56 studio spotlight.

8.12.2013

Today I'm sharing my sewing room as part of the Studio Spotlight tour, hosted by Heather of The Sewing Loft and Jennifer of Ellison Lane Quilts!  Be sure to follow along with the series to see pretty studios and link up photos of your own creative space to win prizes!

Here's the view as you walk through the door.  My sewing/cutting table sits in the center of the room (my husband built it for me).

There's a large pegboard on the left wall, which holds a lot of my tools and supplies.  The pegboard was also built by my husband.  It's one of my favorite parts of the room!

Most of my stash sits underneath the pegboard, along with lots of bins and milkglass vases that hold additional supplies.

Solids, fat quarters, linen, home decor fabrics, and multicolored prints are stored on the right side.  The purple bin on top is my scrap bin.  Zippers, bag hardware, spools of thread and binding scraps are stored on top of this side.

I arrange most of my stash by color, and these are placed in separate shelves on the left side.  As you can see I'm running out of room for the black and whites!

My Anna Maria Horner stash has its own separate section in the middle, since I'm such a fan of hers and her prints all coordinate so well together.  Precuts and some WIPs live in the purple bins here, with thread and bobbins on top.  There's a little bench here too, but it's usually filled with quilts or fabric that I haven't put away yet.

Up on the pegboard I keep my embroidery thread and all of the sewing thread that I use the most (love Aurifil!), along with other things.

Rulers, scissors, and rotary cutters are all stored on the left side.

My Washi tape collection lives in the middle.  I use this tape for everything so it's easily accessible here, and the rainbow makes me happy!

Along the back wall is a mid-century dresser, which holds all of my paper, paints, and shipping supplies. 

The bins on top of the dresser keep all of my current WIPs sorted.  I am always working on a lot of projects at once so it's important for me to keep them all in order.

The antique drawers hold all of my sewing needles, pins, small rulers, and other little sewing related bits.

My flannel and voile stashes are also stored along this wall.


I recently added some shelves near the door to display some pretty things!
This antique papercutting is one of my favorites, and was a gift from my mother-in-law.

Most days you can find me sitting at my desk during the day.  Since I work from home most of the time, this is considered my office.  It's much better than sitting in a cube all day!

The pegboard above holds a lot of notes from friends, business cards, and random bits that inspire me.


Next to my desk is a printing station, with some of my most used camera gear in a tray on top of the printer.

Along the right wall is my design wall and ironing board, and a closet that is much less organized than the rest of the space!

My husband built the design wall too, using old hardwood planks to frame it out.


More fabric lives in the sewing table on this side.  I store all of my fabric sorted by collection here.  New fabric usually goes here first, and after I used a collection together I will sort it by color and move it to the other side of the room.  Vintage sheets and the destash pile also stay over here.

Here's the view from my sewing machine.  I sew on the cutting table, which is a little higher than a normal table, and isn't as hard on my back since I'm not hunched over.  I just pull the chair from my desk over and raise it up as high as it will go while I'm sewing.  Since it's directly across from the desk, I can just rotate the chair and wheel it over to move back and forth between the two.  It works great!

Here are a few more detail shots of the room. 








I hope you've enjoyed having a look through my sewing room.  Thanks for stopping by!  There are lots of other pretty studios left on the tour, so make sure to check them out!

56 comments:

  1. I love everything about this space and love how organized you are. Gorgeous photos, too. Thanks for sharing this.

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  2. So beautifully organized! Very inspiring. I don't think I'll ever be that organized, but it IS a goal.

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  3. Oh MY GOODNESS.... I want to come play in your world! Your space is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing all the inspirational photos!
    ~Heather

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  4. VERY pretty, inspirational space!! Organizing my sewing/craft room/office is on my "to do" list. I hope to re-finish a couple of antique pieces from my husband's childhood home to incorporate some fun and practical storage. Since we rent for now, I'm leery of making any pieces at this time. I'll wait until I have a dedicated room in a home of our own. (I'll remember to reference your room when I get to that stage. You've got some great ideas!) Thanks for sharing!

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  5. Thanks for the tour and the beautiful photos. I've always admired your sewing space, it's awesome!

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  6. I love how you have your stash in spots around the room. That way it doesn't shot HOARDER when you walk in the room, like my studio.

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  7. Wow! Wow. First I loved the peg board. Then the fabric... then the special section just for AMH... then the antique paper-cutting... I just love it all. You have fabulous taste.

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  8. I SO want to see this but for some reason, this is the ONLY blog where I can see NO pictures of your space... any advice?

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    1. Hi Tara,

      Not sure why that would be happening, I'm sorry! Maybe switch browsers? I have never heard of that happening before :(

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    2. I cannot see the photos on my windows PC or laptop. They show up fine on my iPad though.

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  9. I want your studio! All that fabric, and prettyness, and so organized too! Question - what do you use all that washi tape for?

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  10. Your studio is so beautiful! I wouldn't expect anything less from you though. Every photo I've seen of your home is amazing.

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  11. ooooh! It's gorgeous!!!!!! Can I come and stay with you forever?

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  12. What a wonderfully warm and inspirational space!

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  13. Oh my awesomeness!! What a lovely space you have. Lucky gal!

    Cindy

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  14. I love everything about it! What a great, inspiring place to work. As I've been looking through all these studio spotlights, I'm realizing my fabric stash is super tiny! It's all in one bin separated in bags.

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  15. Love your space! I wish mine was so organized. FYI: I couldn't see the pictures either and I checked the comments to see if anyone else was having trouble. When I saw your advice to Tara, I tried your website in Firefox (I had been in Explorer) and voila--I had all of the pics. I wouldn't have thought to try that!
    Bambi

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  16. I have studio envy! Your space is so beautiful :)

    Hilary
    www.youngtexanmama.com

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  17. What a great studio! Hubs is awesome for building the stuff you need to complete your quilting studio. I really enjoyed the tour. Thank you for sharing.

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  18. I love your space, a great combo of fun and function!

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  19. Wow - love your space and all your amazing fabrics. The colour is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

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  20. Your space is spectacular! (Can I ask, where do you baste your quilts?)

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  21. Oh my goodness, Holly! I want to come and live in that room;). It's gorgeous and you did such a beautiful job setting it up. Thanks so much for sharing!!

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  22. such a lovely and inspiring space, Holly, thanks very much for sharing!!

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  23. So organized and picked up! I love all the different ways you have stored things too, thanks for sharing!

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  24. Oh this is my favourite space ever! Thank you for sharing!!

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  25. Such a beautiful space! Love how you can so easily move from desk to sewing just by turning around! And love your treasured paper cut piece of quilting, what a great gift!

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  26. Lovely! Do you happen to know the name/brand of the paint color on the walls? I've been searching for the right shade and yours looks perfect.... Thanks so much!

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  27. Oh my! of all the studios on the tour I just love this one! A studio to die for! Can you tell me how big the room is??mburnette912@bellsouth.net

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  28. Your space is absolutely gorgeous. I'm so jealous that you have such a handy husband also! Enjoy all the space!!!! And yes take care of your back!!! thanks for sharing!!!!!

    darlene macdonald
    kittyklaws13411@yahoo.com

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  29. Your space is wonderful and dreamy. Can I ask what color are the walls painted? It's great and I am looking for a good gray for our bedroom.

    Thanks!

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  30. You have a great space. Very colorful and creative. Wish I had room for a pegboard . . . it looks so useful for so many different things. Thanks for sharing.

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  31. What a nicely organized, inspiring space. I love all the little touches like the milkglass vases and fun prints on the wall, and that papercutting was such a sweet gift! It's really cool.

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  32. Wow - what a fabulous studio you have - love all the pops of colour and other little touches that make it so unique. Just wonderful

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  33. Holly, thank you SO much for being part of the tour. Your sewing room is my idea of heaven! It is really the loveliest room I've ever seen and it is exactly what I wish mine looked like! I may have gone overboard on pinning! :) xo

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  34. I love your space! It is so eclectic, and I love all of the color and vintage pieces. I finally started decorating my craft room last week (we've been in our house a year), and this gives me even more motivation to keep doing what makes me happy and forgetting about the rest. Thanks for the inspiration!

    PS:
    I bought your Color Block pattern, and the fabric for it is now sitting in my closet, waiting to be cut out. I've made a few square patchwork tie quilts before, but this will be my first "real" quilt. I am so looking forward to it!

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  35. Gah!! What a great space. I love it:)

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  36. love your workspace I have the very same paper cut piece in my sewing room

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  37. Gorgeous room Holly, thank you for inviting us into your home! And great job by your husband too - I'm loving your pegboard!! My craft cave is very jealous!

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  38. What a beautiful and inspiring space- I could stare at these pictures for hours.

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  39. Found you over at Twitter.. Awesome rooooom!!

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  40. Completely gorgeous space. You've just got such great style, friend!

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  41. A very lovely sewing space! I, too, have my sewing machine on my cutting table. But I sew and even quilt standing up! I find that it completely eliminates the sore back issue I get when I quilt sitting down -- all hunched over like you say.

    I love the color on your walls! Do you happen to remember the name of it?

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  42. Love your space! Curious- do you routinely use quilting gloves? Recommend any if so? I've been a hand quilter and just started machine quilting and having difficulty with my hands.... Thanks!

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  43. Your craft space is gorgeous! It's so inspiring...

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  44. Um, wow....this is an awesome sewing/crafting space! I'm coveting this so hard right now! Love it!

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  45. I love your sewing studio!!! So Inspiring me to go and have a clean up and re-organise my sewing room. Although it would be much easier if I just came to live with you. Oh and what a very clever and helpful husband you have... :)

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  46. Thank you for letting me tour your sewing studio--I love it! So many good ideas and I love that you use beautiful things to store and organize (the milk glass vases, antique drawers, etc.) And....the natural light! What a nice space in which to create!

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  47. Hi, Holly! I'm admiring your gorgeous room again because I get to finally have a sewing space soon. Where did you get your 2 x 3 shelves?

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