My Studio is in a constant state of flux, as I grow as a quilter...more accurately, as I start to understand what sort of quilter I am. In the sewing studio world, one size definitely does not fit all. And of course it goes without saying, one small change may have a huge, domino effect.
It's helpful to make note of the things that are working in your sewing space and the things that are not. My need for photographing my quilts better has resulted in a few changes. First, I relocated the design wall and made it larger...both helpful moves. But, It was still rather problematic to up set for a good photo shoot, as I had to move furniture around each time.
I then came up, with the deceptively, simple idea of moving my large cutting table in the other direction....all was solved, or so I thought. When I actually went to use my space I realized I was a little lot wedged in, when sewing on my Bernina, which is set into the cutting table.
The book case, behind me, had to go....but where?? I also had a piece of furniture, under the design wall, that I kept having to climb over....along with the book case it ended up in the other room with the long arm (yikes there will be a domino effect in that room as well).
I now had some more space to play with......I hung up several curtain rods I still had stored away, to create a place to hang several works in progress, a necessity for us multiple project types.
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I'm so silly, fussy when I do this type of stuff, it's a good thing I do it myself....my actually very handy husband ended up in emergency the last time he hung a curtain rod (over 15 years ago), he hasn't hung one up since. Hmm, do I detect selective un-handiness??
It was a relatively simple job....but every time I time I start to clean up, I make more mess.
I'm so easily distracted.....
How about a new curtain hiding the doorway to the crawl space? I'm kind of liking that fabulous Ikea fabric I've had hidden away for several years.
I should be finishing the binding on Rachel's quilt.... and I will be.... as soon as I finish cleaning up.
Well, off to actually clean up....or make more mess...what will it be?
That reminds me, I now have room to add two more panels to my design wall.........
Well, off to actually clean up....or make more mess...what will it be?
That reminds me, I now have room to add two more panels to my design wall.........
I learned from Judith that we really need to go outside to photograph the quilts on cloudy days. I don't think it gets as cold in the winter at her house in London maybe. Maybe you should bring that quilt to lunch to show off.
ReplyDeleteGreat shift around and love the idea of WIPS on show so you don't forget them!
ReplyDeleteThe colors and the composition in your quilts is so out of the box incredible. Each quilt should be displayed as art. They are too lovely to be covering a bed and exposed to dogs, cats and husbands stinky feet, LOL. Gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the curtain rods. I think I need something similar. Your space looks quite tidy to me. Mention of the domino effect is exactly how I feel at the moment. I recently "cleaned/organized" my studio and in so doing some things got better but then there are the piles of stuff that now sit in the hall outside while I figure out where they can go. It's always a domino effect at our house.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm...do I detect a smidgen of procrastination going on??? LOL. Whenever I start "straightening up" (a.k.a. dragging my feet) it ends up with a major moving project. That's what happened this spring. I got the bright idea to move my sewing room from a small cramped 3rd bedroom to the basement. My DH has his man cave down there and only 1/2 the space was being utilized. After we moved all my sewing down there, I decided to paint that little bedroom. Then I needed new closet shelving and curtains, etc. Whew...I'm exhausted thinking about it, but I love my new sewing area. It's twice the size it was and I like having my DH's company (most of the time..haha).
ReplyDeleteOne thing always leads to another, doesn't it.
DeleteYes, it does and my poor DH just groans and knows it means more work for him....LOL.
DeleteI know what you mean about getting organized creating a mess. I'm in the middle of one with my beads right now. Your solution with the curtain rods is just great. Art (whether finished or not) hanging where you can see it. I love that!
ReplyDeleteYou are cracking me up! Nothing like reorganization to avoid finishing a quilt. I do the same thing. After the chaos of three projects going at once, I must stop and rearrange. Does it help? That is yet to be determined. If only I had about 2500 square feet of space to organize my stuff, like my husband has.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of hanging the curtain rods to WIPs!
ReplyDeleteI totally relate to this. I have to re-org after every project. Not an easy task...And the more space I have, the more space I fill! How does that work?
ReplyDeleteSame here....I wish I had had the answer to that one, well, I probably don't want to know.
DeleteI always love your fabrics' choice. Do you use cotton fabrics only?
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your work, always. But I also very much enjoy seeing your studio evolve. I need to make some changes to make mine more efficient, but am afraid of the domino effect. :)
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