for yardage and FQs. The others I got in a shop locally but I think those tubs are widely available. :-D

The bars where my quilts hang are also Ikea - called Bygel and they were £2 each! Which I think is around $2.50. The trouser hangers are called Bumerang (don't try to throw them though, doesn't work! LOL) and they were 49p each, but I think Ikea in the States is cheaper still. My little drawer on wheels is called Micke and was around £40. The two small drawers are the perfect height for thread to stand there. Hans is going to make me something with little dowels to lay in there to stand them on so they don't fall over. And no I DON'T work for Ikea! Should do though, then I'd get staff discount! LOL!

Wow what an amazing space. Around me there is a green light shining...Yep,I'm jealous. This is quilters heaven, your quiltroom is even bigger than my livingroom. Lucky you! I wish you lots of pleasure and sewingfun in your lovely room.

Thanks Maksi! And you're so lucky because Ikea in Holland is cheaper than either France or here! Not as cheap as the States though! :lol: Plus your krentenbollen are nicer than our currant buns! I make Hans bring me them home! :mrgreen:

wow, I love your sewing room! thanks for sharing with us

Absolutely Beautiful! We all could use a room like that! :thumbup:

My quilting "room" is a tiny used to be utility space, so you know I'm drooling over your pics.Looks like an up scale LQS :D.It's just wonderful & know you'll enjoy making even more quilts.

BTW,my Mother attended a one room sch such as you describe.It's been a home for several yrs now & I see it often.Now I'll think of yours with that sewing room when I go by.Thanks for sharing.

Very nice area. Love the quilt on your design board.

Thank you - I started putting the borders on it last night and will post it as a finished top, before I quilt it as that may be a while!

:-D

Just wonderful, how can we not envy your workshop, it's a dream come tru for many of us. Regarding your cutting table, did you put a board over the 2 bar units or if there just fitted together. I was wandering about the join in the middle.

It butts up fairly flat, I can't feel the join through my cutting mats at all. :-D

BTW, k3n, regarding your new avatar. Did you know that Mom actually STOLE it and hid it in her room?!! :shock: :shock: I had to hunt it down to send it to Esq! :lol: :lol:

WOW Kathryn, love the space you have, now I am jealous.

You have some really nice WIP´s too Great OBW with blocks there and I love the Pink one beside it. What design is that?

Elle

Naughty Mom! I might have to come over there and whup her you know what! LOL

It's a PP block called 'Twisted Log Cabin' from EQ6. I just reversed every other block. It's waiting for a border.

I'm now working on the OBW. You can't really see in the pic but it's dragons and I've done some 3D elements in it as well. It's called 'Tipping the Scales'. I'll post it soon as a top because it will be a little wat down the quilting queue! I might have a bash with metallic thread and do some flames in the border which is black. :-D

Really smart space. Enjoy your beautiful sewing school room and thanks for sharing. The two IKEA tables together are ingeneous as is your FMQ area.

How awesome is this!!!! I would love to spend a month in your new sewing space. Let us know when you have your open house--we may all decide to visit! :-) Seriously, I am very impressed with the organized spaces, and especially your work counters.

Oh my goodness, a room to die for. That room is perfect.

WOW

Rita

Outstanding :)

good for you, I am very jealous....enjoy...

Welcome back to the Empire! And I LOVE the new room. It is everything a room like that should be!

Lori

Thanks Lori, I didn't think of it like that! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Just reading that you live in England after living 5 years in France made me jealous! What a lovely life experience.

Your sewing room / studio is a quilter's dream. You are so fortunate to have a large space with lots of natural light to make your creations.

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

Yes, CT and VA. It's actually only about an 8 hour drive from where she is to where I am. BUT....you see, if you flew into Washington DC, you'd actually be closer to me. You really don't want to go into NYC...too crowded lol