The sewing room

OK - I've decided to blog about my new sewing space. I've been really 'down' about the whole sewing thing. I don't want to do it. But not really, I think I just don't want to do it the way I've been doing it. We are making some changes around here and it's been decided that all my sewing things are going to the basement. I've decided this is a good thing! They will all be in one place and this will be MY space that I don't have to share with anyone. Unless there's a tornado, in which case we'll all go hang out down there till it's gone. I can live with that. So, I'm starting to be inspired. I want to make this space really cool. Not necessarily fancy, but very workable. Also, I'm determined to do what I want, not what I think I should. I don't have to use up fabric just because I have it. It's OK to send it on someplace else. I don't have to follow the 'rules' - I'm going to experiment and do what makes me happy.

Here are some before pictures. Things will probably be in a state of 'before' for a while! Eventually, it'll change. Also, I gotta think of a something else to call it. It's more than a sewing room or even a quilting studio. It's gonna be my whatever it is I'm doing room. What do you call that?

OK - this used to be the quinea pig shelf. I shoulda turned the pic before I uploaded it, but didn't. Sorry. Just tilt your head to the right a bit. We're down from 20 piggies to 3, so didn't need a big shelf for them anymore.




Inside the sewing machine case is my Singer 99. I have gottan rid of a lot of my machines, the 99 I had to keep. There's a 301 sitting in front of it. Another keeper.
















My trusty 401, waiting to be put back in the cabinet so she can be used. Gotta figure out where she'll go first....














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The treadles and a handcrank, also awaiting a place to 'live.'














Miscellaneous stuff. Will be sorted and placed at some point.

So - this is all that came out of the living room. I still have a bookshelf of books in my bedroom that need to go down, another sewing machine (my Singer 201) upstairs and a whole bunch of other stuff upstairs, including my fabric stash and countless other things. It's been up in my daughter's room since we moved into this house. Now that we have 2 daughters, they need the bedroom space. All that will come down later.

Stay tuned.....