Sewing spaces: Would yours make Martha Stewart smile or sob? August 15, 2010 09:59 6 Comments
Today, I'm overwhelmed. Well. Not really. I'm exaggerating a bit. But only a wee bit.
As you probably recall, dearest readers, I want to finish my Mad Men skirt. I want to wear it. I do. It's cut out. Completely. And so I face my next task: marking all those darts. All 10 of them. Gulp. Now. This must be accomplished on my breakfast table. And that is why I am demoralized. Because. Because my breakfast table is a mass of magazines, bills, flyers. And let me not forget the salt shaker. Obviously, the table needs to be cleared anyway. It does. It's a mess. But tackling the darts and the table in the same day? Oh, fright.
So, dear readers, here are my questions:
Do you have a designated sewing space?
If so, how did you organize that space?
What do you like about your sewing space?
If you don't have a designated sewing space, how do you cope? How do you keep from pulling every hair out of your head?
Please share your thoughts on this. Do. I beg you.
(And, alas, the pink sewing room featured above, in all its girly glory, is not mine. It belongs to the Domestic Diva. And I am green. I am. Absolutely. The Anthropologie shot is likewise courtesy of DD. Gorgeous, but perhaps not so practical. I love those high ceilings though! Truly.)
Comments
puffs girl on May 20, 2015 12:18
My sewing space does duty as my office and, on the rare occassion, as a guest room. Oh, and there’s that rarely ridden (“rode”?) stationary bike. It makes great hanging space for the finished ironing. . .
Terry Scott Mann on May 20, 2015 12:18
Well, yes I do have a space. Carved out by the back door. I have an 8 ft.long x 2 ft. 4 inch deep cutting table, my sewing machine & the chest that holds my fabrics. Not nearly enough space though, as the soap co. takes up the rest.
Karen on May 20, 2015 12:18
I have an unused 2nd BR (ok, right now it is used to store stuff) – has my sewing machine and some shelves but it is not organized enough. Because of this, nothing really gets done in it, and getting it organized just seems overwhelming right now….
Pavlina on May 20, 2015 12:18
I don’t know…I do have a dedicated sewing space. It is usually an unholy mess, so I think she would sob! Those pictures really want to make me have a nice, sexy, clean and organized sewing space!
Ellen on May 20, 2015 12:18
I have a dedicated space, but it’s also a guest room. It’s in the basement. And next to it is the storage part of the basement, where I have a big cutting table which I love. And shelves for fabric and all the other stuff you accumulate. And right now, it’s a huge mess!
Karrol/Kiki von Tiki on May 20, 2015 12:18
I relate to the dining table dilema… my sewing is accomplished in two spaces. Downstairs, I have the dining table for cutting, patternmaking, etc and there is an armoire I use for my supplies. Then upstairs in my bedroom is the sewing machine. I have to put up and take down the ironing board, and I use one of those fold up cardboard mats on my bed for space to lay out pieces as I pin. It’s convoluted to a point, but it works ok. I used to have a glorious sewing room, but divorce and downsizing took care of that! A price I was glad to pay, honestly! ;)