Garage turned into quilt studio

[Denise L.]

Anne, very nice storage system. I love all the colors in your stash too. What is your method of folding?

[Anne B.]

Anne, very nice storage system. I love all the colors in your stash too. What is your method of folding?

Thank you.

I fold my fabric in half lengthwise, then in half again, then I fan-fold it into nine-inch widths. I can count the folds on one side to see how much fabric I have. One fold is half a yard, two folds is a yard, etc.

I fold fat quarters and fat eighths the same way, except that I don't fold them lengthwise the second time. Scraps are in bins on the top shelves.

Since I live in Canada, I actually think in metres rather than in yards, but I had a little miscommunication with my cabinetmaker. I wanted my shelves 20 inches wide, so I could fold my fabric into 9.5-inch folds and place two stacks of fabric on each shelf. This would allow me to count the folds to see how many metres I had. I therefore told Rick I wanted the shelves exactly 20 inches apart. Didn't realize I'd misspoken--I should have asked for them exactly 20.75 inches apart. I hadn't taken into account the width of the vertical dividers! :/ So I fold into quarter-yards instead of quarter-metres.

I really find that it helps to sort my fabrics by colour, with the darks on the left and the lights on the right side of each shelf.

Anne

[karen f.]

Very Clever Anne! And so organized.
Karen

[Denise L.]

My sewing room has been featured in a blog from Stitchin Heaven in Quitman Texas.

It's very exciting since they may want to use my Sweet Treats as a Block of the Month. It's pretty cool.

denise

http://blogs.stitchinheaven.com/blog/

[Denise L.]

I saw that on facebook I wish I had a big sewing room when my kids have there own home I will have a big room just waiting is hard Happy

[Sue R.]

Denise,

Congrats on getting famous ! That's great you could show your space on the blog. Looks like a fun place to work and play !

Your Sweet Treats quilt is adorable. Are you on your way to your first published design, or have you done others ?

Sue

[Eileen K.]

I'll take it!!!! I keep moving my sewing table around the house trying to find the perfect spot. I'm now in my 4th or 5th and DH is getting tired of moving the furniture. :?

Before moving furniture around, I measure all the pieces and cut them out of graph paper. Then I move them around on graph paper marked with the room size, window placement and size, closets, etc. Much better on the old back :lol:

Hope this helps someone!
Brita

Brita,
It did help. That's what I've done this time. Even have room for a real bookcase. Just have to move a little bit of stuff, all in the same room this time.
eileenkny

[Eileen K.]

Denise,
I love your sewing room! How big is it? Do you sell your purses online? On Etsy?
eileenkny

[Judy M.]

Denise, I saw your studio tonight on the Stitchin' Heaven web site. It's so beautiful!!! I hope they do make your quilt into a BOM. Good luck!!! Judy in Torrance

[Denise L.]

Thank you Judy. That was an unexpected result of me sending in those pictures. For some reason I kept all the patterns for that quilt. I'm thinking it would be something cute to do as a Mckenna Ryan style, do some block but not necessarily all of them. That is a pretty big quilt. When I designed the quilt I made one block too many - I guess my math was off a bit so I then put that one on the back. Why waste a good block!

I do love my room, and of course miss it during the day when I'm at work. My sons DGF comes over and uses it and she enjoys the ease of use. This morning it's a mess but I don't care, I'll work on some blocks and then pick it up tonight so it doesn't get "out of hand"

denise