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Posted by Michelle C on June 9, 2009, 8:10 pm
Mary wrote:
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> Even though I live alone and can arrange my house any way I want and
> have plenty of room, I do not have a sewing room and really don't
> want one, either! Almost all of the quilting I do is completely by
> hand, so the sewing machines are seldom out of their cases -- a Singer
> 99K, a Featherweight, and my grandmother's White treadle, which is
> almost working again. I keep the current project (or two or three,
> actually!) handy behind the sofa in the living room, where I have a
> nice little stash of hand-stitching supplies in an oversize ashtray
> next to my favorite chair. For travel, I have a favorite tote bag
> with a small stash of hand-stitching tools all ready to toss in the
> latest project and the thread. For the front porch, I have a basket
> with a small stash of hand-stitching tools all ready to toss in the
> latest project and thread. (I could easily make up 3 or 4 more
> stashes of hand-stitching stuff, too.) When I really want to use a
> sewing machine, I can put one on the collapsible sewing machine table
> that hides under the sofa or put one on the dining room table, and
> when I'm ready to do a lot of cutting for piecing, etc., the card
> table slides out from behind a sideboard and the cutting mats slide
> out from between the dining room tablecloth and the table pads.
It's the "stealth" sewing room. :-)
Michelle in NV
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Posted by Pat in Virginia on July 2, 2009, 6:24 pm
So, you've got the "Transformers" Sewing Center, eh?
Grins, PAT in VA/USA
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> Even though I live alone and can arrange my house any way I want and
> have plenty of room, I do not have a sewing room and really don't
> want one, either! Almost all of the quilting I do is completely by
> hand, so the sewing machines are seldom out of their cases -- a Singer
> 99K, a Featherweight, and my grandmother's White treadle, which is
> almost working again. I keep the current project (or two or three,
> actually!) handy behind the sofa in the living room, where I have a
> nice little stash of hand-stitching supplies in an oversize ashtray
> next to my favorite chair. For travel, I have a favorite tote bag
> with a small stash of hand-stitching tools all ready to toss in the
> latest project and the thread. For the front porch, I have a basket
> with a small stash of hand-stitching tools all ready to toss in the
> latest project and thread. (I could easily make up 3 or 4 more
> stashes of hand-stitching stuff, too.) When I really want to use a
> sewing machine, I can put one on the collapsible sewing machine table
> that hides under the sofa or put one on the dining room table, and
> when I'm ready to do a lot of cutting for piecing, etc., the card
> table slides out from behind a sideboard and the cutting mats slide
> out from between the dining room tablecloth and the table pads.
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Posted by Susan Laity Price on June 10, 2009, 12:26 pm
#1. I love the large bright room with the new solid surface flooring
(Former forest green carpet made space feel dark and was always
covered with threads, strings and pins.)
#2. I love my Big Board ironing surface. Need to find out about
John's gravity iron.
#3. I love the Tammy who comes on Fridays and puts stuff away. She
helped me reorganize the studio when everything was moved to remove
the carpet and paint the floor. Now she comes for a few hours every
Friday. As I use fabric during the week, leftovers are placed in a
box. She knows to first empty that box, pick-up pins off the floor and
straighten the "less than fat quarter" boxes which are sorted by
color. Most weeks I have saved a job she can handle without my
supervision such as ironing fabric. At noon she stays with Mom while
my husband and I go out to lunch. Wish she could sew better. She does
help with some charity project but she isn't up to handling my
detailed quilts. I decided to hire help in my studio rather than help
caring for Mom.
Susan
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 08:06:49 -0400, "Kate in MI"
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>We haven't gone down this road for a while.... so let's hear what works
>best for you! What are the 3 things you either have.... or wish you had in
>the way your sewing room (sewing space) is organized! Maybe you like the
>way you fabric is organized (you can find things!!!) Or maybe your books
>are in a certain order... patterns, too.
>Anyhow -- let's see how different.... and how much the same we are in our
>sewing setups!
>I'll go first:
>1) I love a little pressing table to the left of my machine -- can press
>seams by merely swiveling the chair.
>2) I love my swivel chair -- I could never go back to a regular chair
>again. I have a nice quality office chair -- good back support, too.
>3) I love my pegboard (which it were larger) to hand a wide variety of
>tools. If it were larger -- it would hold many rulers, too.
>Now, I'll be honest... my fabric is a disorganized nightmare. Maybe I
>should just toss it and start over!
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Posted by lenorel95 on June 13, 2009, 8:28 pm
Yep! A good chair is a must. I have two, both good. One in front of the
computer, one for sewing.
I love a cutting table. It is a godsend--the right height with rulers right
there.
Bigger, bigger, bigger.......I have filled up my space a couple of times
over. I have stuff in the family room and in the garage too. Oh, for a
bigger room. If we win the lottery, I'm building an addition bigger than a
double car garage with a bathroom, washer and dryer and small kitchenette.
Just my dreams......
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> We haven't gone down this road for a while.... so let's hear what works
> best for you! What are the 3 things you either have.... or wish you had
> in the way your sewing room (sewing space) is organized! Maybe you like
> the way you fabric is organized (you can find things!!!) Or maybe your
> books are in a certain order... patterns, too.
> Anyhow -- let's see how different.... and how much the same we are in our
> sewing setups!
> I'll go first:
> 1) I love a little pressing table to the left of my machine -- can press
> seams by merely swiveling the chair.
> 2) I love my swivel chair -- I could never go back to a regular chair
> again. I have a nice quality office chair -- good back support, too.
> 3) I love my pegboard (which it were larger) to hand a wide variety of
> tools. If it were larger -- it would hold many rulers, too.
> Now, I'll be honest... my fabric is a disorganized nightmare. Maybe I
> should just toss it and start over!
> --
> Kate in MI
> http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
>
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Posted by Julia in MN on June 13, 2009, 9:52 pm
I live in a condo and sometimes I think it would be nice to have another
smaller apartment in the building just for a sewing room :)
Julia in MN
lenorel95 wrote:
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> Yep! A good chair is a must. I have two, both good. One in front of the
> computer, one for sewing.
>
> I love a cutting table. It is a godsend--the right height with rulers right
> there.
>
> Bigger, bigger, bigger.......I have filled up my space a couple of times
> over. I have stuff in the family room and in the garage too. Oh, for a
> bigger room. If we win the lottery, I'm building an addition bigger than a
> double car garage with a bathroom, washer and dryer and small kitchenette.
>
> Just my dreams......
>
>
>> We haven't gone down this road for a while.... so let's hear what works
>> best for you! What are the 3 things you either have.... or wish you had
>> in the way your sewing room (sewing space) is organized! Maybe you like
>> the way you fabric is organized (you can find things!!!) Or maybe your
>> books are in a certain order... patterns, too.
>> Anyhow -- let's see how different.... and how much the same we are in our
>> sewing setups!
>> I'll go first:
>> 1) I love a little pressing table to the left of my machine -- can press
>> seams by merely swiveling the chair.
>> 2) I love my swivel chair -- I could never go back to a regular chair
>> again. I have a nice quality office chair -- good back support, too.
>> 3) I love my pegboard (which it were larger) to hand a wide variety of
>> tools. If it were larger -- it would hold many rulers, too.
>> Now, I'll be honest... my fabric is a disorganized nightmare. Maybe I
>> should just toss it and start over!
>> --
>> Kate in MI
>> http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
>
>
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> have plenty of room, I do not have a sewing room and really don't
> want one, either! Almost all of the quilting I do is completely by
> hand, so the sewing machines are seldom out of their cases -- a Singer
> 99K, a Featherweight, and my grandmother's White treadle, which is
> almost working again. I keep the current project (or two or three,
> actually!) handy behind the sofa in the living room, where I have a
> nice little stash of hand-stitching supplies in an oversize ashtray
> next to my favorite chair. For travel, I have a favorite tote bag
> with a small stash of hand-stitching tools all ready to toss in the
> latest project and the thread. For the front porch, I have a basket
> with a small stash of hand-stitching tools all ready to toss in the
> latest project and thread. (I could easily make up 3 or 4 more
> stashes of hand-stitching stuff, too.) When I really want to use a
> sewing machine, I can put one on the collapsible sewing machine table
> that hides under the sofa or put one on the dining room table, and
> when I'm ready to do a lot of cutting for piecing, etc., the card
> table slides out from behind a sideboard and the cutting mats slide
> out from between the dining room tablecloth and the table pads.