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Some Thoughts on Workshops and UFO's
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Studio Tour When I moved into my home in Albuquerque, I had to decide where my studio
would be. I had two choices: the master bedroom or a smaller bedroom in the
front of the house. There wasn't much debate; I chose the master
bedroom. I need space to work, but not much space to sleep! Over the
past 5 years, I've been able to get it just about right! Some of you might
have questions about some of the things in here. All the shelving and drawers
came from the Container Store.
The sewing table is from Tracy's Tables
in Wisconsin (but he ships all over the US). I recently redesigned the whole room, had it painted, and rearranged things to
be more efficient. I got a lot of ideas from Creating
your Perfect Quilting Space by Lois Hallock, published by Martingale
and CO.
When you walk into the room, this is what you see. The machine is in the center of the room, available to the ironing board and the design wall. There's some fabric in the room, but most of it is in the closet -- through the door and to the left. I just need to have some where I sew, so I can see it.
Viewed from the opposite end, you see my office space. Everything is within reach!
Here's the cutting table. I used a 36" solid core door on top of 4 Elfa drawer units. The drawer units hold my precut strips and bias squares, as well as tools, miscellaneous notions, and a couple of drawers where I put stuff that I'm going to take to one of the retreats I attend each year. I collect this stuff all year long -- it might be fabric I want to work on, or a pattern that interests me, or notions that I think would be useful. Sometimes I cut pieces for a quilt, then bag them and put them in the drawer. Then when I get to the retreat, I'm ready to sew right away! This is my ironing table. I got the idea from Judy Martin. The shelving is Metro Shelving from the Container Store. I then bought Elfa drawers and I keep individual projects in the baskets. These are projects that I want to do, need to do, or are ongoing projects (like all the fabric I used for my booth at Quilt Market in Houston). The ironing board is one I made myself. It's a piece of 3/8" plywood (22" x 60") with 1" x 2" boards all around the edges on the bottom to keep the board from sliding off the shelves. I covered it with a piece of Warm and Natural batting, then a layer of canvas stapled around the edges.
There was room on the other side of the ironing board for my thread rack. This is the thread I use all the time -- the rest of it is on 4 racks on the wall behind the door!
In back of the sewing machine is another set of Elfa drawers where I keep my serger. There's a cutting mat on top of the unit where I can easily trim small pieces if I don't want to walk all the way around to the cutting table!
This is more what the room looks like when I'm working! |
