A look inside my sewing room

June 23, 2015

I think I better start by saying that my sewing room is never this clean.  These photos were taken the day I finally unpacked the last box that has been sitting in it.  You just have to look at the background of the photos in this post to understand what I'm talking about!

I'm lucky enough to be able to have a whole room dedicated to my sewing (one of the benefits of living on my own in a two bedroom unit).  I do think I have got a pretty good system for my sewing room at the moment.  The flow works well and the colours in the room make it light and airy.  In fact out of the two bedrooms this is actually the biggest, however due to the location of the window and the fact it was brighter I decided it would be better as a sewing room.

As you can see by the floor plan below I have my machines and iron grouped together.  I find this works well for a number of reasons.  If I'm quilting I need to be able to press seams quickly so I can move onto the next one and if I'm dress making I need to be able to access my overlocker just as easily as my iron.


Sewing room layout


I use the cube cabinet (like an Ikea Kallax/Expidit) to store all of my quilting fabric.  I store any yardage on Comic Book Boards.  I have tubs for scraps, pattern and batting which fit perfectly in the cubes of the cabinet while hiding the not as pretty stuff from view.  There are drawers in the bottom layer which house some patterns.  The top level I mostly use to house my precuts.  I use the top of the cabinet as a bookshelf and to store my sewing basket and other goodies.  You can read more about how I fold my fabric onto comic book boards here.

Sewing Room

I use the hanging space in wardrobe to store my dress making fabric on coat hangers.  I have a clear plastic container in the bottom of the hanging space to store projects I've started and yet to finish and pieces smaller too small to hang. You can read more about how I hang my fabric here.

Sewing Room

The wardrobe also has built in drawers down one end in which I store my habby items (elastic, zips etc) , some patterns, quilts that just need quilting and other random things.

Sewing Room

Sewing Room

Now it's just time for some pretty photos.  This is the corner where my machines live.  The timber top table is from Ikea as is the rug.  The chair is from Super Amart.  I want to put up a pegboard wall above my sewing machine so I can use it to hold some of my tools and threads to free up some space on tables and cupboards.

Sewing Room

This is a wider shot of the room from the door.  It gives you a good idea of the space I have to play with.  I don't have my mannequin in place yet, hopefully in the next few days.  I have a few mini quilts to hang up in the space next to my quilting fabric to add a bit of colour.

Sewing Room

Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed your tour of my sewing room.  Where do you sew and what are your favourite/least favourite things about your sewing space?  

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