Friday, November 18, 2011

My little sewing area.... in a place you'd never imagine

A few years ago I had an entire room in my house to sew in. You can check it out here. When We were expecting our second child I knew I would have to relocate my sewing equipment. I though about all the areas in our house and finally decided to move into the master closet.

My husband and I have a large walk in closet with built in organizers with shelves and drawers.  At the time We kept all of our clothing in the closet and most of our bedroom furniture was empty. We had both been complaining that we had way to many clothes that we never wore. So we decided to downsize our wardrobes and move some clothing into our the bedroom furniture.

It took some creative organizing but it has been a great place for me to sew. I use our dinning room table to cut out patterns on and the rest of the sewing takes place in the closet. It's nice and quiet in there and it's in an area of the house where we don't have alot of traffice so I get some "me" time.  
 I have a few storage bins for storing my fabric, fabric scraps, sewing patterns, embroidery thread and tshirts in.  
 Sewing Thread and Overlock Thread
 I have a folding table and chair that I use to sew on.
Here are my serger and sewing machine.
When I am embroidering I place the embroidery machine up front. I have a small table beside the folding table that I store the embroidery machine on when I am not using it.
 Here is a shelving unit that I purchase to store my bolts of fabric and other sewing items on. I keep my cutting board behind it.
And here is one of my little assistants. Giving up my sewing room for her nusery was definetley worth it. Seeing this sweet girl sleeping happily in her crib every night it much better than a spacious area the sew :)

Anyone else have a unique area that you sew/craft in?
I'd love to hear how everyone accommodates their hobbies in their homes. 

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