I’m lucky to have a dedicated sewing bedroom in my
house. This space used to be an office,
but I booted out Mr. Ginger when I painted the walls a very girly aqua color.
I used to sew on the dining table when my oldest daughter,
Ginger #1, was an infant. She is now 5
years old and just started Kindergarten last week. She has booted me from the dining table and
entitled it “The Art Table”. Who am I to
argue with that?! So, I needed a place
to sew, and the hubby’s office was the logical choice, and it needed to be
painted.
Apparently, I have not taught Ginger #1 to pick up after
herself. This is real life, folks. A true artist always has a mess at hand,
right?
I picked up my mess for these photos. My sewing room is never THIS clean.
My cutting table is from Ikea. So are the drawers and cans and just about
everything else in my room. Mr. Ginger
continually mocks my affinity for Ikea.
I’m lucky to live 20 minutes away from Ikea. The Sizzix Big Shot Pro sits atop the
drawers, and the drawers roll out when I need to use the BSP. I love the BSP. Without it, I wouldn’t quilt. I can’t imagine cutting out squares and
triangles all day long. The BSP makes
piecing tolerable.
My paper crafts are stored in an old TV armoire that we no
longer used when TVs became flat. I
needed a place for storage, and the armoire needed crap in it. It was a match made in heaven when Mr. Ginger
added the shelves. Oh, yeah, this idea
was not my own, but came from Pinterest.
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My fabric storage cabinet came from Ikea. No surprise.
I love the glass doors.
The rolling cart also came from Ikea. Ack!
It holds all of my sewing notions and bobbins. I didn’t mean to pick out the fire engine red
color, but somehow it looks good in the room…a happy mistake. I iron small blocks on top of this cart while
sitting at my sewing machine.
This is the project I’m currently working on. It is a memory quilt that I’m making for my
mom using my dad’s old shirts. He passed
away almost one year ago. I miss him
terribly. He was the best! I’ve made two other memory quilts this past
year. I will be glad when this one is
done. It’s emotional cutting into fabric
that cannot be replaced, ever. It’s also
a bear to piece fabric that is a cotton/polyester blend. I will give tips and tricks on this later.
Meet the Gingers when they were just babies. Ginger #1 is in the back. She is now 5 years old and just became a
kindergartener. I mentioned that
already. This is why I now have time to
blog. Ginger #2 is now 2 years old and
makes for good sewing company. She
mostly stays out trouble. That lovely
little jar is my Grandma’s buttons. I
love staring into that jar.
The grand finale of my studio tour is not in my studio. My Handiquilter Sixteen midarm machine only
fits in my master bedroom…all twelve feet of it. My husband’s cousin gave this machine to me. It was purchased for $300 after it had been
damaged by smoke in a house fire. When I
got it, the tracks were black with soot.
All of the metal pieces needed to be replaced because they had
rust. The inside of the machine,
however, was in perfect condition. Mr.
Ginger built a table for it and replaced most of the metal hardware. I cleaned the machine and tracks. We put it together. Turned her on. And she worked! Amazing!
The Handiquilter Sixteen is an amazing machine, and mine has been
through the ringer, but still stitches perfectly.
