Even though I didn't take a pic just imagine ... on my dining room table .... sewing machine, thread box, extra parts for machine, scissors, seam ripper, bits & pieces of material, quilt patterns & a whole host of other things, plus unfinished projects draped across each of the chair backs.
I have a workout room in my house in the city. It held a treadmill & yoga stuff. The treadmill hadn't been used in quite some time. It was a very nice one but when I looked on Craig's List there were 15 or so listed so I gave it away to a former co-worker instead of listing it & then waiting for it to sell. I had a project in mind ... a sewing table!
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| I now have a sewing room! |
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| The opposite side of the room. |
Got filing cabinets & chair from work. Greg bought & cut a 3/4" piece of plywood 34" x 8'. I had an old picnic tablecloth that fit it perfectly. We attached it w/spray adhesive & stapled to the bottom.
I still have plenty of room for stretching & doing my little exercise routine. The top bin is empty & the other two contain my less than desirable fabrics & my work shirts waiting to be turned into more of these:
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| One end looking onto courtyard. Door to right is to back porch. |
Grow light stand/storage shelving. The other end is just a closet wall.
I found that I had enough room to the left of the sewing machine to hold a mini ironing board.This was made with leftover plywood, some batting & an old pillowcase. I don't have to set up the big ironing board for pressing those small quilt pieces. It's 9" x 26". Here's how I made it.
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| Board, batting cut just a bit bigger than board so it wraps the edges & pillowcase. |
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| Place batting on top, flip over, then start stapling pillowcase to back. |
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| Simple letter fold & staples. |
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| Viola. a mini ironing board! |
That empty bin in the above photo used to contain what is now in 2 of the drawers!
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| Some of my reproduction fabrics. |
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| Solids, misc, Fall & Christmas. |
One other drawer contains patterns, books & my unfinished projects & the last one contains extra supplies like batting & large background material.
Now I can invite friends over for supper & we have a place to sit & eat. I am a happy girl!
8 comments:
But if you keep a sewing machine or two in the dining room you can put the guests to work like in some sort of Asian sweatshop manner sewing for you :)
Please have them make me something if you go with idea will ya?
DFW,
Like you, I love having a dinning room table to eat at when guests visit.
My table and chairs don't have patterns and material drape over them, it seems to be a catch all for my husbands tools and projects. Instead of walking a couple more steps to the garage to put his tools back in the tool box, he just sits them on the dinning room table and states he will put them away in a little while. Which basically means, I'm not in any hurry to put this tool back, I'm going to leave it here on the table until I need it again.
I pick my battles, this is one I'm not touching right now, LOL.....
Now that's a fine idea PP!
I know the feeling Sandy. Yes, we do have to pick our battles :)
What a GREAT sewing room you've created! I, too, did all my sewing/quilting at the kitchen table for years. My fabric and tools were scattered all over the house in little storage spaces and hidey-holes. Since I've had my OWN ROOM, (yes, a whole room) I am so happy. Even my husband will every now and then stick his head in when I'm working on a project and say, "Ya know, this is a really, really nice quilt room you've got here." Yes, it is! Enjoy yours!!!!
Thanks Mama Pea!
I love, love, love a nice sewing/craft room. I sometimes wonder if I'll ever have mine again, but at least on occasion I find the dining room table! :)
Funny about those exercise machines. That seems to be the way of most of them.
Leigh, We actually used it a lot years ago. Then it came in spurts, then only occasionally. I definitely could use the space better w/o it.
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