Sewing Room Cleanup!

On Instagram, you can find me as the Redheaded_Cat_Lady there, they are having a craft room clean up challenge.  I decided to join in. It took me over two hours to get my room back in order.

Pictured from left to right:  Singer 16 industrial treadle, Singer 66 hand crank with lotus decals, blue Japanese clone that needs work.

To the left is my featherweight in a featherweight table, my Janome is on my cutting table(in the white case), and under the window is another Japanese clone, it is hunter green, but in the case so you can't see it.

This corner has my serger, which needs a better table.  I'm looking for a shorter table that will fit in that spot.

Of course there is a cat in the room!

Here are the before pictures of my messy room, just trying to keep it real.

I still need to vacuum and get shelves for my closet.  I'm afraid I will make a mess tomorrow when I try to find fabric in my closet.  Most of it is in tubs.

I also cleaned my desk in my classroom!

Of course I have a sewing spot, even though I do not have much time to sew.  It is ready when she takes a test and I have time on my hands!  This is my Singer 99 hand crank sewing machine.

Have you been doing any cleaning for the new year?  Okay, maybe I have a bit of a sewing machine obsession!

Missy

Sew Sweet Sewing Spaces

When we moved, I was so excited to have my own sewing room!  The only thing is that when my husband is off in the evenings, we like to be in the same room.  I always have either a treadle or hand crank sewing machine set up in my living room.  Does it cause a mess in the living room?  Yes.  Do I care? Nope, it is easy to clean up when I am expecting someone, and if someone drops in, they can't expect a clean house.

 I have my Singer 66 with lotus decals set up right now.  She sews like a dream.

With the longer strips and chain stitching of putting the top together, a treadle works better than a hand-crank.   I had to put TV trays to catch my blocks as I sewed.

I still use my sewing room, we can only get CBS in that room for some reason, so we spend Tuesdays in the sewing room watching NCIS and I get a lot done on Tuesdays!

Do you have a machine set up in your living room too?

Missy

My Sewing Room

I have my room all set up.  I am sure that I will move things around when I start to sew.

I know I have three valances but I can only find two right now.  The cutting table is a desk I bought for $1.  I also have my industrial treadle that I use for my quilting.

 I got a skirt stuck in my serger after I broke a needle, I need to read my manual and fix it.

My closet is very small and needs to be organized.   My mom painted the fabric (above the spool threads) with Tri-Chem when I was little.

 For those of you who are new to my blog, yes I do use all of my treadles for quilting.

I put the old TV in my room because I like noise while I work.  I still have a couple of boxes I need to unpack.

My cats love the bean bag chair, but it was moved out of this room.  It came from my classroom at school.

My cats love the windows in my room.

I put all of my scrap booking stuff in guest room, I'm hoping to start scrap booking again.
At my housewarming party, I met one of my neighbors.  She is a quilter and when she and her husband saw my machines, she said, "And you thought I had a lot of machines.  I only have four."  LOL
Have a quilty fun day ya'll!
Missy

More blocks and a mess!

I love teaching, but it does not leave any time for sewing!  I don't think people realize how much homework teachers have!
I got four more blocks last week.

 Counting the two I made, this brings my total up to nine!  My husband said my quilt is going to be ugly.  :(  I tried to explain that once I make more blocks it will look better.

Of course my kitties had to help me!

My sewing friends also sent me a lot of goodies!

Over Labor Day weekend I bought some shelves for my closet in my sewing room.

Here are the tubs I pulled out,

and the mess in my room.

 I have not had any time to do anything in my room. I try to spend at least five minutes every once in a while folding material onto the shelves.   It is driving me crazy!  I'm hoping to sell some of my machines to clear some room.

My goal is to get blocks cut and ready to sew for the T.O.G.A. next week.

Have a great day ya'll!

Missy

My sewing Room!

I thought I would share more pictures of my sewing room with you!  Here are pictures of my new cutting table.

My sewing corner 

 Here is the machine where I do all of my quilting.

My Singer 16 U288 1891 Industrial treadle, with Muffin

To the left is my handcrank where I do all of my small piecing.  It is in a green cabinet I bought at a thrift store.

Singer Red Eye 66, back clamping, converted to a hand crank, 1918

The next is the treadle that sew my bigger quilting pieces on, like strips and stuff.  It has Lotus decals on it.  This was my, "I want that" machine.

Singer 66, back clamping, 1915

Over here I have my electric Elnita that needs to be tested out.  On top is my portable hand crank that you have seen before, my Singer 99 that is a 3/4 size of the 66's above.  It was originally electric, but was missing the knee bar.  Beside it is an old changing table that the top is used for a cat bed and the lower shelves hold my ongoing projects.

 This is my closet area and my Singer 12 that needs a lot of cleaning still.  She is from 1872.

 I still need a needle plate and needles for her.

Here is the top of my closet.

That is my sewing room, yes, all but two of the machines are used!  The Elnita and 12 are not used yet.
Muffin is hosting my Feline Friday post and will have more to show you!

How many sewing machines do you use?
Missy

new cutting table/desk

I was at a thrift store, about a month ago, that was going out of business and found this desk for one dollar!  I thought it would be perfect for my cutting table/sewing table!  I was using a wobbly card table for my cutting table and the dining room table for electric sewing machine.
My husband volunteered to paint it green for me!  He also added grey to the front drawers.
The drawer that is supposed to hold a computer is perfect for my Janome and some of my tubs.  There is even a small shelf for my teflon glider!

 I was able to put my caddy that holds my scissors, rotary cutters and stuff in the bottom drawer.  It is nice and deep.  Of course Tiger wanted to be in the picture.

 The middle drawer holds some of my attachments and stuff.  Of course a delinter for all of the cat hair is also in there.

 I was able to fit my big mat and my small rotating mat on it also.  It is a BIG desk!

 I used one of my cork boards from my old Sunday school class to hold the bigger and smallest  rulers.  Do you see Oreo's tail in that picture?

This is the desk before the drawers were added.

Here is a close up picture.  (The beach towel on the back of my chair goes over my industrial head because I have not made a cover for it yet.  It helps with cat hair and dust)

In order to get that big desk in there I had to rearrange the whole room.  It was already a mess and everything got moved to the middle of the room.  It was actually worse then this because all of the machines were also with that mess!

 My husband also painted my three dollar chandelier.  I was going to put jars on there, but no matter what way I try, it just will not work.  Oh well.

Tomorrow, I'll show you the rest of my sewing room!  Now that it is clean again I should be able to get some more sewing done!

Missy

Decoupaging a Machine Case

 My friend Allison did a demo on how to decoupage a sewing machine case.  I love how her case turned out!

 You start off with a yucky case and tear off the lining.

 She used a matte finish Mod Podge.

 You can use anything on your case!

 She recommends heavy duty felt cushion pads for the bottom your case.

 Don't forget to do the bottom of your case!

 Go ahead and get your fingers dirty!

 Allison repairs and restores Vintage Sewing Machines and has some parts.
She is located in Plano, TX and you can contact her at allon0711@yahoo.com

Here is a case I had, pretty ugly - huh?

 My "second mom" gave this machine to me, she sewed all of her clothes on it in high school!

 As soon as I got home from TX I had to do my case!  I cut up an old Keepsake Quilting catalog and a brochure from AR.

 I had to include any cat quilts in it.

 Do you see Hello Kitty?

 I printed off the girls on the treadles.

 This is my top.  My husband broke the handle, even though I always tell him not to carry the old machines by the handles!

 This is the inside of the case, and I wish I had thought of printing off the picture of tiger sitting on my treadle before I had finished the outside.

 If you look to the upper right, I printed off a picture of the sewing machine that belongs to the case.

Here is my machine on the case.  I have another post about how she was rewired.

Here is a tutorial so you can decoupage your own case!
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/02/doing-decoupage-dance.html#

Have you refurbished a sewing machine case?

Missy