Char

I have two empty bedrooms. The front room has my sewing table and my stash and my notions. The back bedroom will have my cutting table (when it's finished), the ironing board and stuff I haven't yet figured how to store. (I am a compulsive online shopper) :? :? :?

deema

I just recently moved to the basement. I was working at my kitchen table, but after finishing my first, then second, then starting my third quilt, I knew I needed a dedicated area. With young children, I can't always put everything away when I have to stop, so it was taking over the kitchen and meals were delegated to the living room! lol

So I moved all of my "stuff" down to the basement (after spending several days organizing my basement), set up a play area for the kids and a dedicated sewing area for me. That way we can all go down and "play" within sight of each other, and if I have to just leave it all laying out, I can. And I prefer it that way when I'm in mid-project. I find that when I have to clean up when I'm done working for the moment, or haul it all back out to start again, I'm not as motivated to actually finish it. At the end of each project, I do clean up and organize everything...so I can start a new one without the clutter! :lol:

stevendebbie25

I am lucky enough to have a bedroom just for a sewing room, the original home owner had a closetless room she used, but we're using it for an office now.
The bedroom has big closet, 1/2 with shelves, some I hang fabrics on hangers for specific projects. Enough room I have an old heavy legal office desk, perfect, no bounce on machines, drawers for supplies, and two pull out side wings, one has iron, the other cutting. Then those tall fold out cutting tables for beginning cutting. A craft table for more supplies, my computer printer is there too.
A book shelf for all the DVDs, books, and I take patterns out of magazines and put them in sleeves in 3-ring binders in catagories (baby, floral, holiday, table runners, etc).
I have a smaller folding table in front of a closet door I keep a quilt machine on, and have my embroidery machine (much bigger) on the desk, keeping both humming at once. I have 2 good windows E & S for light, a couple table clamp lights (sewing & cutting tble), and the iron board set up in front of the printer. A tad crowded, but it's working great. This isn't the largest or smallest bedroom. I have a tiny rm with a twin & lots of toddler toys for a couple grandchildren, and a med rm with full bed set for guests. I've spilled into that closet & dresser with prearranged projects. Really need to get more UFOs done..but each class starts another UFO, and I love to keep learning.

If you can dedicate any space in the home, just to quilting, a corner in a room, have hubby build legs over plywood resting ontop a guest bed for more surface (cover the bed with a sheet protection). Most important, organize, and good light.

Pam B

I took over my son's bedroom when he moved out after college a few years ago. It is upstairs. That said, while I enjoy having my own room...I do miss sewing downstairs. I had sewn in my dining room for at least 20 years. I liked the proximity to the kitchen and to the other downstairs rooms. I did not like the constant 'mess' in there. However, I have no intentions to moving back to the dining room.

kriscraft99

Mine is in the basement (which has a walk out entrance). I created our house plans and the basement has a master bedroom & master size closet which I use as my sewing room & storage. My thoughts were later on if we sell, it would be an attractive feature to buyers to have 2 master bedrooms (one on each level)... plus, my daughter can come downstairs to watch television in the main part of the basement and can go outside and I can watch her play. The only bad thing is.. I'm down her most of the time and when the doorbell rings... it takes me a long time to get to it.

pojo

Kitchen table to sew. The rest is in the basement.

SandraG

I have two bedrooms vacant since kids moved out. One has a bed in it with my sewing cabinet, books and magazines (by the hundreds), fabric, and 4 sewing machines. The other has cutting table, fabric, kits, works-in-progress, notions, etc. Both closets are full; both rooms are full. I can barely get to my cutting table. My husband and I were watching CSI the other night and it was a story about hoarding and finding a dead body. My husband said that could happen in my sewing rooms and I wouldn't even know the dead body was there. I think he's right. I want to build about half of our basement into a sewing room but I have to clean it out first (contains our stuff, both kids stuff, my SIL's stuff, my parents' stuff, etc.) but it seems so overwhelming that I keep putting it off. However, it does not stop me from buying more fabric, books, kits, notions,etc. I plan on retiring next year. Maybe then...

np3

We have a bedromm that we turned into an office/craft room. DH built my sewing table and put wire shelves in the closet. I can now store everything in one room. However, I use the kitchen island for a cutting table and I set the ironing board up next to that. The bedroom is right next to it so it works. I don't have a great wall for a big design wall. That is my only disappointment. I put two banquet tables together when I want to sandwich or design something big.

KathyAire

I am blessed. My space is the upstairs game room. No kids, so I get the whole room to myself. I called it the Eagles' Nest, my husband, Keith, calls it the Crow's Nest. It doesn't matter what it's called, Keith has bad knees and very seldom comes upstairs.
We bought this house specifically so I would have a place for my long arm. The best thing about having a hidden space is that I don't ever have to put a project away until I am finished with it.

b.zang

Nice to hear all the catch-as-catch-can space users.
I sew in the basement, although it's an above-ground bright area. In fact, my "complaint" is that I have no wall space because of all the windows! Almost all our guests walk in through this area, and it's all open so there are no walls to define a certain space as my sewing area so I have to consciously keep it from travelling around the house. The only real drawback is having to completely rearrange if we have company because it's also the area where we set up the spare bed.
Like others, I let the clutter happen during a project and always clean up to start the next one with a fresh, clean area.