My New Workspace

I meant to take pictures of my new sewing room a few months ago when I first set it up, but forgot.  In fact, I haven't even used it much since I put it together.  I've been in so much pain lately that it hurts to do anything physical, and my frustration level gets pretty high as is when it comes to sewing.  Imagine having to constantly undo what you just spent hours doing because you made a mistake.  Now imagine the same thing, but while you are experiencing relentless pain.

Yeah.  Like that.

Previously, my sewing supplies were scattered all over the house wherever there was a little space to set them up.  I could never complete any big projects, because I spent all my time running around the house looking for items I needed.  So, when it became apparent that my son was never going to move in with us ever again, I decided to turn his bedroom into my new sewing room.  I knew it wasn't big enough to fit everything in there, so I just planned to keep the essentials together.

First, we had to go through everything my son left behind and box it up.  That was mostly books.  Although, I did keep some of his books, especially the classic literature, on the shelves.  I also kept our record album collection in the room so that it wouldn't have to be stored somewhere hot where all the discs would warp.  I left enough room for my quilting books, button cases, and thread stands.

We had to take most of his furniture to the dump.  Then I replaced his uncomfortable twin bed with a comfortable full bed that my daughter was selling, so that we could also use the room as a guest bedroom in case my son and his girlfriend came to visit.  From there, I situated bookshelves, trunks, storage, and sewing tables around the edges of the room.  I managed to squeeze all three sewing machines and a serger in there, and bonus!  Because the new bed came with giant storage drawers underneath it, I was able to store most of my supplies in there rather than having them cluttering the table tops.

Here are some pictures...

This is Why I'll Never Be a Fashion Designer

Ha ha ha!  Fortunately, it hasn't been sewn yet -- just pinned.  The other good news is that I have learned never to sew until I look at the big picture and try it on.  Ripping out seams is a major hassle.  Although, pinning that seam wasn't easy either.  I was trying to get the pleating even all the way around, so it took me half an hour to pin it.  I actually did a decent job making it even the first time, but because I was so focused on that, I pinned the inside of the top to the outside of the skirt, and now I have to take out all the pins and start over.  Waaaaaah!