Chasing Hawk

Hi Melody,

Here are some links to my sewing room. I hope they help.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45001-1.htm

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43359-1.htm

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-34860-1.htm

Melody

Booties? yes, Dorothy, please send the pics.

Melody

That's a nice room! On the farm, we have lots of old wooden crates. I like yours painted like that. I don't have a closet in this room, wish I did. Many old farmhouses are known to lack closet space, and this room just isn't big enough to add one. But I can still work out a nice storage area, I'm sure.

dakotamaid

I like these ideas too, the idea of using old. I was hoping to find a table to cut into for my sewing machine but it is a under bobbin so the cut would have to be close to the edge and nothing obstructing the opening so I could get to the bobbin.

House is clean and waiting for weekend company to arrive. Surfing the net!! :D :D

Melody

Busy weekend here too. Lots of cooking to do in the morning, kids arriving in their campers, 9 grandkids (teenagers and older). So I will say goodnight and thank you all so much. I will check back on Monday. And when I have the sewing room finished, I will post the AFTER pictures, but that is going to take me a while! So much sorting and pitching to do.

wvdek

Melody- Don't get rid of the big old school desk next to the window.

Worse thing I did when we moved here was to get rid of a big old oak school desk we had. What a mistake.

Maybe, once you take everything out of the room and then re-organize, you will see your room in different 'light'. Gather al of your sewing/quilting stuff and organize it into piles-tools, fabrics, trims, threads, etc. Then you can get a better picture of what needs to go where.

Enjoy your family weekend.

Cathie_R

I think I caught him at a weak moment. However, he might do it for chocolate pie.

Cathie_R

Hubby also added a peg board to one wall. That is great. I hang rulers, marking pens, rotary cutters, sissors, stencils, etc. on it. Very handy.

Corry

Okay, now how many of you have a kitty that loves to lay on your sewing table or on your stash for a comfy bed? I don't mind my cat coming into my sewing room while I am in there working but i don't want her making a habit of laying up on my table or fabrics. So I had to keep the door shut to my sewing room to keep my pets out. Well during the day it gets rather hot in my sewing room with the door shut but i need to keep it shut because of the animals...what to do...lol Hubby bought me a little window unit a/c but I only run it when i am in the sewing room. But still had the problem of it getting hot with the door shut. My stabilizer I use for machine embroidery got gummy with my thread breaking from gummed up needles. Well one day I said to my hubby...I need a screen door for my sewing room! A month later hubby brought me a screen door and took the other door off and put my new door on. It is soooo cool!! He painted the door and the screen PINK! It matches my room with the pink curtains and pink dresser! Well it works out great. The room is nice and cool with the a/c circulating thruout the house like it should and the pets can't get into my sewing room. I will take a pic of my screen door tomorrow and send it in. It is homemade of wood but looks really nice I think. My kitty is not so happy about it but that's life..lol My design wall, shop light hung from the ceiling and my screen door are my favorite ideas for my sewing room.

purplemem

My dh made me a "half-door" on a hinge that blocks the bottom half of the doorway. It locks in place with a magnetic catch. My doggies don't go in my room, and the door is open for a/c and conversation. I just love it.