I'm doing a Saturday post because I want to remind you all of the giveaway.  I don't have anything to say really, so check out this video I made instead:




and don't forget to check out the giveaway!
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If you want to see it bigger - it's on You Tube as well.  (I couldn't make it embed for some reason).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojdswzVSNFw&list=UUj0Z_Ilf0ssDu_iM1a0SsQA&index=1&feature=plpp_video

And what's in my drawers you ask? The rest of my stash of course! Every drawer contains its own colour:


Or kind of fabric (in this case, tulle and mesh); and in one drawer I have oddments like blocks that never got incorporated into anything, or sketch quilts that haven't actually been quilted yet.


                                  

Under the table is this little basketry/shelving contraption which contains all of my dyeing things:




Like the above - each shelf has it's own thing.





And from this angle, you can see my design wall and my Judy. If you look to the left of the photo, you can also see peeking out where my rolls of steam-a-seam, stitch witchery, stabilizer, pellon and fusible interfacing live, and my iron is tucked in there too.



and that's my perfect-for-me sewing room!  It's not quite finished yet - I need to add some more lighting above the thread wall, the drafting table and the design wall - it's purchased but not yet installed; and I need to make a new ironing pad as I killed my last one when I was doing all of that transfer paint/disperse dye work in November. (I also killed my tables - the heat actually cracked and split the melanmine surface, so I had to buy new ones!)

But I figured it was close enough to bright to show it to you. Maybe it'll give you some ideas for your sewing room too!

Hope you'll come by and visit some time! Maybe this weekend. :)

Long time no see! :)

I have recovered well from my first surgery, so have been slowly but surely been back at the work of putting my sewing room back together.


I'm in the home stretch now, and hope to actually get some work done before my next surgery.  In the meantime, the wall of thread has gone up, and so has my very first design wall.  New lighting is next, the tables will be put together, the last of the furniture painting will be completed - and then it'll be done!

Stay tuned...

Gee, 4 days in and 2012 has already become WAY more interesting in ways I didn't expect.

First of all, I haven't spent any of my 2 week vacation in my sewing room because the renovation sputtered nearly completely to a stop.  Here's where we are right now:


The laminate floor is down, the walls are painted (two coats of primer, one coat of paint), four of my Ikea dressers are painted (two coats of primer one coat of paint) and they're filled with scraps, one colour per drawer. Also take note of my new T.V. - a Christmas present from BSP! :) Seems like good progress.. but note to your left - those sets of drawers aren't even primed yet. So are not FILLED yet, neither are my books all on their shelves...

But wait, there's more!




Four (actually six) of these bins are filled with yardage - but there are ten more to be done.



This little corner for my paints and assorted surface design stuff looks great - except that most of those bins are empty - and their contents are still in boxes.

To add insult to injury, I've been quite ill. On December 23, I went to see my doc because a cyst I had on my shoulder for ten years became infected.  I was given some antibiotics and an appointment to have the cyst removed (tomorrow).  In the meantime, I developed an abcess on my gum, and a sinus infection - so I am literally filled with infection - leaving me headachy - nauseated, and exhausted.

And AFTER Christmas I had an ultrasound and two appointments with my gynecologist, who informed me that the remaining bits I have since my partial hysterectomy 3 years ago have prolapsed (quite painful, btw!) and you guessed it - one of my ovaries has an infected cyst on it!!! So in February, it's all going to come out. MORE surgery, hurray!

The result of all that is that I've been lying around in bed, running fevers, feeling crappy and moaning for ten days (poor BSP!) - with NOTHING going on in my sewing room.




However, Maggie-May has been faithfully keeping me company - here she is lying in my lap (where she'd been for about two hours) just before I started this post. So the news isn't ALL bad. ;)

So I'll see you post cyst surgery - and in the meantime, sew, quilt, or paint a line or two for me, will you?

Cheers,

In addition to being a long weekend, labour day weekend most often falls on my birthday.  This year, I spent a lot of time in my sewing room, but for the most part, not sewing:



 I was re-organizing my sewing room and stash, building furniture from Ikea for my sewing room (those dressers will be red soon, as will the dining table [six feet long!] I bought at a yard sale about a month ago), but I did find time for some sewing - namely those sewing machine covers at the back of my sewing room. 

I haven't had access to my sewing room for the past week, so I thought I would try some hand work, using a piece of my hand-dyed cloth.



Because I didn't have a quilting or embroidery hoop (since I don't actually embroider!), I first sewed the cloth and batting down to a piece of stretched and framed canvas, and then began my hand stitching.

I kinda suck at it - so there's been a lot of re-do-ing.  *w*

But if it goes where I want it to, I'm gonna like it.

I wasn't feeling well (and to not quilt, you know I'm not feeling well!), and by the time I recovered, it was time to go. 

Beloved Spouse and I went away for the weekend - some much needed R&R time in the country.

So I have nothing to show you for my usual Monday post.  However, I'll make my "Monday" post, on Tuesday.

Inspired by all the posts last month of peoples' sewing spaces and storage solutions, I decided I should clean mine up. First I made a trip to Canadian Tire to get shelving, and then to Ikea to purchase other things like a new sewing table (separate post, later). But in the meantime, I give you Shelves of Awesomeness! *s*



What’s on those shelves, you ask? I’m glad you did!

Top shelf, left hand side:



I know there was a debate in some blogs recently about what constitutes a “scrap”. For me, it’s anything smaller than a fat quarter. To me, a fat quarter isn't a "scrap" - it's fair game! If my scraps aren’t in small bins, they’re in clear plastic zipped bags, like this:



So I can see easily what colours they are and more importantly, can add easily to them.

Second shelf:


Some thread that won’t fit in the thread storage!



Third shelf:


Fourth shelf:


On the second set of shelves, you’ll find my non-scrap fabric:

Top shelf:


Second shelf:


Third shelf:


Fourth shelf:


And I cut these off – but in these various drawers are thread, ribbons, scissors and rotary cutters of different sizes, plastic templates and rulers, pins of all kinds, plastic and cardboard for template making, freezer paper, patterns, marking pencils and chalk for same, calculator, notebook for, er, notes, and pens/pencils for making said notes.

On the other wall you’ll find a sad, old bookcase with a metric tonne of quilting books and magazines, which will be moved to this lovely which was purchased at Ikea this weekend:


As well as one of these:



Which my fabric currently in open storage will live in. * I also purchased something that will function as a sewing table – but you’ll see those after BSP has put them together – probably, given the current state of the ‘Honey Do” list – in a week or two.

All in all, a productive weekend!



*(I'm hoping the reds will actually match which they do not in this photo! If not, the bookcase will be going back in favour of two cabinets).