My Sewing Space

Do you have a sewing studio,

or a room in your home that is

dedicated to your creative impulses?

{You are so lucky!!!}

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Or are you like me?

{I sew in my dining room.  Have for years.}

You know what?  I think I've ALWAYS sewn in the dining room.

I started sewing while I was in junior high school, 

and I guess I even used my mom's dining room back then.

I've never had a "sewing room"

{or a fireplace, or a kitchen island}

even though my wish list would never be complete 

without those items!

MY WISH LIST looks like this:

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But I've done okay all this time, setting up my stuff
over and over again for sewing,

and taking it down again for company...

or holidays.

I'm the kind of person who might not clean it all up, 

from time to time, if I didn't have to!

And I can prove it, because you ought to see the place(s)

where I store all my stuff when I'm NOT sewing in the dining room!

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All these years while I've been sewing in the dining room,

I've been able to cook, because I'm next to the kitchen...

And I can talk to my boys while they do homework or relax...

And I can listen to the news with my husband...

Or get up in the middle of sewing to take our dog outside!

Even though I've begged for this for a really long time,

I realized not too long ago that I really don't want

to have a sewing room in our basement.
The dining room is kind of "working" for us.

{This kinda looks a bit boring, day after day after day...}

The other day, I had a good idea, and I thought I'd show it to you:

For years now, I've collected these boxes, without ever really knowing why I had to have them.  They were stored in a closet until now.

I brought them out to a place of honor in...the dining room.

Now they hold items I need for my projects...

hardware for bags and purses...

ribbons and trims...

charm squares and scraps...

needles and pins, etc.

I can't remember which one is which,

so I had to label them inconspicuously. 

;)

I love the way they make my dining room look 

just like a sewing studio...

in my eyes.

That being said, if we would ever add on a room to our house,

right next to the kitchen and all the other activity,

I'm gonna sew in it all the time!


{I'd let everyone else use it once in a while,
but they'd have to clean it up,
so I could have "my sewing room" back!}