Hints for the sewing room

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Comment by lea on October 17, 2015 at 5:41pm

I agree with you Sherri Ely, those sharp corners would either rip your skin, shirt or poke through the ironing fabric.. Not good, stick to your guns is best.

Comment by ranchmom/OR on October 12, 2015 at 11:35am

Oh, that is a great idea, next time Ranchdad goes to harbor freight I will have to pick one up.  

Comment by Sherri Eley on October 12, 2015 at 10:17am

Learned this trick from my friend in SC.  A magnetic bowl for pins.

It is easier than trying to  stick the pins I remove as I sew, into this bowl than finding an open spot on the pin cushion.  This can be purchased at an auto supply store,  or Harbor Freight where mine came. 

Comment by Ellen Pearce on September 20, 2015 at 6:33pm

Looks good. I love a room with nooks and crannies.

Comment by Sherri Eley on September 20, 2015 at 11:12am

This drawer unit is my latest IKEA find.  I purchased it because I thought it would fit neatly under my sewing table.  And it would have but I forgot about the metal cross braces running down the underside of the desktop.  So fortunately I had this little cubby hole which is right behind where I sit when I am at the machine.   I then used the plastic drawers that used to hold some of the things I now store in this for strips for my stash.  

Comment by Sherri Eley on September 20, 2015 at 10:54am

Finally after a year I have completed my ironing surface.  All by myself,  with a little help stapling the fabric  from my DD .   I really wanted to put a frame of 2x2's on the underside of the ironing surface,  but my DH po pooed that idea.  So I went along.  But I wanted to angle the front of the board to eliminate the sharp right angles and he thought that unnecessary too. But I wanted ot ,  so  i got out the saw and trimmed it myself.   This will be great for pressing backings and quilt tops.  Not to mention while piecing I can if I want pull it closer to the machine as it is on casters... Bur I like to get up after each step,,,, keeps me from sitting for such long periods of time and at least I am moving around.... 

Comment by Sheila Craft on August 7, 2015 at 12:58pm

Nice space, Lea! I have to chuckle because, like me, every horizontal surface requires something on it! I made a big "L" shape so that I have room to quilt and then I just had to go & "put stuff" on it.

Comment by Ellen Pearce on August 7, 2015 at 12:20pm

Looks pretty good to me.  You have a nice size room.  

Comment by lea on August 7, 2015 at 4:51am

005.JPG my sewing space, usually a real mess.

Comment by Ellen Pearce on June 30, 2015 at 4:31am

I bought the noodles at our CVS for $1 each at the end of the year.  I also have used them for embroidery designs for the center of a quilt block or wall hanging.  You can stick pins easily in the noodle if you need to.  It makes them easy to  store and also keep covered.  I have nosy, lazy cats who love to find a pile of fabric or a project to sleep on.  Noodles are so comfortable.  This wasn't my idea but one of those tips from somebody. Thank you somebody.  

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