At my parents' house I was stuck sewing wherever there was space...so either my bedroom, the living room, or the sunroom. Here in GA, I have an entire room for sewing, thanks to my hubby! :)
Since the rotary cutter accident a little while ago, I've taken a break from cutting and piecing new projects to focus on some other stuff. Namely, rearranging the room so that I can navigate it easier, and cleaning up my fabric stash so it's not so wrinkly (amazing how stuff gets smooshed when you move!) and is easier to peruse. I think my next project will be making a cushion for my chair, it's hurting my butt! haha.
I took some pictures with my phone along the way. May as well upload them! We rent our house currently, so there's not much I can do with the boring walls or gross carpeting (I HATE carpeting). I still have some pictures I want to hang...I just need to find cheapish frames to fit them. :p
This is a shot of my finger now that the cut has mostly healed. I have to wear a bandaid when we go out, or else it looks silly that I have every nail except that one painted. Plus it snags on stuff sometimes. Owies. :( ROTARY CUTTERS ARE SHARP YOU GUYS. No joke.
When I'm in here during the day, Simon enjoys sitting at the window and watching the world go by. He cries when the kids next door are out playing basketball. Today he's enjoying the nice breeze by sticking his nose against the screen and sniffing away. :)
Here's my very first sewing machine, thanks to Ax! It was a christmas present, along with the table it sits on. I had to make a point of mentioning that I would need a table to put the sewing machine on, or sewing on it would be very difficult. Anyway, it's a Brother CS-6000i. So far so good! It's a happy little machine. I should name it. Hmm.
This is a different angle of the table--if you came into the room this is how you'd see it. That's a giant pile of scrap fabric I ironed last night. Now it's in a shoebox! Anyway, that's the chair that is hurting my toosh. And next to it is a 3-drawer cart. The top drawer is "in progress" stuff--I actually have some squares cut from when I was in college that I think I'm going to do something with...sometime. Yeah. Sometime. Second drawer is the "fat quarter" drawer. Some of the medium scraps are also folded and put in there. The bottom drawer has my scrap shoebox, paper for doodles or notes, and a roll of tape. Strangely, I've used scotch tape before during quilting. ha!
My meager fabric stash...although it's much neater now than it was! The mess in that corner is gone; I shoved our file cabinet over there and another 3-drawer cart filled with other craft supplies. There's two more shelves to the wooden structure as well, but they're mostly knickknacks and the like.
This was Simon last night during my ironing, chewing on his bone. He does that once in a while...he'll go from hanging on the couch with Ax to coming in here and chewing on one of his toys. Then he'll wander back to Ax, and back to me, etc. It's kinda cute, like he's trying to split his time with us. haha.
Some of the "not quite fat quarter" pieces I was talking about. And three real-rabbit-fur pelts that Matt had, which I have NO idea what to do with. The small box on the table holds all my Christmas fabric. Which is a surprising amount, since I don't even like the holiday that much.
And the scrap pile after ironing. Ah. So much nice pressed fabric. The bottom-most layers were still warm this morning when I went to put them away. Probably because they were sitting on the rabbit fur. Mmm, warm fabric. :D
Well, I think that's it for now. I have some trash to take out, a dishwasher to unload, a bed to strip of its sheets to be washed, and a dog to take for a walk.
Oh my! Once I get the last table installed in my sewing room... you are going to be green with envy! I've been putting it off, but I too have been moving into and arranging a new sewing room. (and you are much better about ironing scraps, which I sadly don't do until I need them) How do you store your scraps?
ReplyDeleteSeeing a lot of the quilt bloggers I follow and their super-awesome sewing rooms...SO JEALOUS. haha. I'm also jealous that they have the funds to buy every fabric that catches their eye. But I try not to covet their stash tooooo much! I work with what I have, and having such a tiny stash (in comparison to some) means I have to think harder about whether or not I want to start another project!
ReplyDeleteRight now the smallest scraps (and those of an odd shape) are in a shoebox. The ones that could be considered "fat quarter" size (roughly; it's kind of an arbitrary decision on my part) are ironed and folded neatly, and stored in the 3-drawer cart next to my sewing table. Yardage is on the shelf. I hardly threw anything out--only some frayed ends or stuff that wouldn't be feasible to sew even by hand.
I started to post a comment that turned into a book so I think I'll stick with just one thought since I can't find an email address: I would use the rabbit fur to line mittens. Now That would be warm and I'd be jealous. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteThat would be a really awesome pair of mittens! I'm so on the fence about what to do with them because there's only three. And yeah, I mean, we could go hunt more rabbit to get more fur...but right now they're a super-special item in my stash and I want to be 100% on what to do with them before scissors go anywhere close!
ReplyDeleteif you want, you can email me! (obviously take out spaces and all that junk):
jo axelson AT gmail DOT com