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Tools of the Trade => Sewing Spaces and Furniture => Topic started by: Puzzler on November 10, 2019, 18:11:22 PM

Title: En suite sewing room
Post by: Puzzler on November 10, 2019, 18:11:22 PM
Yes, my sewing room has an en-suite bathroom.  :D I can live with that.

Since moving I have used the room as a dumping ground for non-sewing/craft related stuff. I did a bit of clearing just now. Stuff has been scattered to new zones and I will have to find homes for it all or it’s getting chucked/donated.

It’s a work in progress. Along with the en suite the room also has a walk in closet. I am hoping to get some shelves put in and also along at least one wall to free up floor space. I would love for the cutting table to be pulled out enough so I can access it on all sides for when I am laying out patterns or making curtains.

Here is a sneak peek with the new addition. I do not name my machines but in honour of Imi who comes up with some cracking names for her machines and quilts, I have named the new baby Phoenix, as in rising from the ashes.  Thank you @Missie for that suggestion. What clinched the deal was noticing the Franklin’s website designer was called ‘Talk to Phoenix’!  [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]  
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Ellabella on November 10, 2019, 18:14:47 PM
Wow @Puzzler that looks amazing. Having a dedicated sewing space is wonderful and one with its own loo!!!
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Post by: Celia on November 10, 2019, 18:21:50 PM
Love it, I hope you have many happy days with Phoenix
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Post by: coffeeandcake on November 10, 2019, 19:10:30 PM
What a fab set up!  If my sewing area had an en-suite I would definitely drink more tea and coffee than I already do.
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Post by: Lilian on November 10, 2019, 20:50:35 PM
That's great!  Since moving I no longer have a sewing room  :( it's living-cum-sewing room now  :\
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Post by: Missie on November 10, 2019, 21:15:12 PM
 <3 <3 <3
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Post by: Kenora on November 10, 2019, 21:27:19 PM
Great room, @Puzzler - and having its own en suite elevates the humble sewing room to new heights!  :D And your walk in wardrobe sounds just right for storage too. Fantastic.
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Elnnina on November 11, 2019, 10:47:54 AM
You are a lucky lady Puzzler with that room, and what a super cutting out table you have - I see that it can be at any height and that is good.  Hope your ideas for this room materialise - now just enjoy, especially your new machine.
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Post by: Bodgeitandscarper on November 11, 2019, 11:20:10 AM
Cor, a walk in closet that you can fill with fabric  <3 <3
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Post by: snoozi soozi on November 11, 2019, 12:32:10 PM
Me like  :)
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Post by: Lowena on November 11, 2019, 12:34:48 PM
Very nice
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Post by: Gernella on November 11, 2019, 13:28:02 PM
Beginning to feel a bit of a slut, so tidy.  Love that cutting out table.  I could do with that lamp as well.  I did 'order' one from Father Christmas about two years ago, what I got had a max of  60W, no height and only the head bent over, slightly. That machine looks tasty as well.

Shall I just move in?
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Post by: Nevis5 on November 11, 2019, 13:34:47 PM
A great room!  Enjoy!! x
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Post by: Silver Rose on November 11, 2019, 14:21:36 PM
It is a super room, Iove it too but am a bit jealous. Enjoy it.
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Puzzler on November 11, 2019, 21:23:07 PM
The table is a pair of Trestles with a kitchen counter top, both from Ikea bought over 20 years ago. As I get older, I get shorter so the trestles have been moved down a few notches since I started using it. ;) The lamp is from Lidl. @Gernella, come join me.
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Gernella on November 12, 2019, 11:31:21 AM
I don't think I'd last a week @Puzzler, you'd kick me out after a week for cramping your style.

There is somebody advertising on our Next Door neighbourhood website with a drop leaf table for sale.  They are not exactly in our neighbourhood but I knew his mother donkey's years ago so I know exactly where he lives.  It's been on the site ages and I've been looking at it and wishing, but the room is stuffed enough what with my stuff and kitty stuff.  I've visualised sticking casters on the bottom.  I can't understand why it's not gone already.  I'd need to get rid of a desk to make room and it would take two strong men to get it out and downstairs.

 (https://i.imgur.com/rN8qXw1m.png)

Love  the notched trestle table though, that is a good idea.
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Puzzler on January 19, 2020, 15:43:12 PM
You know how one thing leads to another. I was hoovering the carpet, the cobwebs off the walls, coving and windows. Glaring at the vertical blinds that I aim to remove from the other windows in the house eventually, I decided to take this set down. I had bought some net wire. As there were holes in the upvc frames already, I stung up the wire and hung a pair of Ikea sheers that I used in my last two rental homes. I think they have been repurposed nicely for the third time. They will do for now.

Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Gernella on January 19, 2020, 16:04:23 PM
Wow, that looks like a decent view beyond. 

The light shades in my sewing space have been up for around 40 plus years.  Every time I look at them I shudder, and last time I changed a bulb I was showered in dust.  I've seen some new ones but not worth shelling out now until I manage to decorate, which on current progress  elsewhere, will be next year. 

I look at your sewing room and I could weep really, there's that much stuff in mine at the moment, if I'm not careful I'll finish up in the newspaper of untidy rooms section. :S

I did get a new work light for Christmas though, similar to yours, and I am well impressed  with it.  That chair of yours looks very tasty as well @Puzzler.  Jaycotts are selling some chairs for £99 but they have arms on and from past experience they get in my way.
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Puzzler on January 19, 2020, 16:51:46 PM
I am sure your gear is merely organised chaos. If you can still function in your room, you are doing okay @Gernella   :). As I can spread out, I have now stashed stuff all over the house, like a squirrel hiding nuts. Not so organised at the moment because I can’t remember where I put stuff. I have designs on a downstairs hanging closet being turned into a linen cupboard for dressmaking fabric. Bedding can go in there too, I suppose.

The chair was bought at Staples years ago and looks really nice but is very uncomfortable for long sittings. Fine for a stint of machine stitching but that’s it. I agree about chairs with arms.

Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Lollipop on January 19, 2020, 18:54:50 PM
It's great @Puzzler  :D
There's been many a time I have wished mine had an en suite  :o
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Gernella on January 20, 2020, 10:13:10 AM

 I have designs on a downstairs hanging closet being turned into a linen cupboard for dressmaking fabric. Bedding can go in there too, I suppose.


Now I am really envious.  I bought a nice cane chest of drawers a couple of years ago, very tall, plenty of drawers and now completely full.  I keep saying to myself, no more until I've gone down a bit on my 'stock', but then an email comes with the latest fabrics in and off I go.

Just enjoy it all.  Nice to have your own space to work and yours looks very pleasant. 
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Puzzler on February 22, 2020, 15:23:08 PM
Managed to clear out loads of plastic boxes. Now I can see woods thru trees i.e. both my quilt and dressmaking fabrics together.  Still have more boxes to empty, the contents of which will need new homes.

I also created a pile of discarded fabrics and remnants to take to a charity shop.

@Iminei, the units are New Verona, from Argos. Room for one more in the closet.

Got some sewing to do, folks. The Juki is under there somewhere.
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Post by: Ellabella on February 22, 2020, 16:41:39 PM
@Puzzler I am impressed, that quilting fabric is beautifull folded <3
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Post by: Iminei on February 22, 2020, 20:37:29 PM
Thar first pic is awesome @Puzzler particularly the Batik? blue and white near the top!!

Would you like to come and help sort through my stash???

Seriously Girls, anyone want to come help sort my Sewing/Art/Craft/Wardrobe/Spare room ... pleeeeaaassee???
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Lowena on February 23, 2020, 00:14:58 AM
You wouldn't like the nagging if I came  :D
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Post by: Renegade Sewist on February 23, 2020, 05:05:36 AM
@Iminei I wish I could.  For about a month.  Wait. You've got a lot, right?  It might take 6 months to a year.

I'll need to bring cats. They're useful for sorting stuff.  :meow:  :wool:  :meow:  :fabric:  :gin:
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Puzzler on February 23, 2020, 06:33:17 AM
You wouldn't like the nagging if I came  :D

Too much green fabric, @Lowena?  :P


Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Puzzler on February 23, 2020, 06:38:05 AM
Thar first pic is awesome @Puzzler particularly the Batik? blue and white near the top.

I have been hanging onto that fabric, bought in some warehouse in Manchester in the 90’s, for I don’t know why. I washed it three times, including one with Synthropol which is meant to release all the excess dye, to no avail. Fine if you make something you are never going to wash or will wash separately. It’s yours if you want it.
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Lowena on February 23, 2020, 10:18:29 AM
Too much fabric of any kind @Puzzler
I don't see any need to have a stash of anything  :angel:  except wine gums  :devil:
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: stevedb on November 08, 2020, 10:53:38 AM
Wow I am jealous too, as my cutting table is my circular dining room table would love my own sewing room big enough to fit everything in!
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Puzzler on November 08, 2020, 12:02:25 PM
The room has changed since that first photo.

@stevedb, not great for your back but I used to put one of those cardboard folding cutting boards on top of a bed when I didn’t have a table. Better than crawling on the floor.
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Gernella on November 08, 2020, 13:22:20 PM
Lets be honest, you don't really need a lot of room, if it's a small room, then you tend  to be more selective how you store things and probably put a bit more thought into what goes in.  Too big and you have too far to travel between everything and of course you spread out, you can't help it. ;)

I do have a small bathroom next door  to me though, useful, as when I'm at home I tend to use it more.

Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: HooliganHeart on November 13, 2020, 16:04:30 PM
Would love a dedicated craft/sewing room myself   :toast: but i am lucky to be allowed to permanently take up what was once the dining room area  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Iminei on November 14, 2020, 09:14:10 AM
How come Ive missed this thread, especially with the free giveaway of some glorious looking batik ...

Are they fishes or dragons @Puzzler???
Title: Re: En suite sewing room
Post by: Puzzler on November 14, 2020, 09:18:07 AM
Neither. One’s a paisley type pattern, the other pointy leaves, sort of.