Rhymer - Quilting Waits While We Renovate
#41
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Victorville CA
Posts: 134
This, too, shall pass! We began our renovation and my new sewing retreat in 2008. Seems like we were in a mess for a very long time. It was finally finished in July of last year! Yeah!
My sewing room is 20X36 (720 sq) and I love it. Well worth the extra time to complete. I am so thrilled with all the work that we did. You will find it worth the wait....no, I didn't sew the whole time either and it is so delightful to be able to do it now.
Chin up, keep in touch on the board and the time will pass quickly enough.
My sewing room is 20X36 (720 sq) and I love it. Well worth the extra time to complete. I am so thrilled with all the work that we did. You will find it worth the wait....no, I didn't sew the whole time either and it is so delightful to be able to do it now.
Chin up, keep in touch on the board and the time will pass quickly enough.
#42
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,918
I'm not remodeling but I am going to redo a extra bedroom for my quilting stuff. I have to refinish a bedroom set for another bedroom and get that organized and the closet organized for my clothes/stuff. I also want to put the laminate flooring in these two rooms so I am now sitting in one room and saying OMG!! It will get done!! I am sewing in my dining room now and maybe getting to comfortable doing this but one day in the near future I should be able to send a few pictures of my new room!! Also bought a Singer treadle machine a few months ago and trying to get that working.
#45
Hang in there, it WILL all be worth it !!
In the meantime, take a break whenever you can and do some hand piecing, applique, punchneedle etc ... just to keep your Sewing Soul happy !! Or go to a friend's house and sew -
We are "still" remodeling our home - no addition, just updates - but it's ALL stressful and tiring. My sewing time has really suffered lately - but I've done some wool applique and punchneedle to help keep my sanity !! :)
In the meantime, take a break whenever you can and do some hand piecing, applique, punchneedle etc ... just to keep your Sewing Soul happy !! Or go to a friend's house and sew -
We are "still" remodeling our home - no addition, just updates - but it's ALL stressful and tiring. My sewing time has really suffered lately - but I've done some wool applique and punchneedle to help keep my sanity !! :)
#46
Originally Posted by katsewnsew
Do some hand piecing or make yo yo's! How about Grandmothers Flower garden blocks??? Just grab some scraps and get going while you watch the carpenters work!!! And if you are lucky, they are cute!
#47
thanks to everyone who gave advice, words of encouragement and ideas of what to do to keep me busy in the meantime!! I will try to take some of them into consideration and maybe find some time to work. the addition is a brand new kitchen, master bedroom and master bath. we currently have a 1000 sq foot home w/ 2 bedrooms and 1 bath. and we have 2 kids. so this was sorely needed. I have a sewing/office room finished in the basement, that room isn't going to get any bigger and I still have to share it but like I said it's full of stuff that needs to be out of the way for the addition. we are making great headway on the addition though, they are taping the walls this week and then hopefully we can paint and put flooring down in the upcoming weeks!!! it's going to be so nice to have so much more room and even nicer to be able to use my sewing room again. sigh........
#48
Originally Posted by smagruder
Hi, Make sure your machines are COVERED well!!!! Dust and sanding dust can ruin your machines. You will be happy with the finished product, right now, just keep looking at the end of the tunnel....a finsihed room.
#49
Originally Posted by Kas
Originally Posted by kristen0112
Take your machine out, your tools, fabrics and thread put them in the car and drive away! Just kidding, it can't be fun having all that mess in your house. Anyway you could set your machine outside on a nice patio? How about going to the LQS? My LQS has a project night you could get a 'fix' there. Hang in there
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