mountainwoman

Thank you!

mountainwoman

Thank you for your well wishes! It does make a difference in having an area to pursue what I hope will be many years of quilting!

mountainwoman

Oh, I think I posted my reply to you on someone else's post -oops! Anyway, I love what you call your space -the Happy Place! Keep on keeping on!

mountainwoman

Catchy! Maybe I'll call it my "Nifty Nook" --it needs a name. Thanks!

Sandra in Minnesota

You have made good use of the space you have!

QuiltE

Congratulations! ... for creating a great space to work by making the best of the space you have.
Here's to many happy quilting hours, as you have already put a lot of thought into planning it.

You didn't mention a design wall .... here's a suggestion that might work for you.
Doors are normally blank space ... How about covering those closet doors
with fleece and give yourself a design wall to add to your sewing pleasure!

jmoore

You have created a delightful sewing area. It looks like you've made the best use of the space given what you have... happy sewing.

mountainwoman

What a great idea! I do have a computer program I bought as a Christmas present to myself (I chose QuiltPro, as opposed to Electric Quilt 7) and have been very happy with it; I especially love that I am able to scan my own fabrics in and use them in whatever design/layout I've chosen. STILL,I think I'd like to take what I see there and transpose it to a design wall. I work with a lot of precuts that come in layer cakes, charm packs, and my ever-popular "Jolly Bars," which are 5'X10" coordinating cuts from Moda (available only through Fat Quarter Shop), and as such, there can be as many as 10 different fabrics in one set.

I have a question about how to create a design wall. One, I'm not sure the closet doors will work. They are 36" wide, but they are the type that fold open. Wouldn't this be a problem? If so, I still have a couple of other options: As I enter the vanity area of the en suite (like an entryway, sort of), there is one solid wall that is 46" wide; the opposite wall is 33" wide. There's plenty of room to move around, so would either of these walls work? HOW BIG SHOULD A DESIGN WALL BE, ANYWAY? I suppose I could also use the wall that's behind the bedroom entry door -except there is a light fixture there (it is 36"). Hum...biggest space is clearly the wall that is 46" wide.

You said to use fleece. I guess I've never seen or read about how to do this. Is this put up to stay permanently/semi-permanently? How do I adhere it to the wall? Is fleece better than felt? I even read that one can use batting, but I just didn't see that one working!

Well, this is an EXCITING idea you have suggested, and I would really like to try it, so I hope you (and anyone else out there reading this post) as to which of my areas described above would work best for my design wall, which medium to use, and how to affix it.

Thank you so much for this suggestion!

When life gives you scraps, make a quilt!

roguequilter

my sewing room is my dining room. command strips are fantastic. now if i need to feed people, i put table cloth over the table sized cutting mat, unplug lights & machine, sit down & eat! cords are all held neatly out of feet range by command hooks attached to side of table, all tools, even my felt block book hang on wall on command hooks. closet in upstairs bedroom holds my fabric. inconvenient, but the bed works for hauling out & previewing fabric choices/ideas for projects. my dining room sewing room opens up to the deck. for a design wall i have hung a large piece of felt over the window. easy to take down for feeding, but have learned people really enjoy seeing works in progress & my projects & pretties become part of the dinner conversation. i would love to have a dedicated sewing room like i did in last home & i miss my seasonsl table cloths & center arrangements ..but i can live w/o them & can't live w/o sewing!

just janet

I have a 36" wall also. I tacked a yard stick to the wall up high to the ceiling and pasted some wooden clothes pins to it. The kind that clips. I hang a piece of flannel to those clips when I need a design wall and take it down when I'm not using it. It isn't the best solution I'm sure, but working in a small space sometimes you just gotta do it! I think it work on a door as well.