Sewing Room Update ~ No Sewing!

 The sewing room may be freshly painted, but it’s not quite ready for quilting marathons just yet. In the meantime, there’s been an Olympic level amount of fabric sorting, folding, and yes, some affectionate petting. Honestly, this could be my dream job! 

If it weren’t for the holiday season looming over me like a pallet of fabric about to drop on my head, I would have sorted every color from light to dark. For now, I’m in a mad dash to whip the house into shape before the new year hits, because apparently whatever you’re doing on January 1st becomes the year's theme. So, here’s hoping I’m stitching cozy quilts all year long, not stuck repainting walls and playing furniture Tetris.

These Brightroom stackable 6W x 12L x 4H acrylic bins are from Target are perfect for holding fat quarters, half yards and one yard cuts.  They’re sturdy, unlike some I’ve come across in other stores and brands. In the image below, some of the folded fabric appears thicker than others due to the varying sizes of the fabric cuts. One day, I might sort them by size and color, but for now, I’m racing against the calendar.   By the way here's a quick video by Clover and Violet on how to fold the fat quarters to fit these bins. 

You might spot a “new” fabric storage cabinet on the left, new to the sewing room, but definitely not new. This hutch has been with me for about 30 years in the kitchen. When the old, wobbly white cabinet started collapsing, I saw my chance...a buffet upgrade, more counter space, and a perfect excuse to showcase my prettiest fabric stash.  Hopefully someday soon I can replace the other old white cabinet with another hutch or glass front cabinet so I can see even more of my favorite fabrics.  By the way those larger clear bins are 12 x12 and also from Target.

As you all know the old large white cabinet held my not so loved older stash of fabrics.  Well, I did some purging of the sewing room and made room for them in my cutting table.  They are rarely used but they do come in handy from time to time when I work outside of color pallet of choice.

Oh but wait, that's not all the fabric! HAHA!  Let's not forget the scrap bins. Sorting through the scrap bins is something I plan to do someday, but for now, they’ve found a new home under the quilter.  They barely fit tucked up against my treadle machine.  I refuse to part with my treadle sewing machine, when the power goes out, I can still stitch away by the romantic glow of candlelight!

This is also where most of my UFO boxes are stored.  The scrap bins below them used to be stacked, so the wheels had been taken off of the ones stacked on top. I've lost the wheels!  Let's hope I can find some replacements because the different heights is making things a little wonky under here and driving me nuts.

As you can see, it’s still a bit chaotic in here. We’ve had a small setback in the major projects for two reasons, it's hunting season and Mr. Podunk has been helping his 96-year-old mom pack up and move. We live in Indiana.  She’s relocating from Pennsylvania to Ohio, near one of his sister’s homes.  I can install most of the ceiling tiles myself, and when he has the time and the energy, he can handle the electrical work for the ceiling fan and lights.  There's plenty to keep me busy until then.  

I still need to paint the living room and restore the spare bedroom to its former glory. Right now, it’s serving as the official dumping ground for anything and everything that doesn’t have a home while the rest of the house gets its makeover.

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