Since I posted so much about the little sewing machine D~ has convinced me to restore, I thought I'd post a bit about my own little spot known as my studio.
I was looking for a picture of the old studio, but all I can find are pictures of the studio in progress of moving from the bonus room to the basement.
See, originally it was a tv room, then I moved my sewing machine up there, the computer, and slowly it turned into my own little cave. When I decided to buy a 12 foot quilting table and long arm quilter, well, the fact that the room was only 14 foot long and barely wide enough to hold the table, it became obvious it was going to be too small.
I was lucky enough to have a relative giving away a quilt machine. It was a tad bit smaller than I wanted, but it was free! Since it was only 10 feet, and a mid arm, I thought it would work there. For about 3 years it did fine. I used it as an ironing table by putting a padded top on it, I used it as a storage spot for the fabric of what ever project I was working on, and it basically hung out in the middle of the room.
Here is an extremely messy picture of what it looked like in the middle of the move. I think it will give you an idea of the size of the room and the size of the table!
As you can see...it is very messy at this point!
I finally decided to move it to the basement apartment that was made for my mom. Her apartment had one bedroom, a kitchen/living room combo and a nice bathroom. The rest of the basement includes a nice office for my husband and a large storage room.
Here is a picture of the new studio after a full day of moving things down...with the help of my son and daughter in law, and my daughter and son in law.
This is the quilter's new home.
Here is the sewing station and new computer area.
One last shot of my serger and its new home on the treadle machine.
No, it doesn't look quite like this any more. Most of the fabric is now stored in the cabinets of the kitchen. I have several over the door shoe organizers that hold most of my scraps for applique, and I now have an embroidery machine. The sewing station is now a nice flat surface covering all the odd pieces of furniture and is covered in mod poged fabric.
One of these days I will clean the studio up again and take some pictures of the way it looks now...it actually has curtains up...a la Minnie Mouse of course!
Nini
