A Look Inside

I don't have a huge sewing space, so I have to make the most of what I have.  Also, I need to be nimble and flexible because my only large cutting space is on the floor.

I try to keep everything tidy because there is little that is more frustrating that having your work space constantly covered with stuff.  From this angle, you can see my big wire-frame shelf.  This one is nice because it fits big plastic totes.  I don't have any up there at the moment because they are all out of the way in the attic.  Except for that rogue one in the bottom left-hand corner.  The table has an open space for working.  I also use the ironing board as a work space sometimes because it's higher and doesn't hurt my back to hover over it.

Note the most important thing in this room:  right above the window on the right it says PEACE.

In the opposite corner, you can see the non-wire shelf that holds all the tiny things that would normally fall through the holes in a wire shelf.  There is a thread organizer, which I find indispensable.  There is a plastic drawer cabinet up on top that holds all manner of notions.  This kind of doubles as 'me' storage and display.  I've won a few awards that I keep up there.  There's a vase that my friend gave me as a gift for being in her wedding.  It holds a beautiful bouquet of zippers.  There is a picture of one of my nieces up there somewhere.  You know... those things you love to have but don't want to display because people will think you're full of yourself.  Yeah, I display those proudly to myself.

This is me trying to be artistically inclined with my sewing machine.  It's a good sewing machine.  It does nothing fancy but it gets the job done.  And like any machine, you get to learn its quirks by listening to the machine spirit.  (I do not actually communicate with the machine spirit.  That is a Warhammer 40k reference.  You really just get to know how to troubleshoot your machine and learn what needs to be fixed based on what the symptoms are.)

This is my iron in all its artistic glory.  And that behind it is the color of my wall.  Because I read somewhere that purple inspires creativity.  That is all.

So there you have it.  That is my sewing room.  I hope you enjoyed the tour!