Where I Sew

It's Where I Sew Month at Pink Chalk Fabrics! Since it's been 3 years since I last participated and I've relocated my sewing space in our home, I thought I might as well share again. Mine is nothing fancy and has a few issues I'd like to improve on, but all in all, I'm more than thankful for it and enjoy it alot. So here's a little tour around my studio.

Walk in the door, and you'll find my design wall on your left and then the desk area. You'll see that there's 2 desks back to back. That's because hubby and I actually share this room, though he likes to give me a bad time that I took over 3/4 of it. I guess that's true, but he did give me permission! Anyway, this is where I wake with my morning latte, blog, and do all my computer stuff.

Behind hubby's desk are a couple of bookshelves, and I've claimed just this one little shelf for my favorite quilting books.

Then along that wall is a nice large window where my cutting table is. That big ole basket is for scraps. Yeah, I'm not a sorter, and I canNOT seem to empty that basket!! So there's my machine set-up. If there was one thing I could improve about my studio, it would definitely be a big table to set my machine on. I think it would really help with my wrestling with quilts as I machine quilt. Though I have a real fondness for that sewing cabinet that holds my grandma's old Singer - the machine she taught me to sew on. All these years, whatever machine I've had, it's sat right on that cabinet. Just in case you're curious, my Patchwork, Please! You've-Got-Mail Wall Pocket holds my basic Aurifil threads - gray in one pocket, white and natural in others, so they are always handy. And that metal thing is an IKEA magazine rack from daughter-dear's old room. It's perfect for a few magazines, bee block instructions, and other paper patterns I'm working with. Over the weekend I was inspired by Leanne/shecanquilt's "show off corner" and hung my 2 ribbons from AQS shows. 

There's alot I like about my studio, but one of my favorite parts is my fabric storage. No longer in bins, I can open the closet doors and see everything I have. Yes there are cubbies behind that tiny wall, but hubby installed 2 lights on the other side, so I really can see in there pretty good. Can't say I totally cleaned it up for you, but you can see I keep my roll of batting, a bin of all my interfacings, extra rulers, etc. All in all, it's pretty workable.

And lastly, the ironing corner! The Noodlehead bag has all my zips, and there's my main mini wall. The silver IKEA holder in this photo holds my postcard collection - unrelated to my sewing, but they make me smile, and should give you a clue where my idea for The Postcard Quilt came from!

So that's where I create pretty much everything I blog about. It's a comfortable, happy place to be.

Linking up with Where I Sew.