sewing notions and other sewing room decor ideas
08-16-2020, 10:59 AM
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I had a double sided shelf unit in my room. The side you could see from the hallway had lots of pretty decorative sewing stuff. The side actually in my studio was loaded up with notions and such. When i got my Grace machine, that shelf unit had to go. Now i have a bushel of decorative stuff with no where for it!
08-16-2020, 12:34 PM
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I made a clock! The sets of battery operated hands are less than 10 dollars, then I cut a large cardboard circle and covered it with fabric. I used small decorative thread spools that were buttons to mark the hours..my daughter does calligraphy and she wrote "when life gives you scraps, make quilts" on it for me..it really turned out well, and I'm not a crafty person. You could use fabric with vintage sewing machines cut out and glued on to mark your hours, the possibilities are endless to match your theme.
08-16-2020, 02:14 PM
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Somewhere in the chaotic mess that is my sewing studio (whole house) is a pretty handmade fabric bowl made by me....that holds old sewing items. Like old wooden spools, old wooden crochet hooks and knitting needles, several old wooden darning eggs. I also have a collection of old sewing needle packets. The kind that were about the size of a card and held several different types of needle. I also have old hand made linens with various types of embroidery and needle work on them. I have an old crochet yarn tin...about size of a small coffee can with a lid on it with a hole in it. You placed the ball of yarn in the can and threaded the crochet yarn through the lid to feed you your yarn. I have seen people put old rag rug balls on display. I remember my grandmother stitching ends of strips of old clothing together on her treadle and helping her roll them up into balls. When we had enough of the rag balls, we would take them to a lady who would weave them into rag rugs...I think she charge $1,59 fir vert small ones, $3 for a small rug, and $6 for a hall rug. Have fun.
08-16-2020, 02:17 PM
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I have seen a plaque or sign on the Fat Quarter Shop wall when she does her live streaming and the sign says something like "Quilter Lives Here". We are getting a new Hobby Lobby in a few weeks in our town and I think that is where she purchased it. If you can find some little sewing machines, I think that would be cute displayed on a shelf in your sewing room. Good luck on your search
08-16-2020, 02:18 PM
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Love this idea too! Great way to display all different fabrics. As you use up the pieces, you fill with new fabrics so it would be ever-changing
08-16-2020, 03:21 PM
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The big cheese ball plastic containers work too. DS bought this snack for the kids as it was made in a peanut free facility for their peanut allergy daughter. I inherited a couple of those and have some rwb 1 1/2" strips in one.
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08-16-2020, 03:51 PM
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both my Mom and Sis have given me all their old wooden spools of thread--since thread is old, I don't use,but put them into wide mouth canning jars and set them out. I keep my "good" spools of thread also in canning jars to keep dust free and be able to see what I have easily.
I also inherited my Mom's Sisters Quilt Show posters and have them up too.
I also inherited my Mom's Sisters Quilt Show posters and have them up too.
Congrats on your newly painted sewing room. As for decorating your walls, the wooden embroidery hoops can hold your favorite fabric...and you can change the fabric to go with the season if you wish.
