I LIKE Thursday ~ Your Studio or Sewing/Creative Space

For March 2 2023

what do you like about your creative/sewing space ? Do you have a dedicated space that is yours alone? What works in there for you? How do you feel when you're there.




I am very lucky that I do have a dedicated space. When our last off spring/ grandkids finally left home, I was able to turn a basement bedroom into a sewing room! It doesn’t have very good natural light. It can’t even be called a bedroom if/ when we sell it. No egress windows keeps it from being called a bedroom. So it is a craft room, or bonus room or something !

Mr Busy and DS added some marvelous LED lights a few years back and before that Mr. Busy took some white DIY bookcases and reworked them to fit the east wall. Books, patterns, scrap baskets, other baskets, thread organizers fill the shelves. We painted all the trim white and Mr Busy hung the valances I made.

 






My ironing board and design wall.

 

Long May She Wave, in progress!






A folding 8 foot table on risers works for my cutting space. My Ecopeco mat fits there nicely and there is room at either end to keep tools at hand and sometimes scraps!! Under the table more drawers of thread, fabrics, partially completed items and some of my mom's craft supplies and patterns. I can't let go of those, just yet.

 

You can see a ruler rack on the wall. Made for me by a friend’s father-in-law. He’s gone now and so is she! I have too much stuff! There is no room to expand. 

I do have a lovely Koala sewing cabinet that I love and my old Bernina lives there.

 





An under-the-stairs closet holds a myriad of craft supplies, holiday decorations, batting, pillow forms and a hanging space for already finished table runners, table toppers, etc.

There will be no photos of that space, or someone will call the Hoarder Patrol!!!!

My space is overflowing but I am happy there.




Other I Likes:

Last Thursday was my birthday! I did not sew with my Thursday group. We cancelled because it was too cold. -19 with a wind chill to make it feel like -33.

And I couldn’t get out of the driveway due to a snowdrift. But by mid afternoon Mr Busy and a neighbor had cleared our drive enough to take the car out. So we drove to a local ice cream shop for: Coffee Bean ice cream in a homemade waffle cone! ❤️

This came in the mail from our daughter!

It’s a folded paper bouquet.




And this from our son

They both knew flowers that don’t wilt would cheer me after this horribly snow stormy week!

Reading has taken a backseat to sewing .  I've been working on PQ 14.5 ~  "Sew Not A Square") and putting the sashing on the stars for Long May She Wave. 

and TV binge watching.

We are still watching Suits and it’s getting just a bit predictable. Mr Busy says…”punch, counterpunch!” Will they ever all get along?

And we watched 1923!

Hop on over to Not Afraid of Color and check out the list for peeks at other maker spaces!!  Fun!




Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!