What's your sewing room set up (AKA my aching back)

I set my sewing machine on a folding tv dinner tray, and sit in my rolling desk chair to sew. Right now, computer and sewing share what used to be the formal dining room, south-facing corner of the house lots of light with windows on two walls. The plan, however, is to turn the guest bedroom into a combination clothes storage space and sewing/crafts room.

 

I bring my sewing machine out into a folding side-table (it's really sturdy wood and just the perfect size for my sewing machine, pin cushion, and scissors) and sit on the couch. I can't set up a craft room yet because my dad's selling the house...maybe in our next house!

 

We just moved so I'm also using wooden tv dinner tray. I've been watching craigslist.org for a used desk. I was checking out sewing stations on-line, there are some really sweet set-up but at crazy prices ($1500 and up!)

 

I bought a 2 tiered desk at a garage sale for $5 this summer. Not only are there the two surfaces, each surface has a little cubby under it. I use the cubbies to hold the next pieces of the pattern, interfacing or whatnot. I keep the machine on the top tier, and keep my cutting mat on the lower tier. I also have a shelf that I bought from another garage sale set up above the machine... here I keep my fabrics, machine oil, extra notions, ribbon, elastic. My husband found one of those magnetic knife holders (you know the type.. its basically a strip of heavy-duty magnetic tape with a border of faux-wood) that we set up just below the shelf to hold my scissors and other sharp metal impliments.

Its a good set up...now if only the cat's shit box wasn't a foot away! hahaha!

 

I've got a room to myself in our house for sewing, with two huge windows looking out over the property, my desk is set up right in front of them.

So, I get the natural light during the day time, and lots of it

I've got a bunch of shelves for all my fabrics and the desk I have my sewing machine set up on is huge, and has lots of drawers to keep all my notions and whathaveyou's.

Then I've got racks with clotheshangers for finished/in-the-works pieces, and also another surface for cutting and measuring.

And all the music I need at my fingertips

 

Not much to brag about--I use a combination of the kitchen table, coffee table and the cement floor.

 

My husband bought me an old desk at a thrift store and it makes a great sewing table. It is kind of small, but has a nice big drawer for my buttons, bobbins, scissors, etc. . . I also have a folding table that I use for cutting and such. Right now it is all set up in the living room. There's not much space, but the light is good. I keep my fabric in plastic bins and my patterns are on a book shelf.

 

When we were living at my mom's, the basement had this kinda "off part" where I was able to put a basic student desk that I found at walmart a year ago for about $20. it's nothing special, but it worked. Now that we've moved, we're just in a 1 bedroom place for now and it's hard to make everything fit, so I had to pack away the sewing machine. The desk is being taken up by my new computer and cody also has his own computer on another desk beside mine.....so the living room is packed.
Last night I was working on my halloween costume, and I went to go put the machine on the floor like drumminmama said, but I didn't know how the heck I would pull that off. I I pulled out the toybox we have sitting beside the front door and put my machine on that while sitting on my kitchen chair. It wasn't too comfortable and I wasn't able to see what I was doing all that well, but it worked.
I used the kitchen table a few weeks ago, but it's not very stable and was going up and down as I was sewing, which was a major pain in the ass. And I didn't want to risk breaking my table.

 

I have a small desk with the 2 machines. I have stacked milk crates with fabric and a high chest of draws stuffed with fabric. Under the desk. I have tubs of all types. All of my other FSBLE is in big tubs in the loft.

 

I sew in two different spaces. Right now due to lack of warm my regular sewing room is not an option. So I have been sewing in this room, because it has a wood stove... plus it has a great view of our woods.







Here is my normal sewing area.... cramped but gets the job done.

 

hipmoon~your house is gorgeous! I love it!

 

hipmoon--your house looks great. I have no idea how you make so many things and stay so neat?! I hardly make anything at all and my whole house is a wreck.:& I think I have organizational problems.

 

I claimed our garage. My car won't fit in it because im a packrat and i have loads of just...shit laying around so when we bought our house it came with all these cool shelfs and tables in the garage. The entire area is set up as my craft room. I love it because everything i find inspiration in (well...everything that can be hung on a wall) gets put on my walls in the garage. I love it.

 

I don't have a sewing room but I've a knitting room... it's an extra bedroom that we've converted to a bit of a sitting area/computer room....

 

my mom was a full-time quilter, so i sort of inherited her sewing room in the basement

 

druminmama: I remove them before I use the stove.