quilterella

I would suggest atleast 12 x 20. If you are planning to put a longarm in it, you'll want the extra space for your thread, batting and general moving around. My longarm room is 14.5' x 10, and I wish I had just that little extra for moving around.

fabric_fancy

that sounds too small to me considering a frame is 10 feet and you need a couple feet all around for ease of use.

tess10

My frame will set against a wall so that helps a little and is only at an 8 ft length. I think that will help alot being able to put it on the 19ft wall.

I also will have a loft, which I also hope will help with the storage.

I am limited with size, so I will make it work!!!

Thanks

delma_paulk

Buy as big a one as you can afford....you will not be disappointed with a larger one. I had a 14 x 16 room attached to our house and I wish it were a bit bigger.

I have a quilter and it fills up one whole wall of the room. But I surely love my quilting room.

delma

Annaquilts

Definitely keep the 16 foot lenght. Think 12 foot long arm. I think you need more then 10 foot wide so you can have storage along the wall and some breathing space so 16x14 foot maybe? Or have the 16x10 but have walk in closests for the fabric and stuff so you can use the walls for display wall area. Sounds like fun. Besure to post pictures of your quilt shed.

Annaquilts

I do not like the sky lights we put in my barn. Too hot! Just a thought.

Janice Thompson

My husband converted a garage (16x20) to a sewing room for me. It's not big enough. Have shelves on two sides for fabric

pippa45

My thoughts are with you in the down sizing.
Two years ago I was forced to move from a three bedroom home, into a retirement village, which is basic two rooms.As I also knit for charity there in lies the problem.
I have about 600 balls of yarn, and I couldnt tell you how much fabric.
My point is if you are crowded with your craft, and dont have room to work, you will become very down hearted, or I did.
Let us know how you go, I wish you all the best.

tess10

Thank you for all your thoughts and well wishes.... my 10x20 shed is being built tomorrow and I am so excited. I understand all of the comments and in an ideal world I would have a 20x20!!! We all know that in this economy money is no longer growing on trees.

This will still be my first dedicated gal cave and am looking forward to it.

Grace MooreLinker

you need to take the measurement of your quilt fram and 1 1/2 times , that's for the space you will need to use it for quilting space. I use my dinning room table still don't have enough moving space. we live in an RV 102"X44' 3 months each summer ,no room to quilt but can make my blocks. then when we are home for the winter I put the tops together and quilt. Good luck and happy retirement .