This month's sewing room goes to Holly DeGroot from the Bijou Lovely blog. This room is a sewer's heaven with all the storage, organization and color.It screams "get in her and make something beautiful!"
In this room Holly shares her creations, inspiration, and all things lovely. This blog is
primarily focused on sewing and quilting, but she also shares
tutorials,recipes and talk about interior and graphic design,
events, and gives an insight into her life when she is not creating.
Sewing Room Tour
I made sure to take some pictures of my sewing room while it was all cleaned up last weekend! Would you like to look around?
Here's the view when you walk in the door. The table in the center of
the room is used as both my cutting table and sewing table. I also
baste my quilts on it. My husband built it for me as my wedding gift
when we got married! It's big enough that I usually don't have to take
my sewing machine off unless I'm cutting a lot of yardage. I wish the
top was a bit bigger so the cutting mat fit completely, but this works
for now. We might replace the top with something larger down the road.
(Because some people are asking, I turn my chair around from the
computer desk to sew, the chair lifts up to the perfect height! I do
sew a little higher than you would at a normal table, but I find that
it's easier on my back since I'm not hunched over.)
Behind the table on the long wall is my new pegboard! I asked my
husband if he could frame out a piece of standard pegboard in pretty
trim to dress it up a bit. This is the newest addition to the room, he
just installed it a little over a week ago. I hang my rulers, scissors,
cutting mats, and washi tape on it, among other things. All the things
that I use a ton that aren't very easy to store elsewhere. As you can
see I still have lots of room to spare here.
I've hung a few mini quilts along this wall as well, my improv mini from Sewing Summit last year and the awesome typewriter mini from Jen.
Of course my fabric stash sits along the bottom of this wall as well!
Batting and home dec fabrics are stored in the corners, mainly because I
don't have anywhere else to put them.
If you turn back towards the left, you'll see my embroidery hoop art!
Lots of my favorite fabrics are framed here. A long dresser I thrifted
last year sits along this wall and holds all of my shipping supplies,
along with paper and paint. Eventually I'll switch it out for a similar
dresser that's white, but it's still half painted in my basement and I
don't see myself finishing it anytime soon.
Turning back towards the door, you can see my design wall and ironing
board setup. My husband built the design wall too, it's just some
plywood framed out with a reclaimed wood frame and wrapped with a layer
of batting. The ottomans in front of the design wall hold all of my
work supplies and folders, and offer a place to sit in case anyone wants
to visit me (which doesn't happen often in here!). The door near the
ironing board leads to a small walk in closet with more craft supplies.
Here's where you can find me most of the time during weekdays. Parked
in front of my desk and computer screen! The board on top holds my to
do lists, business cards, sketches and such.
This is where I'd actually prefer to be on weekdays... sorting through
my fabric stash! Yardage of all of my prints are stored on this side.
Solids and fat quarters are stored in the top of this side. Linens,
flannels, and home dec prints are in the bottom left and center stacks,
with multicolored quilting cottons on the right (I have such a hard time
with that stack!).
The middle shelves under the bench hold some WIPS and precuts, along
with my stash! Thread, bobbins, and some other special fabric
stacks live in small shelves on top here.
Notions, markers, and other things I use a ton are all organized in milk glass containers on the top of my shelves.
My scrap bin, binding, zippers, and more thread live on the other side.
On top of the bench I've got my spool pillow, ruffle quilt, and an amazing crewel pillow I thrifted recently. You can also see my washi tape and twine collection more clearly in this picture!
The sides of my cutting table provide a ton of storage too! This side
holds my stationary, camera supplies, paint swatches, notebooks and
patterns.
The other side holds my vintage sheets, thrifted fabrics, and work stuff.
The top of my dresser provides even more storage, with bins for selvages
and WIPs, and a basket full of pouches holding different handwork
projects.
My AMH flannels and voiles and some finished items sit on this cube next
to my dresser. The bins below hold my ribbon and even more craft
supplies. My little tv is also over here, but I rarely watch it! I
much prefer music to watching tv while sewing.
This little antique wooden cabinet holds all of my needles, pins, and
small rulers. I covered some old boxes with washi tape, those sit on
top! The little trophy is from my sister, she thinks I'm a winner! It
makes me laugh so I keep it here. :)
I think that about wraps up the tour! I kind of feel like a hoarder
after writing this post :) I have a ton of fabric and crafting
supplies, but it's all pretty organized! This room will likely evolve
over time just like any other room, but for now I'm calling it finished.
Hope you enjoyed the peek into my sewing room!
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Thanks Holly for showing us your space! We are really loving the colors and the feel of this room. BTW we also think you're a winner :( .. so that trophy is well deserved!
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Til next time,
<3,
The AGF team!
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