Renovated Quilting Room!

Since I knew I was close to leaving my job, I started a renovation of my quilting room a couple of weeks ago.

 

I knew I wanted more storage that also looked nice.  I was VERY tired of not being able to find anything and the uncomfortable clutter associated with keeping so much on the floor.

 

Yuck!  This was no way to work and expect productivity. 

 

 

So…I knew what I wanted.  I just needed to make it happen.

 

I went to Lowe’s and got the necessary shelving materials. 

 

Here’s the start of my shelving.  I did the work myself!

 

 

Here’s what the shelves looked like once I moved everything back into the room.

Whew!  It was a bit of work!  This was the first time I have put up shelving.  I am SO HAPPY with the results!

 

Here’s what my “Wall of Rulers” looks like.  Oh my gosh, I can now find a ruler when I need it!

 

And here’s what the room looks like all put back together!  It is such a TREAT to use this room!

 

 

 

I think I have finally found the best way to utilize the space in this small room.  I just realized, I don’t have any pictures of the “fabric closet” or the design wall. I’ll have to include those later.

 

Woo-Hoo!  I’m LOVING this room!

New Storage for my Quilting Room!

One of my last quilts was a scrappy string quilt.  I had a ball making this and I love that it uses up all of those small scraps left over from other projects.

Here's a picture of this quilt in progress...

  
Motivated by this project, I started collecting strips or "strings" regularly.  For a while, I was just storing them (by color) in large ziploc bags.  Not ideal but it worked. 

Then, I started reading the Quiltville website and enjoyed reading about all of the creative ways she uses leftover pieces of fabric.  So, now, not only do I store my strips by color but I also cut a few different sizes of strips that coordinate with her patterns.  

If you're interested in checking out her website it is located here @ Quiltville.   It''s just an awesome site that she has obviously put YEARS of work into.  I just purchased her most recent book which talks about how you can make scrap quilts by using scraps as "leaders and enders" while working on your current projects.   It's like making two quilts at one time.  Very cool, check it out!

Anyway, back to my new storage!  As I've mentioned before, I don't have a very large quilt room.  Don't get me wrong, I'm really appreciative that I have one as I know many people have to make due with their dining room table.  But all this really means is that I have to be creative when I decide I want to keep yet another item in the room.

While at Lowe's tonight, I came across these great storage containers.  They're tall and thin but the drawers are deep.  They also have rolling wheels so that they can be moved with ease.  I bought three with 5 drawers each for a total of 15 drawers.

Once I got them into my room, I decided to store them against my design wall.  When I need access to the full wall, I can easily roll the drawers out of the way!

Here's what the finished product looked like!

What do you think?  I LOVE that I can add to my strips as needed and that when I want to use some, I can just pull out a drawer and take it to my machine.  How cool is that?

:)   Thanks for stopping by....Heather