Sewing Room

I'm fortunate enough to have a dedicated sewing room in our apartment. I'd call it the size of a kids bedroom with super high ceilings. I'm able to cram a lot of things in this room. From sewing supplies and fabric storage to school books, art supplies and dress forms to tons of interior decor items. In storing items I try to display the pieces that I love most so that I can constantly gain inspiration from the things around me.

One of my favorite items is this antique set of sewing drawers from an old treadle sewing machine. I was searching for storage solutions for scissors and other random sewing supplies and came across these beauties on ebay. I bid on a few other sets before winning these. They were a Christmas present from my parents. They're a great way to beautifully store sewing supplies that I can access from my sewing machine and I love their history. It's so neat to think that someone else sewed many lovely garments with these beauties by her side.

I guess that I'm becoming a collector of small urn vases? I pick them up whenever I spot them at thrift or antique stores. I tend to find something that I like and then start collecting.

Check out the stunning details of these drawers!

These inspiration boards fill my walls. I took old frames that I found inexpensively at thrift stores and made them into magnetic chalkboards. It's fun to fill them with images that inspire me.

The one on the right is my favorite. I love orange roses.

This miniature dress form was another of my favorite Christmas presents. It's more of a decoration for me than a tool. The large brass urn stores my various rulers and curves for pattern drafting.

My latest project. A Pet en'lair for a customer.

Sewing Room

::: Reminiscing :::

Thinking back to a time very long ago when I used to have a clean, well decorated sewing room. Pre-move. Sadly, my sewing room is still in the cleaning and decorating stages! I can still sew in it, but I have so many items that need to find a home somewhere other than the giant cutting table!

Looking at these pictures it's hard to believe that my sewing room was ever this organized. Since moving, I've been struggling to find room for all of my home decorating items (which reside under the giant cutting table) and extra fabric stash. If you don't have a fabric stash yet, never start one. They're horrible things! I have so many fabrics that I know I will never get around to sewing with, even if I could think up a handful of projects for them. Now I wish that I had the $$money$$ that I spent on that fabric! I've been selling some on Etsy...it sells rather well, actually (I guess others are building up their stashes!), but I can't seem to be rid of it fast enough. :)