Pictures Of My New Sewing Room

Hi all,
As I said in my last post we are moving my sewing and crafts into a new room in our finished basement.  It's quite an undertaking!  We have most of it moved and just a matter of more organizing.  I went through all my fabric and sorted out some that I'm willing to part with and am donating it to a garage sale at an area church to help their food pantry.  I still have tons of fabric!

Here's a few pictures.  I'm not done putting things away so please excuse the messy table, etc! 

Hopefully in another week or two I will have a place for everything and can get back to actually sewing!

Have a wonderful day,

Marla

Moving Sewing to New Room

Well, my husband likes to change things around once in awhile.  So he decided that it was time to move things around in the basement.  We are in the process of moving my sewing to a room in the basement that was at one time our daughter's bedroom while home from college.  The room is painted hot pink and lime green.  Ok, I can go with that.  Definitely feminine colors anyway.  The crucial items have been moved...namely my sewing machine, serger and the desktop computer which ties into my sewing machine. 

We have a LOT of things to organize and move yet!  If it can be done, my husband can do it.  I keep saying there's no way all my sewing stuff is going to fit in this room, but he is good at visualizing things.  It could be, too, that perhaps I need to sell or give away some fabric and other sewing supplies.  :(

It's a little overwhelming right now and I have to wait for my hubby to help box up some books, etc. that are on a built-in bookshelf.  I am looking forward to having my sewing books and maybe patterns and containers of fabric on these shelves!

My practice smocking is coming along.  I just got another book called A-Z of Smocking which has lots of nice pictures and instructions on various smocking stitches as well as information on pleating.  I love the pictures and I am sure they will help me a lot as I learn new stitches!

Have a good day,

Marla

Smocking Update

Well, it's been awhile since I last posted.  Family time over Labor Day weekend and then catching up on things has put my love of sewing on hold.  But I managed to find some time to work on my smocking stitches the past couple days! Still practicing on some basic stitches.

I just ordered another book to help me learn more about smocking called A-Z of Smocking by Country Bumpkin.  I hear it's an excellent book with lots of pictures showing step-by-step how to smock!

I think I need to do some more organizing of my sewing area.  With all the books I have on sewing, it might be good to get another bookcase!

Back to my smocking,

Marla