Here's a sneak peak of my next quilt and my quilting work area.
Most quilter's usually have a room that they can call their quilting room. In my situation, yes we do have an extra room - but I prefer to quilt in the living room instead of being cooped up in a room.
Legend for picture below:
- A pile of fabric scraps that will eventually be used for something that is useful (cushioning for packing, confetti for god knows what).
- Small cutting mat for smaller pieces of blocks
- A box to throw everything into at the last minute or when we are expecting company
Legend for picture below:
- Ironing station - consisting of a $4 used Rowenta iron stolen at a yard sale ($4 was a steal), a small ironing board for smaller pieces. The ironing board has a towel on it. The board is so torn up that I need to put a towel on it so that I am not ironing on the wood. Why don't I get another ironing board? I have tried, but this one is still my favorite. Next to the board is a small water bottle to refill the steam iron.
- Larger cutting mat for the larger pieces of blocks.
- 2 cordless phones
- The all important remote control
- Sock, I wonder where the other one is.
Legend for below picture:
- The all important equipment in the room, the television
- My sewing station, which is the living room coffee table with a foot stool that doubles up the chair I sit on when I sew. You might ask why I don't face the television. It's because there's more space for me, and I don't mind not watching the t.v., I tend to only listen to the television when quilting.
- Left over lunch that has been sitting for 5 hours; my bring everywhere Nalgene green water bottle
Legend for below:
- Kenmore sewing machine - I have two machines, but when I piece I use the Kenmore, the cheaper one. The other machine is a Pfaff, which is very finicky and I it is a lemon. So I tend to only use it for quilting purposes only. The Kenmore is clunky, but with piecing, it does the job very well.
- On the floor is my summer lap quilt blanket. This quilt was my first attempt in machine quilting
- A dirty napkin
- Another green water bottle that leaks when it is is horizontal. That is why it is under the table so that I don't kick it. Note that I use water bottles even at home. I don't do glasses. Whenever I drink out a glass, it never fails to spill.
Legend for below:
A bird's view of the coffee table.
- A chocolate bar from France that our friend gave. It's half way done and I had just opened it the day before.
- My bobbin container
- Magnetic pin holder
- My feet
As you can observe, I do most of my work on the hard wood floor. I prefer to work on the floor instead of a table. It does not bother my knees, and I tend to squat a lot (Asians are generally good at squatting).
Now that you have seen my so called work space, stay tuned for the finished quilt.
Quilt & Bitch
8 comments:
Hi. You are my kind of Quilter. My sewing room is in the living room/great room. And I scoop everything into cupboards to clean up, but my stuff stays out for the world to see. It was actually my husbands idea, he said he never saw me cuz I was camped out in the sewing room. ;)
Hi Kathy, Thanks for stopping by. I think my husband would agree with your husband too. I think the real reason why husband's think that is that we are still accessible to them. :)
a lot of quilting lately. fun stuff.
Ahh those long lost days when I too could kneel down or sit crossed leg on the floor. It was my favourite place to be, now age and 2 replacement knee joints have caught up with me so I can no longer sit, kneel or squat down. I love your little sewing section as you say you're in the middle of your home and accessable.
The thing I love most is your box, it gave me a chuckle imagining you quickly tossing things into it when spying visitors walking up the path to your door. A brilliant idea :o)
Peg x
Hey p00lriah, just doing a little bit of quilting while it is quiet at work. Yes, it's fun - it's better than dealing with cranky clients.
Hi Peg, Thanks for visiting. The box works really well. I've only started doing it, because I threw a baby shower in the middle of starting this quilt. And the nice thing about the box was that I did not have to look for where I threw all the pieces of fabrics when I was cleaning up. If only I can just wave a wand and everything would clean by itself in a second. ;)
Like you, I quilt in the main part of the house. I do have a sewing room but only go there to machine quilt my big quilts. I like to piece where I can see the main TV and be in contact with my husband.
Your right about stealing the Rowenta iron- lucky you. The older ones are particularly nice- have such a nice weight to them.
A friend has made an ironing station from the cut out of a kitchen counter top ( the space where the sink goes) She puts a layer of old flannel sheeting or other similar materials and then staples down fabric as a cover. To elevate it she used some old bits of 2X4 wood on both ends of the top, and nails the two X fours to the bottom. It makes a great pressing board- very sturdy and easy to press on.
Regards from Western Canada,
Anna
Hi Quiltmom, Thanks for visiting. Thanks for the tip on the ironing board. I might get some flannel and staple down the ironing board instead of using the towel.
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