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Posted by Charlotte Hippen on Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:39 PM Post subject: Re: Storage Ideas Needed
Thanks Patti. This is what I have done with all my quilting patterns. Since I only have a few sewing patterns I
suppose I could just deal with it, but because of their bulk and size compared to the sleeves they drive me nuts. --
Charlotte http://community.webshots.com/user/charh108 "Patti S" <Room2Move@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:28795-4542CD20-377@storefull-3151.bay.webtv.net... [quote:810f7c204f]Hi Charlotte, I have about 3 dozen patterns
that I store in two, 3-ring binders. I bought some of those clear plastic sleeves that you can use for presentations,
and I put 2 in each sleeve, back to back. You can find binders that are about 4 inches thick at any office supply store
and they will hold quite a few patterns. That way, they don't get dusty or faded, and you can just turn the pages to
find what you're looking for. The sleeves are also nice for storing templates that you make for the patterns, notes
you've made, etc - just keeps everything organized nicely in one place. I have one for Christmas stuff and one for
everything else. The binders store nicely on my bookshelf too. Patti in Seattle [/quote:810f7c204f]
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Posted by Butterflywings on Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:55 PM Post subject: Re: Books good, real quilters better
Hoping too :) Haven't made it to the Railroad park in Scottsdale and it isn't that far away! MUST put it on the
calendar:) At Mayo on Shea, big part of the reason we moved here was for me to go there...so far so good :) DH has been
a patient at the mayo Hospital a coupla of times already and the Dr says he may have to again before the hernia
surgery.....gotta get a clearance from having Valley Fever before he can have it :( He is much better..but they can't
say if it will be this year or next. Desert Flower Quilts Avenue of The Fountains-- Butterfly "KJ"
<KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote in message news:UuN_g.205371$FQ1.146562@attbi_s71... [quote:48d45ce5d3]So, you're
moving to Fountain Hills? When the kids were little we used to go out there on a drive so they could play in the grass
and see the fountain. That was on the days we didn't go to the railroad park instead. Are you seeing docs at Mayo or
Scottsdale Memorial North...er, maybe they don't call it that anymore. Anyway, the hospital at Shea and about 96th???if
my memory serves. There was always some friction when Mayo came to town. Where is the new quilt shop you found? KJ
"Butterflywings" <Butterfly_dash_wings@cox.net> wrote in message news:3iN_g.1163$zf3.401@fed1read03...
Funny you mentioned the power supply....he DID suggest we seriously look into the solar power thingie :) Right
now.....there is no pool-giving my pool boys a bit of a vacation AFTER we leave this place--it does have a pool....but
the boys aren't very cute. think Mz Jeanbaby got first pick :(. Maybe we'll have abetter selection up in Fountain
hills. AND believe it or not....................... Ya better be sittin down and HANG ONTO YOUR CHAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We were heading down one of the streets and we saw a QUILT sumpin or other sign on the front of a store---so Mr Joe
being the sweetie that he is-- DROPPED ME OFF The LQS just opened in June of THIS YEAR :) Being the polite quilter
that I am, I DID leave a bit of change there---her prices are normal ($8 /9 per yd)--and I only bought 3 yards
total......got the ONLY butterfly fabric she had---turquoise butterflies on white--but I did like it enuf to bring some
home:) Butterfly (sure glad *I* didn't join the fabric diet thingie this go round :) "polly esther"
<misterclean@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:7yB_g.10732$Lv3.5483@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... Well,
yes . . . probably. How did it go with the explaining to the nice builder what all we decided you Have to Have for your
sewing room - like your very own power company substation and droid and view of the pool (boy) ? Polly
"Butterflywings" wrote > (thinkin you'll hafta 'splain again this year ; ) [/quote:48d45ce5d3]
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Posted by KJ on Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:02 PM Post subject: Re: Books good, real quilters better
So, you're moving to Fountain Hills? When the kids were little we used to go out there on a drive so they could play
in the grass and see the fountain. That was on the days we didn't go to the railroad park instead. Are you seeing
docs at Mayo or Scottsdale Memorial North...er, maybe they don't call it that anymore. Anyway, the hospital at Shea
and about 96th???if my memory serves. There was always some friction when Mayo came to town. Where is the new quilt
shop you found? KJ "Butterflywings" <Butterfly_dash_wings@cox.net> wrote in message
news:3iN_g.1163$zf3.401@fed1read03... [quote:9893362755]Funny you mentioned the power supply....he DID suggest we
seriously look into the solar power thingie :) Right now.....there is no pool-giving my pool boys a bit of a vacation
AFTER we leave this place--it does have a pool....but the boys aren't very cute. think Mz Jeanbaby got first pick :(.
Maybe we'll have abetter selection up in Fountain hills. AND believe it or not....................... Ya better be
sittin down and HANG ONTO YOUR CHAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were heading down one of the streets and we saw a QUILT sumpin
or other sign on the front of a store---so Mr Joe being the sweetie that he is-- DROPPED ME OFF The LQS just opened in
June of THIS YEAR :) Being the polite quilter that I am, I DID leave a bit of change there---her prices are normal ($8
/9 per yd)--and I only bought 3 yards total......got the ONLY butterfly fabric she had---turquoise butterflies on white
--but I did like it enuf to bring some home:) Butterfly (sure glad *I* didn't join the fabric diet thingie this go
round :) "polly esther" <misterclean@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:7yB_g.10732$Lv3.5483@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... Well, yes . . . probably. How did it go with the
explaining to the nice builder what all we decided you Have to Have for your sewing room - like your very own power
company substation and droid and view of the pool (boy) ? Polly "Butterflywings" wrote > (thinkin
you'll hafta 'splain again this year ; ) [/quote:9893362755]
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Posted by Butterflywings on Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:49 PM Post subject: Re: Books good, real quilters better
Funny you mentioned the power supply....he DID suggest we seriously look into the solar power thingie :) Right
now.....there is no pool-giving my pool boys a bit of a vacation AFTER we leave this place--it does have a pool....but
the boys aren't very cute. think Mz Jeanbaby got first pick :(. Maybe we'll have abetter selection up in Fountain
hills. AND believe it or not....................... Ya better be sittin down and HANG ONTO YOUR CHAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We were heading down one of the streets and we saw a QUILT sumpin or other sign on the front of a store---so Mr Joe
being the sweetie that he is-- DROPPED ME OFF The LQS just opened in June of THIS YEAR :) Being the polite quilter
that I am, I DID leave a bit of change there---her prices are normal ($8 /9 per yd)--and I only bought 3 yards
total......got the ONLY butterfly fabric she had---turquoise butterflies on white--but I did like it enuf to bring some
home:) Butterfly (sure glad *I* didn't join the fabric diet thingie this go round :) "polly esther"
<misterclean@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:7yB_g.10732$Lv3.5483@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
[quote:742f92e90a]Well, yes . . . probably. How did it go with the explaining to the nice builder what all we decided
you Have to Have for your sewing room - like your very own power company substation and droid and view of the pool (boy)
? Polly "Butterflywings" wrote > (thinkin you'll hafta 'splain again this year ; ) [/quote:742f92e90a]
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Posted by Kate Dicey on Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:02 PM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
Kate G. wrote: [quote:2e7ab68193]Mine isn't... but I want it to be! So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your
sewing spaces... so please attach a link. Or tell me what works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13
thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which
I love but make furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of the house). One wall is about 2/3
used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors or without? shelves? Wire or solid?
Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine) embroidery machine
-- my thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly. If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to use one
for piecing... while the other is stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the
kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!) http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
My room is a tad smaller than yours. There are plenty of pix of it in[/quote:2e7ab68193] various stages of disarray on
my web site... I did have a tidy-up page up a while back, but took it down to make room for more projects. I keep the
stash elsewhere: there's too much equipment and thread/notions/half completed projects for me to house the fabric
there, so it is all neatly stashed in labelled boxes in the loft. I'll put some new pix up on the web site soon. I'm
getting two new to me sewing machines in the near future, and need to find room to house them! :) -- Kate XXXXXX
R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Kate G. on Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:16 PM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
Would love to do that! You'll need to come back and see mine. Only about 1/3 of the way there... but making progress.
Maybe I'll bring my new Pfaff 7570 and you can help me figure her out. I know that isn't the machine you have -- but I
would think for the most part they are about the same. I've never seen an embroidery machine up close and personal.
Mine arrived last week and it's still sitting there. DH asked that I not set it up on the dining room table. So he's
been helping me get the sewing room organized to I can get it set up in there. Take care. Kate
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- "Don/Gen" <Donovanhenderson@msn.com> wrote in message
news:qC91h.82$kZ1.1166@eagle.america.net... [quote:6af39385d8]You'll just have to come down and see for yourself!!!!!!!
Gen "Kate G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... Mine isn't... but I want it to be! So let's share! I'd love to
see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. Or tell me what works? My room isn't particularly
large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling
windows (which I love but make furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of the house). One wall
is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors or without? shelves? Wire
or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine)
embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly. If you have two machines that you actively use
(I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule
of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!)
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- [/quote:6af39385d8]
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Posted by Kate G. on Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:13 PM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
I agree.... floor to ceiling... only way to go! Cuz we can't get enough floor only! LOL Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- "Patti" <Patti@quik.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
news:qKi6Q5B4pFRFJA6p@quik.clara.co.uk... [quote:67a0dcaf05]You will get much better ideas, I know, but the one thing I
will venture to say is to remember 'height'. If you have limited wall space, make use of it all and make sure cupboards
and shelves etc go right to the ceiling. You can keep a small stool to stand on if necessary. I am tall, so I always
look to use 'up to ceiling' space; I find that most people who are shorter than I, don't gg . In message
<NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com>, Kate G. <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net writes Mine isn't... but I
want it to be! So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. Or tell me
what works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The other two are:
Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but make furniture arrangement strange as this looks
right out the front of the house). One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the rest?
Cabinets? with doors or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do you store your
thread? With a new (new to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly.
If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is stitching
embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in MI (eager
to see pics of your spaces!) http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- Best Regards pat on the
hill[/quote:67a0dcaf05]
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Posted by Julia in MN on Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:13 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
12x13 sounds pretty big compared to mine, which is about 8x10 plus the corner with the built-in desk. It's usually
pretty cluttered -- which I had more storage room. Guess I need to get better organized or get rid of some stuff.
Photos, etc. at <http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/SewingRoom.html> Julia in MN Kate G. wrote:
[quote:af5ac32e3f]Mine isn't... but I want it to be! So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces...
so please attach a link. Or tell me what works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really
only 2 walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but make furniture
arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of the house). One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So
how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers?
How do you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely
grow pretty quickly. If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while the other
is stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate
in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!) http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves [/quote:af5ac32e3f] -- This
message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/
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Posted by Don/Gen on Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:07 PM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
You'll just have to come down and see for yourself!!!!!!! Gen "Kate G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net>
wrote in message news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... [quote:4f54d418c2]Mine isn't... but I want it to
be! So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. Or tell me what
works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The other two are: Closet and
room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but make furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out
the front of the house). One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with
doors or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do you store your thread? With a new
(new to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly. If you have two
machines that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is stitching embroidery) -- how do you
arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your
spaces!) http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- [/quote:4f54d418c2]
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Posted by Patti on Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:38 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
You will get much better ideas, I know, but the one thing I will venture to say is to remember 'height'. If you have
limited wall space, make use of it all and make sure cupboards and shelves etc go right to the ceiling. You can keep
a small stool to stand on if necessary. I am tall, so I always look to use 'up to ceiling' space; I find that most
people who are shorter than I, don't >gg< .. In message <NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com>, Kate
G. <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> writes [quote:3c872990c7]Mine isn't... but I want it to be! So let's share!
I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. Or tell me what works? My room isn't
particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry door;
floor to ceiling windows (which I love but make furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of the
house). One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors or
without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do you store your thread? With a new (new to
me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly. If you have two machines
that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange
them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!)
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves [/quote:3c872990c7] -- Best Regards pat on the hill
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Posted by Kate G. on Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:23 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
I've thought about the wire shelves... do you have any problem with stuff falling through? I don't buy that many large
cuts of fabic... mostly 1 yards and FQ's. I have more small/medium bins than anything else! Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- "Kathy Applebaum" <KathyA@KayneyNOSPAMQuilting.com>
wrote in message news:PpS0h.916$wX.201@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... [quote:3b642a3fda]Going counter-clockwise from the
door, my sewing room has a wall that is all closet, a wall with a large (but not floor-to-ceiling) window, a plain
narrow wall, and an angled wall that comes back to the entry door. I took the doors off the closet, installed wire
shelves, and it's now fabric and supply storage. The window wall has my treadle and cutting table -- when I need my
e-machine or serger, it goes onto the cutting table. (Both are stored on the floor right next to the cutting table, and
the e-machine stays plugged in for use at a moment's notice). The short wall has a design wall with the ironing board
right in front of it. That design wall is mostly used for small stuff, like a block I'm actively assembling. The angled
wall is all design wall. My thread is in a couple of the Sulky boxes
(http://www.sulky.com/slimline/index_slimline.php). (I keep the cones at work, on custom made racks.) Other supplies are
in boxes below the wire shelves or below my cutting table, depending on how often I use them. The work flow is great as
long as I keep the room neat. (Quite a task for me! LOL) -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps
mailto:KathyA@KayneyNOSPAMQuilting.com http://fabrictramp.typepad.com/fabric_tramping/ remove the obvious to reply
"Kate G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... Mine isn't... but I want it to be! So let's share! I'd love to
see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. Or tell me what works? My room isn't particularly
large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling
windows (which I love but make furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of the house). One wall
is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors or without? shelves? Wire
or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine)
embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly. If you have two machines that you actively use
(I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule
of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!)
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- [/quote:3b642a3fda]
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Posted by Kate G. on Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:19 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
How frustrating to be living in limbo. BTDT.... and I'll agree.... it's no fun! Hopefully once you are moved and
settled you'll have the perfect (well -=- perfect for you!) sewing studio! Thanks Kate in MI PS -- watch your
mailbox... I'm slow... real slow... but eventually I get things done! ;-) --
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves "maryd" <mardor@*net> wrote in message
news:12k7sli480ts147@corp.supernews.com... [quote:1fc4d6d01c]I wish.... Right now I cut and sew at the dining table.
Ironing board is set up nearby. Most of my stash is packed and stacked in what was to be my craft room. Batting is in
the guest bedroom. Current projects and scrap basket in the living room. Preparing to move when you don't know when or
where you are moving is a PITA. -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "Kate G."
<grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... : Mine
isn't... but I want it to be! : : So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a
link. : : Or tell me what works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 : walls.
The other two are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but : make furniture arrangement
strange as this looks right out the front of the house). : : One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I
maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors : or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? : :
How do you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my : thread supply will
likely grow pretty quickly. : : If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while
the other is : stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen : triangle?
: : HELP! : : Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!) : http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : : : -- : :
: [/quote:1fc4d6d01c]
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Posted by Kate G. on Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:18 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
WOW -- what a wonderful space! Those white boxes are nice -- but I'm not sure I'd like not seeing what is inside...
but I guess if they were labeled... I have a few of those little plastic drawer units. I think I will be purchasing
more to store thread and other embroidery machine "stuff". I thought I had a lot of books/magazines. WOW --
you've been collecting a long time! I cleaned out about 4 years worth last fall -- tearing out pages of things I
wanted to keep -- and losing the rest! Thanks for all the good ideas! Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- "Cats" <CATS@NO.SPAM.com> wrote in message
news:4543f0c6_1@news.chariot.net.au... [quote:30c7540a6a]http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/471547456lAZvXS My
"play pen" has been rearranged a bit since these, and is used by about two dozen sewers each week at classes
and sit-n-sews. It's about 30' X 24' overall I think. http://home-and-
garden.webshots.com/photo/1471614090075796722DXPBLP Most of the shelving is from Ikea, and most of the boxes are from
the Post Office. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1471614065075796722zujnsG I made the work tables - 6 tables
6' X 3', one raised for pinning. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2992397730075796722TlpYgL The plastic drawer
units come from a local discount store and just fit on the tall book cases and shelves. http://home-and-
garden.webshots.com/photo/2232332200075796722ayYMcJ Numbers on some days dictate that even my kitchen must run like a
cafe! At Christmas time (long school break over here so fewer classes) I usually take everything down and give it a
thorough sort and clean. This year I really need to tidy up the "library" shelves. -- Cheryl & the Cats
in OZ o o o o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness
Boofhead Donut http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Kate
G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... :
Mine isn't... but I want it to be! : : So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please
attach a link. : : Or tell me what works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 :
walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but : make furniture
arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of the house). : : One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall.
So how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors : or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire
drawers? : : How do you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my : thread
supply will likely grow pretty quickly. : : If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to use one for
piecing... while the other is : stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the
kitchen : triangle? : : HELP! : : Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!) :
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : : : -- : : : [/quote:30c7540a6a]
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Posted by Kate G. on Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:03 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
In answer to your PC question ... yes and no. I did work for a Richard Rieck... but in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Does
that count? The drawer thing from Walmart... was that back with tools... or in housewares? I'll have to check it out!
Thanks! Kate in MI http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- "steve" <stevenc707@gci.net> wrote
in message news:12k7r4te71ckp97@corp.supernews.com... [quote:8153b034d9]Hi Kate I have a desk upstairs for general
sewing and a folding table downstairs for my embroidery machine. If there is a "triangle rule" mine is
awfully big. Anyways, I went to Walmart and got one of those toolshop drawer things, 18 drawers, and labeled them with
the thread numbers for the embroidery thread for my embroidery machine. It keeps it all in one place and in order when
I need to look up numbers. I suspect though that if I really get in to it big time, I will need another one or have a
separate storage box for mass storage of extras spools that I have on hand to replace used ones. P.S. Did you work for
Rick Reich in the Acme/Williamsburg area? If you did, you might have known my dad at the barbershop in Acme. I'll
explain later. Steve "Kate G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... Mine isn't... but I want it to be! So let's share! I'd love to
see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. Or tell me what works? My room isn't particularly
large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling
windows (which I love but make furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of the house). One wall
is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors or without? shelves? Wire
or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine)
embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly. If you have two machines that you actively use
(I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule
of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!)
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- [/quote:8153b034d9]
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Posted by Cats on Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:07 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/471547456lAZvXS My "play pen" has been rearranged a bit since these,
and is used by about two dozen sewers each week at classes and sit-n-sews. It's about 30' X 24' overall I think.
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1471614090075796722DXPBLP Most of the shelving is from Ikea, and most of the
boxes are from the Post Office. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1471614065075796722zujnsG I made the work
tables - 6 tables 6' X 3', one raised for pinning. http://home-and-
garden.webshots.com/photo/2992397730075796722TlpYgL The plastic drawer units come from a local discount store and just
fit on the tall book cases and shelves. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2232332200075796722ayYMcJ Numbers on
some days dictate that even my kitchen must run like a cafe! At Christmas time (long school break over here so fewer
classes) I usually take everything down and give it a thorough sort and clean. This year I really need to tidy up the
"library" shelves. -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o o o o o ( > Y <
) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Kate G."
<grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... : Mine
isn't... but I want it to be! : : So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach
a link. : : Or tell me what works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 : walls.
The other two are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but : make furniture arrangement
strange as this looks right out the front of the house). : : One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I
maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors : or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? : :
How do you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my : thread supply will
likely grow pretty quickly. : : If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while
the other is : stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen : triangle?
: : HELP! : : Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!) : http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : : : -- :
: :
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Posted by Kathy Applebaum on Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:16 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
Going counter-clockwise from the door, my sewing room has a wall that is all closet, a wall with a large (but not
floor-to-ceiling) window, a plain narrow wall, and an angled wall that comes back to the entry door. I took the doors
off the closet, installed wire shelves, and it's now fabric and supply storage. The window wall has my treadle and
cutting table -- when I need my e-machine or serger, it goes onto the cutting table. (Both are stored on the floor
right next to the cutting table, and the e-machine stays plugged in for use at a moment's notice). The short wall has a
design wall with the ironing board right in front of it. That design wall is mostly used for small stuff, like a block
I'm actively assembling. The angled wall is all design wall. My thread is in a couple of the Sulky boxes
(http://www.sulky.com/slimline/index_slimline.php). (I keep the cones at work, on custom made racks.) Other supplies
are in boxes below the wire shelves or below my cutting table, depending on how often I use them. The work flow is
great as long as I keep the room neat. (Quite a task for me! LOL) -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps
mailto:KathyA@KayneyNOSPAMQuilting.com http://fabrictramp.typepad.com/fabric_tramping/ remove the obvious to reply
"Kate G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... [quote:3b9cb743b7]Mine isn't... but I want it to be! So let's
share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. Or tell me what works? My room
isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry
door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but make furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of
the house). One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors or
without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do you store your thread? With a new (new to
me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly. If you have two machines
that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange
them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!)
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- [/quote:3b9cb743b7]
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Posted by maryd on Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:15 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
I wish.... Right now I cut and sew at the dining table. Ironing board is set up nearby. Most of my stash is packed
and stacked in what was to be my craft room. Batting is in the guest bedroom. Current projects and scrap basket in
the living room. Preparing to move when you don't know when or where you are moving is a PITA. -- Mary
http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "Kate G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... : Mine isn't... but I want it to be! : : So let's share! I'd love
to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. : : Or tell me what works? My room isn't
particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 : walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry door;
floor to ceiling windows (which I love but : make furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of
the house). : : One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors :
or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? : : How do you store your thread? With a new (new
to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my : thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly. : : If you have two
machines that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is : stitching embroidery) -- how do
you arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen : triangle? : : HELP! : : Kate in MI (eager to see pics
of your spaces!) : http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : : : -- : : :
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Posted by steve on Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:49 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
Hi Kate I have a desk upstairs for general sewing and a folding table downstairs for my embroidery machine. If there
is a "triangle rule" mine is awfully big. Anyways, I went to Walmart and got one of those toolshop drawer
things, 18 drawers, and labeled them with the thread numbers for the embroidery thread for my embroidery machine. It
keeps it all in one place and in order when I need to look up numbers. I suspect though that if I really get in to it
big time, I will need another one or have a separate storage box for mass storage of extras spools that I have on hand
to replace used ones. P.S. Did you work for Rick Reich in the Acme/Williamsburg area? If you did, you might have
known my dad at the barbershop in Acme. I'll explain later. Steve "Kate G."
<grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... Mine isn't...
but I want it to be! So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. Or
tell me what works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The other two
are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but make furniture arrangement strange as this
looks right out the front of the house). One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the
rest? Cabinets? with doors or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do you store
your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely grow pretty
quickly. If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is stitching
embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in MI (eager
to see pics of your spaces!) http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves --
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Posted by Kate G. on Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:03 PM Post subject: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
Mine isn't... but I want it to be! So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach
a link. Or tell me what works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The
other two are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but make furniture arrangement
strange as this looks right out the front of the house). One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I
maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do
you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely grow
pretty quickly. If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is
stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in
MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!) http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves --
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Posted by Kate G. on Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:12 PM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
WOW! I thought I had a lot of fabric and "stuff". You put me to shame! Guess I need to go shopping!
Thanks for the ideas! Kate in MI http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- "jennellh" <
quiltinepean-mail@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:1162091974.740390.146920@e64g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
[quote:ee542af252]Hi Kate - my sewing room album is available for viewing on my webshots page. I have just uploaded the
panoramic view of the room which shows it full-circle. In the centre I have two sewing desks facing each other and
usually my drop-leaf cutting table is in there also - when one leaf is raised, the table forms a bridge with the other
sewing desks for large projects - otherwise, I use a second ironing board to give me extra support for quilting - I
usually have a cat or two resting there at this point. I have been using my brother 1500 on the dining room table
during the summer so that I could sew under the ceiling fan. This was a lifesaver while I worked on the big church
quilt. I recently found $2 plastic shoe boxes on sale at one of our 'economy' stores and I have used them for fat
quarter storage - each box will hold up to 60 of the little beauties. I have several different methods for thread
storage - I use rubbermaid flip-top boxes for cones (12 + per box) and assorted tins for smaller spools (I plan to make
magnetic labels for all my tins for content identification). Stabilizers, fusible webs etc. are rolled and stored
upright in a plastic garbage tub or on the original store bolt. My ironing board is always set up in front of the
window and is also useful for rotary cutting - I have several sizes of mdf board that I will use to support a cutting
mat when necessary. Most of my fabric is stored on metal shelving units and the stacks of fabric on the wooden shelves
are sitting on shelf liner so there is no constant contact with the surface of the wood. There isn't much visible floor
space right now - as usual, I am making a mess again! jennellh (change the mail to news)
http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl Kate G. wrote: Mine isn't... but I want it to be! So let's share! I'd
love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. Or tell me what works? My room isn't
particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry door;
floor to ceiling windows (which I love but make furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of the
house). One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors or
without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers? How do you store your thread? With a new (new to
me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly. If you have two machines
that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while the other is stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange
them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!)
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- [/quote:ee542af252]
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Posted by Cats on Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:34 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
That looks so much like my sewing room it's spooky! Ikea shelving? -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o
o o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "jennellh" <
quiltinepean-mail@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:1162091974.740390.146920@e64g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... : Hi Kate
- my sewing room album is available for viewing on my webshots : page. I have just uploaded the panoramic view of the
room which shows : it full-circle. In the centre I have two sewing desks facing each : other and usually my drop-leaf
cutting table is in there also - when : one leaf is raised, the table forms a bridge with the other sewing : desks for
large projects - otherwise, I use a second ironing board to : give me extra support for quilting - I usually have a cat
or two : resting there at this point. : : I have been using my brother 1500 on the dining room table during the :
summer so that I could sew under the ceiling fan. This was a lifesaver : while I worked on the big church quilt. : : I
recently found $2 plastic shoe boxes on sale at one of our 'economy' : stores and I have used them for fat quarter
storage - each box will : hold up to 60 of the little beauties. I have several different methods : for thread storage
- I use rubbermaid flip-top boxes for cones (12 + : per box) and assorted tins for smaller spools (I plan to make
magnetic : labels for all my tins for content identification). Stabilizers, : fusible webs etc. are rolled and stored
upright in a plastic garbage : tub or on the original store bolt. : : My ironing board is always set up in front of the
window and is also : useful for rotary cutting - I have several sizes of mdf board that I : will use to support a
cutting mat when necessary. : : Most of my fabric is stored on metal shelving units and the stacks of : fabric on the
wooden shelves are sitting on shelf liner so there is no : constant contact with the surface of the wood. : : There
isn't much visible floor space right now - as usual, I am making : a mess again! : : jennellh (change the mail to news)
: http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl : : Kate G. wrote: : > Mine isn't... but I want it to be! : > : >
So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces... so please attach a link. : > : > Or tell me
what works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 : > walls. The other two
are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but : > make furniture arrangement strange
as this looks right out the front of the house). : > : > One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do
I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors : > or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire
drawers? : > : > How do you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my :
> thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly. : > : > If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan
to use one for piecing... while the other is : > stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule
of thumb like the kitchen : > triangle? : > : > HELP! : > : > Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your
spaces!) : > http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : > : > : > -- :
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Posted by jennellh on Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:19 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
Hi Kate - my sewing room album is available for viewing on my webshots page. I have just uploaded the panoramic view of
the room which shows it full-circle. In the centre I have two sewing desks facing each other and usually my drop-leaf
cutting table is in there also - when one leaf is raised, the table forms a bridge with the other sewing desks for large
projects - otherwise, I use a second ironing board to give me extra support for quilting - I usually have a cat or two
resting there at this point. I have been using my brother 1500 on the dining room table during the summer so that I
could sew under the ceiling fan. This was a lifesaver while I worked on the big church quilt. I recently found $2
plastic shoe boxes on sale at one of our 'economy' stores and I have used them for fat quarter storage - each box will
hold up to 60 of the little beauties. I have several different methods for thread storage - I use rubbermaid flip-top
boxes for cones (12 + per box) and assorted tins for smaller spools (I plan to make magnetic labels for all my tins for
content identification). Stabilizers, fusible webs etc. are rolled and stored upright in a plastic garbage tub or on
the original store bolt. My ironing board is always set up in front of the window and is also useful for rotary cutting
- I have several sizes of mdf board that I will use to support a cutting mat when necessary. Most of my fabric is
stored on metal shelving units and the stacks of fabric on the wooden shelves are sitting on shelf liner so there is no
constant contact with the surface of the wood. There isn't much visible floor space right now - as usual, I am making a
mess again! jennellh (change the mail to news) http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl Kate G. wrote:
[quote:34fd065892]Mine isn't... but I want it to be! So let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing spaces...
so please attach a link. Or tell me what works? My room isn't particularly large (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really
only 2 walls. The other two are: Closet and room entry door; floor to ceiling windows (which I love but make furniture
arrangement strange as this looks right out the front of the house). One wall is about 2/3 used by my design wall. So
how do I maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors or without? shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or wire drawers?
How do you store your thread? With a new (new to me... used machine) embroidery machine -- my thread supply will likely
grow pretty quickly. If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to use one for piecing... while the other
is stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is there a rule of thumb like the kitchen triangle? HELP! Kate
in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!) http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves --[/quote:34fd065892]
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Posted by Cats on Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:27 AM Post subject: Re: Is your Sewing Space "put together"?
lol I know most people have a love affair with plastic boxes, but I never got over my conviction that fabric should
not be stored in plastic. The boxes are all labelled and are just the right size to take folded fabric on edge so I
can see everything at a glance when I lift the lids. But plastic drawer units - ah, that is another matter entirely.
At last count I had about 2doz, with countless other small boxes and trays for threads, needles, pins, thimbles,
cutters, other tools, markers, beads, . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Most of my non-quilty sewing stuff has been relegated
to a shed/garage right next to the house. -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o o o o o (
> Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Kate G."
<grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message news:-dqdnV7GFc_0ktnYnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@comcast.com... : WOW -- what
a wonderful space! Those white boxes are nice -- but I'm not sure I'd like not seeing : what is inside... but I guess
if they were labeled... I have a few of those little plastic drawer : units. I think I will be purchasing more to
store thread and other embroidery machine "stuff". : : I thought I had a lot of books/magazines. WOW --
you've been collecting a long time! I cleaned out : about 4 years worth last fall -- tearing out pages of things I
wanted to keep -- and losing the : rest! : : Thanks for all the good ideas! : : Kate in MI :
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : : : -- : : : "Cats" <CATS@NO.SPAM.com> wrote in message
news:4543f0c6_1@news.chariot.net.au... : > http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/471547456lAZvXS : > My
"play pen" has been rearranged a bit since these, and is : > used by about two dozen sewers each week at
classes and : > sit-n-sews. It's about 30' X 24' overall I think. : > http://home-and-
garden.webshots.com/photo/1471614090075796722DXPBLP : > Most of the shelving is from Ikea, and most of the boxes are
: > from the Post Office. : > http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1471614065075796722zujnsG : > I made
the work tables - 6 tables 6' X 3', one raised for : > pinning. : > http://home-and-
garden.webshots.com/photo/2992397730075796722TlpYgL : > The plastic drawer units come from a local discount store :
> and just fit on the tall book cases and shelves. : > http://home-and-
garden.webshots.com/photo/2232332200075796722ayYMcJ : > Numbers on some days dictate that even my kitchen must run :
> like a cafe! : > : > At Christmas time (long school break over here so fewer : > classes) I usually take
everything down and give it a : > thorough sort and clean. This year I really need to tidy up : > the
"library" shelves. : > -- : > : > Cheryl & the Cats in OZ : > o o o o
o o : > ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) : > Enness Boofhead Donut : >
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest : > catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau : > : > : > "Kate
G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message : >
news:NridnSCGCqU6Tt7YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... : > : Mine isn't... but I want it to be! : > : : > : So
let's share! I'd love to see pictures of your sewing : > spaces... so please attach a link. : > : : > : Or
tell me what works? My room isn't particularly large : > (12 x 13 thereabouts) with really only 2 : > : walls.
The other two are: Closet and room entry door; : > floor to ceiling windows (which I love but : > : make
furniture arrangement strange as this looks right out : > the front of the house). : > : : > : One wall is
about 2/3 used by my design wall. So how do I : > maximize the rest? Cabinets? with doors : > : or without?
shelves? Wire or solid? Solid drawers or : > wire drawers? : > : : > : How do you store your thread? With a
new (new to me... : > used machine) embroidery machine -- my : > : thread supply will likely grow pretty quickly.
: > : : > : If you have two machines that you actively use (I plan to : > use one for piecing... while the
other is : > : stitching embroidery) -- how do you arrange them? Is : > there a rule of thumb like the kitchen :
> : triangle? : > : : > : HELP! : > : : > : Kate in MI (eager to see pics of your spaces!) : > :
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : > : : > : : > : -- : > : : > : : > : : > : > : :
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Posted by Cats on Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:26 PM Post subject: Re: OT - Resurfacing for quilty air!
Tina So nice to see you back online. Glad the move has had such a good finale but horrified to hear about all the
injuries you suffered. Take Care of yourself. Wish I could meet you all at the SHOW - but maybe one day. -- Cheryl
& the Cats in OZ o o o o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < )
Enness Boofhead Donut http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau
"Tina" <tina@ogd-graphics.com> wrote in message
news:1161265001.148321.90860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... : Hi, my name is Tina and I now live in Katy, Texas and I
used to be a : quiltaholic! : : That was, of course, until our family decided to sell two houses and : buy a bigger
house in another city! : : Well, after a summer and what, 5 months of total chaos, packing, : cleaning, trashing,
sorting, boxing, moving, unpacking, cleaning, : sorting, trashing some more...... : : We are now into our new house -
for the most part. Today, tomorrow and : Sunday DH and I will finish getting the "stored" boxes out of the
: garages of the old houses, mostly holiday stuff that will be needed : pretty soon, just weren't imperative right
away. Tomorrow, Saturday : and Sunday we will open both houses up for a "Moving and Yard Sale" to : just
flat sell whatever we left in both houses. : : But the big, "Drumroooooolllll pleeeeeeese......" I FINALLY
got to : start setting up my spare/sewing room this week !!!!!! Hallelujiah for : me and for DH, I guess. He was
starting to wonder when all those : plastic tubs sitting out in the new garage were going to start : dwindling away...
: : Well, I have resorted all the fabric, every "color" is now in its : respective tub and the tubs with
miscellaneous sewing/quilting : supplies, books, magazines, patterns, etc. are slowly but surely being : unpacked and
sorted through and finding a new home, drawer, shelf, in : the new sewing area. : : It sure has improved my spirits the
last few days to sit in the floor : up there, and just slowly sort through years worth of sewing and craft : supplies
that either couldn't be used or couldn't be found because they : were all packed away in boxes or tubs in the garage
because there just : flat wasn't room for them in the itty bitty house! : : This is going to be the coolest room I have
ever had in my life. : Albeit a bit cramped because the "spare" room is a bit small. (It will : be awesome
when the family gets the full "game room" back upstairs : after hubby finds a commercial space for his
business!) But it is : SOOOOO awesome to be able to have ONE whole room dedicated to sewing, : quilting and crafts!
Not just the dining room table (and no formal : place to eat dinners), not out in the garage, exposed to the elements
: and dust! But a whole, entire ROOM in the house! I have discovered : over the course of the last three days - that
I actually own enough : craft, sewing, quilting stuff, to have my own craft store! LOL Told : DH yesterday, that I
could have an after school craft group for kids. : : I inherited a small chest of drawers unit from DH in the move
(since we : both now have HUGE walk-in closets with whole walls of shelves) and : that chest of drawers is now crafters
heaven! One whole drawer : dedicated to glue! LOL I know, sounds ridiculous, but we have about : 10 glue guns now,
and I have located about 5000 glue sticks! A : gazillion different kinds of ribbons and embellishments! One whole :
drawer dedicated to jewelry making, wire, beads, etc. : : I have one of DH's shelving units in the room now - it is
stacked, : FLOOR TO CEILING with tubs full of quilting fabric in a rainbow of : (organized) colors! Easily accessible
and viewable! : : The new daybed (newly retired mom's "home away from home") and the : location of the
impromptu hotel for any and every quilter who dares : make their way through Texas (hint, hint, hint!) is a terrific
spot : for me to take a break, and a great place (underneath) to store the : shallower tubs that hold individual quilt
projects and lay the extra : cutting mats flat. : : I finally unearthed at least one of the family digital cameras :
yesterday - so will try to take some photos today. I really wish we : would have taken video as we were going along,
or that I would have at : least had one of the cameras to take some "before and after" pictures : as the
spare/sewing room was coming together. But it will be fun to : finally be able to participate in that "Show us
your sewing room : photos" thread the next time it comes up! <g> : : Health is holding up as well as can be
expected under the stress of : selling, buying and moving. The stomach flu ran through the kids : (literally) as of
the actual moving day. That pretty much sucked. My : herniated discs have tried repeatedly to convince me that their
idea of : R&R and healing, is NOT packing, moving and unpacking. I pulled my : shoulder out, impinged and
ultimately tore my rotator cuff tendon in : the process. For anyone who hasn't done this one yet - I really, :
strongly suggest you avoid it at all costs! And if you are right : handed, whatever you do, if you DO decide you just
want to try out a : torn rotator cuff tendon, DON'T, whatever you do, tear the right one : !!!!! You will be
absolutely and overwhelmingly amazed at all the : things you do with your right hand, that require the use and
rotation : of your right shoulder ! Can you say "better and more survivable : living through pain
medication"? : : The teenager is in the new high school out here. A choice she made for : herself before we even
closed on the new house and moved. It's been : rough for her, but she has decided that she won't be a "drop
out" and : she won't settle for a GED so she is going to scratch, claw, bite and : fight her way to a diploma.
Did I mention how proud I am of this tough : cookie? : : The little guy has had an extremely rough and emotional time
adjusting : to the new school and missing all his friends at his old school. He : was Mister Popularity at the old
school and finds it rather upsetting : not to be "Known" by everyone here and have an immediate and endless
: supply of friends and playmates. It is finally starting to get : better......but as the old adage goes, "It
just takes time...." We : have scheduled a "Getting to know you/Halloween party" for next Friday : to
invite neighborhood kids and kids from school over to play games and : hopefully initiate some new friendships in the
neighborhood. : : Anyway..... I haven't sewn a stitch in what, almost six months now? I : did catch up on Birthday
Blocks back in June I guess, but have been : behind ever since. I still haven't put the binding on the baby quilt I :
made for the baby that was born in May ?!?!?!? But I will do that : this/next month and give it to her for Christmas
at least. I did : manage to pick out fabric over the last couple of days as I was : sorting, to catch up/finish up
blocks for the Birthday swap before the : year is over with, sheesh! : : Next week of course begins The Greatest Show
On Earth....ummmm, wait, : that's the Circus isn't it...? Oh yeah, I mean, the International : Quilt Festival !!!!!!
Same difference right? The Greatest Show on : Earth AND a circus, LOL! I am scheduled to work set up next week and a
: few days during market and Festival - but all things considered and : after overwhelming myself last year - I did NOT
commit myself to a lot : of festival work days this year. This year I am going to take more : time to enjoy it for
myself and spend time with my RCTQ friends from : out of town (hurry up Jeanne and Pati!, your reservations are made!)
I : figure surely, several days spent among amazing quilts, buying and : adding to my stash, a couple of classes and
hours of fun and frivolity : with the quilty girls, will definitely get me right back into my : Quiltaholism ! Right
?!?!?!? : : I have missed you all terribly. Just dropping in occasionally to read : and rarely respond to a post here
or there, just isn't the same as : being able to sew along with you and feel like a real participant. I : have cried
with your tears and danced when you've danced, even if I : didn't share it publicly. : : And just so you know, my HUG
was NEVER packed away. It was hand held : and hand carried and hand delivered and I have sat with it for many a :
moment to remind myself, You still have quilty friends out there and : they will still be there when you come up for
air. Now my HUG has a : place of honor, displayed on the end of the new daybed, for everyone to : admire as they walk
into my new spare/sewing/craft room, and for me to : touch, fondle, and grab when I finally drop exhausted, onto the
daybed : for a moments respite and a chance to recharge my quiltaholic heart. : : Love and HUGS to you all, : I'm
baaaaaaaaaaack! : Tina :
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Posted by teleflora on Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:34 AM Post subject: Re: LQS Complaints--Other shoe; same foot.
"Sandy Ellison" <eltex@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:C0B5FCBC.4FDC%eltex@sbcglobal.net...
[quote:45228e90e6]Howdy! I like kids. On toast. <g Do they scream? Do they yell and interrupt other people? Do
other people wince when the kids yell? Do the kids race thru' the store, getting under foot, pulling things from the
shelves, pull books off the racks, try to eat the notions? If the kids are under the supervision ("control"
as much as possible <g>) of their full-grown minder, why not take them into the shop? Most quilt shops, sewing
supply stores, tho', don't have much to entertain kids (a few do), so I wouldn't take mine in where they weren't catered
to. I was pretty strict about where mine went when they were young, NOT to craft shows (after the first such trip proved
the boy wouldn't stay in the stroller <g>), not to quilt shops when *I* wanted to pay attention to shopping. And
when we had just one car, or had decided to combine shopping trips, I'd have my partner drop me off so I could shop and
look while he had the boys; then we'd switch. I just didn't want my kids to bug other people; didn't want friends to say
"Oh, look, here's comes Sandy--- OH NO!! she brought her kids!!" <G Of course, now I'm likely to take your
kids in hand, sit down to play with them, offer them my solar calculator, some Silly Putty, maybe a walk around outside.
'Cause they're not my kids & I can give them back. <g Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy I love you,
Sandy![/quote:45228e90e6] Cindy
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Posted by Sandy Ellison on Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:50 PM Post subject: Re: LQS Complaints--Other shoe; same foot.
Howdy! I like kids. On toast. <g> Do they scream? Do they yell and interrupt other people? Do other people
wince when the kids yell? Do the kids race thru' the store, getting under foot, pulling things from the shelves, pull
books off the racks, try to eat the notions? If the kids are under the supervision ("control" as much as
possible <g>) of their full-grown minder, why not take them into the shop? Most quilt shops, sewing supply stores,
tho', don't have much to entertain kids (a few do), so I wouldn't take mine in where they weren't catered to. I was
pretty strict about where mine went when they were young, NOT to craft shows (after the first such trip proved the boy
wouldn't stay in the stroller <g>), not to quilt shops when *I* wanted to pay attention to shopping. And when we
had just one car, or had decided to combine shopping trips, I'd have my partner drop me off so I could shop and look
while he had the boys; then we'd switch. I just didn't want my kids to bug other people; didn't want friends to say
"Oh, look, here's comes Sandy--- OH NO!! she brought her kids!!" <G> Of course, now I'm likely to
take your kids in hand, sit down to play with them, offer them my solar calculator, some Silly Putty, maybe a walk
around outside. 'Cause they're not my kids & I can give them back. <g> Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy On 6/14/06
4:51 PM, in article Fx%jg.5947$o4.4863@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net, "Irrational Number"
<nospam@nospam.com> wrote: [quote:00f3e72b7e]joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska wrote: *Bringing unruly children into
the store and letting them roam, crawl, yell, etc. If I may interject... is it so bad to bring unruly children into a
store? I mean, does the fact that children roam, crawl, and yell make them unruly? I do not mean to be facetious (or
maybe I am just being defensive), but we often go to our LQS as a whole family. DH sits on the floor and tries to keep
the two kids under control. But, kids crawl and roam. Sometimes they yell. We do not permit them to touch the fabric,
walls, displays, anything. If we could not bring children in, then I'm relegated to only ordering fabric online. Or DH
has to stay outside with the kids, and that's not always the best place to be. Obviously, there ought to be some
standard for basic politeness, such as regarding cell phones, making outrageous return demands, etc. However, isn't
there any room so that children, while being children, would still be allowed to go into a little store without raising
eyebrows? -- Anita --[/quote:00f3e72b7e]
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Posted by off kilter quilter on Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:27 PM Post subject: Re: applique - just when you are convinced it is something y
Boca Jan wrote: [quote:f2607053c8]Go Girl! Good for you. DH keeps coming up with ideas for me to bring in $$ with my
sewing. How do you explain to a man that what you do is for fun and relaxation and to have deadlines and fussy customers
is not my idea of fun and relaxation. I tried that, but the mantra my father kept repeating to me as I
was[/quote:f2607053c8] growing up has stuck - "DO something you love, the money will come later" Apparently
this is the first step into the "later" part. I also have a quilt that was commissioned...she hasn't gotten
back to me when I told her the only way I could do it was if a) she provided all the material (she wants to use some
curtains that she has along with 2 other fabrics) and left the design up to me. I will supply the batting, and on top
of all this, she will have to pay a flat rate - she wants this done for Christmas...apparently she forgot that I do
most of my sewing in the latter part of the year and thought I would have the time to make a baby quilt (this is the
lady that commissioned my first quilt, then balked at the price, THEN complained because she thought it would be puffy
like a store-bought comforter). So, since the plan of an actual sewing business is on hold while I try to wade through
all the legal stuff (taxes, licenses, etc.) this will at least help me decide if I can actually do the sewing work in
the time i have every day.
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Posted by Sandy on Tue May 23, 2006 12:23 AM Post subject: Re: joannes coupon for everyone
Klara, I just received my flyer from Jo-Ann's - the next sale runs from Sat. May 27 thru Sat June 10th. There's a 40%
off coupon in the ad and they usually send another one out to people registered with their website. I know when I go I
usually take my 13 yr old DD and we both use one. All sizzix are 40% off in the store and the Die Cuts With a View Stack
$ is $9.88 - all the rest of the stacks are 40% off. Also all of Joann's Scrap Essentials - scrapbook embellishments
are 50% off. I usually grab a few when they are on sale. I do so love the brads, charms and rub-ons. Entire stock of
paper punches are 50% off. Be sure and tell him to check the sewing area for the "Favorite Findings" Buttons
- they have them in all shapes and themes for $1.29 a package. http://www.joann.com/ The current flyer is still up,
but the new one will go up on Saturday. Sandy "Klara" <rrw@tesco.net> wrote in message
news:1148072636.370515.155770@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [quote:4daec84508]Thank you, RJ. My husband is going
scrapbook supply shopping for me in on his US stopover in LA on 29-31 May so he will just miss out on it. I live in the
UK where everything is very expensive. (So even if my husband buys me stuff at the full price, it will still be a lot
cheaper than here...) I wonder if there would be a similar coupon soon? Thank you, Klara [/quote:4daec84508]
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