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How To Set Up A Sewing Room |
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A great idea for any seamster or seamstress is to have a place where they can get ideas, sew in peace, and have a place to put away their equipment. A sewing room is perfect for this need.
Steps
- Decide what room of your house you are going to use. Rooms such as offices or spare bedrooms are perfect for this use. Make sure there is at least enough room for storage area and a sewing table or desk. If you do not have an entire room to devote to sewing, set aside an area in a room that is used for other things. A bedroom, office, family room, or den could have a sewing space in it.
- Draw the floorplan of the room or area. Include a desk, shelves or boxes, and drawers. Remember that you can install wall-mounted shelving, especially in small areas.
- Paint or wallpaper the room if you wish. Choose your favorite colors so you will be inspired. Cool colors (blues, greens, purples) calm; warm colors (reds, pinks, oranges) excite.
- Gather up needed furnishings. An old computer desk will work perfectly for a sewing table. You can also use a chest of drawers for storage. Include bookcases or wall-mounted shelves for storage. Closet companies can help install custom storage, or you can buy closet organizer kits and install them yourself.
- Arrange the furniture according to your plan. Start with any built-in storage, then add the desk or sewing table, and any portable storage.
- Organize your sewing equipment. Put your machine on the table.
- Store your thread in drawers or on pegs on racks.
- Store large fabric pieces on shelves and collect small ones in drawers, bins, or boxes. Clear, plastic bins will let you see at a glance what's where.
- Bobbins, needles, measuring tape, and pins can go in the drawers.
- Set aside drawers or bins as needed for notions (zippers, buttons, ribbons, etc.).
- Place crafting magazines, books, and patterns on the shelves. Patterns could also go in a bin or drawer, using their envelopes like file folders.
Tips
- Get a cutting table. It needs to be accessible from multiple sides and be big enough to fit the fabric for whatever projects you'll be working on.
- Buy an ironing board or if you already have one, you can use that one to press all your seams. Ironing board caddies are available that hang on the door.
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