I thought I would share a few of my sewing projects today. I have only been sewing about 6 months and am still not very good, but I wanted to share my craft room set up and a few things I have sewn.
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a few little touches to call it mine own |
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This is the basic set up of my sewing room, I love being able to sew and look out of the bay windows |
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That's Georgia, she helps, a lot, this is the sewing desk we found on walmart.com, the panel with the cubbys can fold into the footing part and the table folds down so it's smaller |
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This is how I store my fabric/supplies, I add a fabric softner sheet as well to keep everything smelling fresh. |
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my thread organizer |
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I have these to store fabric or if I am working on a project I can put the according pieces in the cube and keep organized. These are from Thirty-One (which I also sell, if you would like to buy something please let me know!) |
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My first project. My husband is a locksmith and found this fabric, I had no pattern, just "winged it", I put a throw pillow from a bedding set in it instead of stuffing. |
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I had never sewn a zipper either! |
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a pair of sleep pants |
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This is an apron I made, again, no pattern, just kind of went with it. |
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I have mastered the sleep pants. |
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This was the first time I had attempted a drawstring instead of elastic waist. |
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A pair of sleep pants for my husband |
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my very first pair of sleep pants, obviously I hadn't mastered the length, and it took a lot of stitch ripping, but for no "pattern" and never sewing before, they turned out ok. | |
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I can't read a pattern to save my life, so all of mine are fly by the seat of my pants, lets try this and see what happens. For the pajama pants I took an old pair I didn't wear, took them apart and cut the fabric adding a little extra for seams. Once I saw that worked, and they're sleep pants, I don't really need them to be fitted, I started just cutting all four pieces of fabric off the one pattern. Works like a champ. For my husbands, I did the same without ripping up old pants, I bought a roll of doctor's office paper (the kind they put on the table) and I use that as my "pattern" I just traced the outline of his pants and adding a little for seams. His keep coming out a little big, so I have had to adjust here and there. Now here are three "tips" that have been wonderful for me. Also, not shown, get a good comfortable office/computer chair.
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I used the box my iron came in to put between the wall and the pedal of my sewing machine. I got so tired of it slipping back and having to pull it forward. I have seen people nail down a 2x4 as well, but, this doesn't involve that much effort! :) |
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Fold up iron (and a Georgia and Pete) |
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I have two cutting board and a piece of plexiglass on top of my sewing table. I have them stuck there by double sided tape. This way I have measurements on both sides and I can use my rotary cutter the length of the table. The plexi glass works just as well as the expensive cutting mats. I also saw premeasured stickers at Michaels that you could put down under it to have your measurements. |
So there ya go, a little insight into my "craft"/sewing room. Te closet holds uayrn for crocheting, and the tale beside my sweing desk is now home to my cricut and computer. I like having a "girl cave". Sometimes I just need to go in there and relax, do my own thing and decompress.
What are your tips/tricks? What is your sewing room like?