If you're visiting from Ellison Lane's Studio Spotlight, this post is from July 7, 2013. My sewing space hasn't changed at all in the last month (other than the fabric explosion on my DR table right now) so no need to take new pictures, right? :) Happy Sunday evening. I hope you all had a great weekend! My parents came for dinner last night (dry rub ribs with homemade BBQ sauce, and corn on the cob), but it was way to hot and humid to eat outside. Soooo... I had to clean up my sewing and fabric explosion in the dining room so we would have space to eat. I also didn't want BBQ sauce getting on my fabric of course.
I set the sewing equipment back up this morning, and I decided to snap some pictures while the dining room is relatively clean. Please excuse any non-sewing related clutter, we live in a small house that was built in the 1940s and there is no pantry and very little cupboard space, so my dining room also holds overflow kitchen items.
I actually reconfigured a bit so I would have more room to maneuver around the machine. The sewing machine used to be where the iron is in this picture, and the ironing board was set up right next to it. We don't have AC in the house, so I also didn't want to be sitting next to a hot iron sewing anymore.
The little green bin holds my 2.5" squares that I use as leaders and enders... I don't know how I lived without using leaders and enders before, but it saves me so much thread and thread mess all around the machine.
The ironing board and cutting mat are a lot more convenient being right next to each other now. I was working on cutting up FMF strips to back my table runner :)
This little secretary desk is the perfect fabric storage at the moment; the shelves are the perfect width to hold fabric folded using Jeni Baker's method. I told myself once I filled up the top shelf I would stop buying fabric... psha... yeah right!
As you can see there's quite a bit of fabric stored in bins on either side. The file bin on the right holds solids and non-quilting fabric like my bamboo velour (so soft!). I also have some stacks of fabric I bought recently that haven't made it into the stash yet. And a whole slew of scraps... I have no idea how I generate so many scraps considering I haven't finished anything sizable yet. the two drawer bin to the left is actually headed to goodwill, but it was a convenient place to set some stuff that didn't have a good home. I also have a great big flannel hoard upstairs in an empty dresser in our spare room too destined to be made into liners for Days for Girls. The top drawer of the secretary holds my UFO's and it's full. The bottom drawer has fabric dyeing supplies that I've been dying (haha unintentional pun) to play with.
If I post a close-up of the stash it counts for the Sunday Stash link-up right? Oy I have lots more fabric on the way from taking advantage of the awesome 4th of July sales last week :p
Looks like you have an awesome set up and a very loving family to let you take over the dining room :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Leigh Anne! It's just me and my boyfriend and he has the whole garage... we generally don't eat in the dining room unless we have company anyway. But he is very loving :)
DeleteOooh, yay! I love looking at sewing spots! Yours looks so happy! And that bottom pic of fabric--yum! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! That cabinet is due for a reorganizing this week since I just had a ton of new fabric delivered... it's an addiction!
DeleteSuch pretty bundles!
ReplyDeleteThanks Christa!
DeleteThanks Christa!
DeleteYou have an amazing stash there, I can see some of my favourites in there too! :o)
ReplyDeleteThanks, it grows when I'm not watching it I think :p
DeleteI also sew at my dining room table--but ours is a tiny table! I just told my husband yesterday to say goodbye to ~100 books, because I'm going to clean out the bookshelf right behind my sewing seat and put fabric in it, just like you did. Your stash look gorgeous all piled up behind those glass doors.
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura! The cabinet is due for a reorganizing so I can fit the new fabrics I just received. I'm glad your hubby is OK with ceding the bookcase to you :)
DeleteWhat a good sized table to be able to spread all your sewing stuff around. Love seeing pretty fabrics all stacked up. Mine live in large plastic bins under my desk.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Julie. Right now my table looks like a nuclear fabric bomb went off... it's a total mess. Plastic bins would probably keep things a little more compartmentalized, but I doubt I'd ever put anything away if the fabrics weren't staring me in the face.
DeleteIt totally counts as Sunday Stash! You have some gorgeous prints there! Your new layout looks good, very practical. I also sew at our dining table but luckily we also have a kitchen table so I only tidy up for guests too ;) can you explain leaders and Enders? :) thanks so much for linking up!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, Gemma. Leaders and Enders are a technique you can use to save yourself from having to cut threads when you're chain piecing. I was going to make a tutorial about it when I get the time, but for now I learned about it here
DeleteBeautiful fabrics and a very nice space. When I used our dining room, we ate dinner on the couch in the living room. I use leaders and enders, too, and find it wonderful to complete small projects at random. Those small quilts make great charity quilts.
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