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[Nancy R.]

Wonderful, Lorna! I love your WIPs!

[wendy w.]

Lots of space Lorna, love your lupins.

[Charae H.]

It is so fun to see everyone's quilting space! I could move right in to each and every one of them and be very comfortable.
My space is very tiny and I have to admit that it isn't exactly all contained in one room... My husband's closet is periodically in jeopardy, but so far I've managed to control myself ops:

[Charae H.]

Here's my work space.
Books, magazines and patterns on
bottom shelves.

Fabric storage in dresser.

Sewing machine table (more fabric),
corner table with thread drawer plus project
basket underneath. Laptop on funky treadle leg table.

Use the bed or floor for design wall.

[Charae H.]

Good grief no pictures I'll try again later :-(

[Charae H.]

Here's my work space:
Sewing machine table with some fabric storage
underneath, corner table with thread drawer plus
project basket underneath. Laptop on funky treadle
leg table. Books magazines and patterns on bottom
shelves of book case. Fabric storage in dresser.
Using bed/floor for design wall.

[Charae H.]

Pretty room, Barb! The corner table is so smart!

[wendy w.]

Oh Barb I love your corner table and the wavy drawers. Yes the bed's my design wall as well when I can keep the cats off it for 5 minutes

[Lois B.]

Barb, I love your workspace. The wavy drawers are really fun. Thanks for the picts.

[Renata L.]

Great space to play in, Barb. Thanks for sharing!

[Lorna B.]

Barb, nice space. Is the dresser with the wavy drawers from the 1940's?

[Catherine S.]

I will show some areas of my space. Most of it is too much of a mess to show anyone. But, that is one of my resolutions so hopefully as soon as it is warm enough to getting some painting done things will look different.
Here is a picture of my sewing area


Here is my bookcase with cutting table in front and ironing surface to the right.

These are some of my fabric storage cabinets. They were salvaged when the hospital remodeled. They were the patient closets. My son put in shelves and I bought the storage bins. Works great and the fabric is protected from the light. Smaller scraps are stored by color in plastic shoe boxes.

[Catherine S.]

Thanks Charae, Wendy, Loise, Renata and Lorna!
The space is small but fun to work in. The wavy
dresser is a Birdseye Maple from the 1920's.
Barb

[Catherine S.]

Here are the post organization photos of my [strike]son's[/strike] sewing room. The bed is on risers and a table is on top making a good counter height to iron and cut fabric. Wad of fabric in corner waiting to be ironed and put away. I washed my entire stash and just folded most of it without ironing, but this fabric came out very wrinkled (Kaffe Fasset's shot cotton, very pretty colors).

My son is 6ft. 3in., so he shouldn't have a problem with the bed height when he visits. One of the risers has a built in electrical outlet so I can plug in the iron. There is an extension from the riser to the wall outlet behind the bed. Fabric storage under bed (I pulled it out so you could see some). Sewing machine cabinet has lots of storage and can be closed when not in use.


On the opposite wall is the desk and bookcases. Two shelves remain as reminder of son, the shelf under those have two bins for magazines, books and patterns. Bookcase on the other side has plastic bins for more fabric storage. Couldn't use the closet, because it is stuffed with son's stuff. I imagine when he gets a permanent station, he will take most of it (a lot of camping and backpacking gear). Hung a length of white flannel over closet as a design wall.





Kathy

[Catherine S.]

Ritzy, your inspiration wall makes me want to get all my orphan blocks out of the bins and hang them up. But how do you sew on the sewing machine with a table up against the front of it?


Annis, that is actually the back of the machine against the table: