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!

Finishing Up the T-Shirt Quilt!

So, I’ve been gone from Blogdom for a while. The holidays just took over and that was my only focus for a while!

But…I’m back!

I did get the t-shirt quilt finished in time for Christmas. I finished sewing on the label at 8:30pm Christmas Eve!! Oh well, it was fun and he REALLY liked it! That was the point!

Here’s where I left off with my last blog post.  The top was completed and ready to go to the quilters (AKA “Mom”).


Got it back from my Mom a few days later and got busy on the binding.






I knew in the back of my head that I was not going to let this quilt get out the door without a label!! It’s happened too many times where I took until the last minute to finish the quilt and never got the chance to add one.
So…I made sure I built enough time into the finishing and I was happy with the finished result. Normally, I print the label on prepackaged paper backed fabric. However, I just read an article about a woman who prints her message on the computer (in whatever font she likes), puts a piece of fabric over the paper and traces the message in her own hand.
What a great idea!!
I decided to give it a try and I was really happy with the results. Here’s what it looked like!

It’s personalized but neat.
In my next post I’ll talk about putting the finishing touches on the rag  quilt/table runner. The fun continues!

Take Care!
Heather

I know I've been absent...

No...we didn't have a white Christmas.  This picture was actually taken on my street at Thanksgiving!!

I know I've been away from my blog for about a week now.  Christmas just really took over and although there's been plenty of sewing going on....none of it has made it to my blog.

So...I'm back in gear and will start posting right away.

I need to fill you in on the t-shirt quilt (it was finished in time!), the rest of the denim jean rag pattern and it's progress and so much more!

I hope you all had a nice holiday season and I can't wait to fill you in on what I've been doing!!

Heather

The T-Shirt Quilt Continues…

The “Christmas present” continues to develop.  Only nine more days until this quilt needs to be wrapped and under the tree.


It’s ready for the sashing strips.

The owner of Windy Moon Quilts here in Reno taught me how to fold a fabric square (see below) to make cutting strips easy and on the bias at the same time!

I don’t know about you but I find cutting bias strips a pain.  This is a great and fast method.


Windy Moon also carries a really nice line of flannel.  It’s super soft and comes in a great variety of plaids.


 
As far as the colors of the sashing strips go, there were so many different colors of t-shirts in this quilt that there really wasn’t any way to choose  one color for a perfect match.



I’ve used a similar plaid flannel before and I think it harmonized nicely with the variety of colors.  It’s not “matchy-matchy” but I think in this case it works just fine!



I was happy with the first row.  Looking good…


Finally, all four rows done. 



I think he’s REALLY gonna like this quilt!
On to the corner stones and getting these rows put together.
Almost there!


Heather