Katie and I are kicking off the celebration with a tour of our studios...well, one studio, one livudio. We've both learned to make the most of the spaces we have. I'm lucky that I have a room where I can shut the door and work. If you love to sew, you find a space and make it work. Of course, I've rearranged since I last did a post on the studio.
Notice the sewing machine up on the counter. This is where I'm doing the majority of my piecing. I'm learning to sew standing up. I'm working with a physical therapist to relearn how to sew and quilt and at the same time keep my back and neck in good shape.
Please know that my studio and annex are never this clean, the design wall never that empty and the dirty dishes in the kitchen are cropped out of the photo.
I hope you enjoyed the tour! Consider the party started!! Now, I'm going to grab a drink and maybe a bag of chips and mess up this place with lots of fabric, scraps and pieces of thread! Hope you enjoy the weekend and enjoy the party with:
A Stitch in Dye - Malka Dubrawsky
http://stitchindye.blogspot.com
http://stitchindye.blogspot.com
Film in the Fridge - Ashley Newcomb
http://www.filminthefridge.com
http://www.filminthefridge.com
Generation Q - Jake Finch
http://generationqmagazine.com
http://generationqmagazine.com
Handmade by Alissa - Alissa Haight Carlton
http://www.handmadebyalissa.com
http://www.handmadebyalissa.com
Happy Zombie - Monica Solorio-Snow
http://thehappyzombie.com/blog
http://thehappyzombie.com/blog
iheartlinen - Rashida Coleman-Hale
http://www.iheartlinen.typepad.com
http://www.iheartlinen.typepad.com
Oh Fransson - Elizabeth Hartman
http://www.ohfransson.com
http://www.ohfransson.com
One Shabby Chick - Amber Carrillo
http://oneshabbychick.typepad.com
http://oneshabbychick.typepad.com
Pink Chalk Studio - Kathy Mack
http://pinkchalkstudio.com/blog
http://pinkchalkstudio.com/blog
Quilting is my Therapy - Angela Waters
http://quiltingismytherapy.com
http://quiltingismytherapy.com
Red Pepper Quilts - Rita Hodge
http://www.redpepperquilts.com
http://www.redpepperquilts.com
Sew Mama Sew
http://www.sewmamasew.com
http://www.sewmamasew.com
Sew Take a Hike - Penny Layman
http://sewtakeahike.typepad.com
http://sewtakeahike.typepad.com
West Coast Crafty - Susan Beal
http://westcoastcrafty.wordpress.com
http://westcoastcrafty.wordpress.com
Wise Craft - Blair Stocker
http://blairpeter.typepad.com
We will wrap up the party with an appearance on Pat Sloan's American Patchwork and Quilting radio broadcast on Monday. The show airs at 4:00 p.m. EST.
http://blairpeter.typepad.com
We will wrap up the party with an appearance on Pat Sloan's American Patchwork and Quilting radio broadcast on Monday. The show airs at 4:00 p.m. EST.
For more information about Quilting Modern, visit the book's page at InterweaveStore.com.
Finally, don't miss Quilting Modern's Flickr Group for photos by quilters inspired by Quilting Modern to share images of their creations! There are already a few ambitious (never-get-any-sleep?) quilters who have finished quilts using the book's projects. We love their dedication!
Be sure to check back often this weekend...there may be a surprise or two. It's always good to leave comments. (Hint, Hint!)
Be sure to check back often this weekend...there may be a surprise or two. It's always good to leave comments. (Hint, Hint!)
104 comments:
there are some great ideas for storage and organization that i will have to put into effect! i love the quilting standing up idea, but not as much as i love those metal dining chairs!
That's a great stash you've been building. Thanks for the tour. I do appreciate that you took the time to show us your organization. The color in your studio is wonderful.
Jacquie! What a gorgeous studio! I'm amazed that in that small space you still have room to display a couple of gorgeous quilts! Don't you wish there were little elves who would come in to the studio every night and make everything as tidy as it is when it's all spruced up for a studio tour??? sigh...one can dream...
What an amazing studio. I would love to know where you got the green drawers. I have this thing for drawers...
Ahhh, inspiration to get my sewing room organized! Thanks for the tour.
Your book just came in the mail - I can't wait to have a good look at it this weekend!
Fun post and I am all ready for the party! (is it ok to wear PJs?) It is great to see your space and also good to know that you organized for the photos, I was about to have a cleaning party in my studio, geez! Lets Party!!! ( I shall put on some music to get in the mood!)
Emily
I love your sewing room! So perfect! :) Although it does need more fabric laying around. Messiness is the ideal place for creativity to take over! Thanks for showing us around.
I love being nosey - thanks for that! Can I just ask where you manage to buy a whole roll of batting? Thank you.
Beautiful photos and what a great use of space. I try every week to clean up my studio space but it quickly moves back into disarray. I can always tell when I have to stop buying fabric because there is no flat space left to stack it. A major reorganization seems to be needed right now to accommodate the latest piles of fabric...but you are very organized and provide a great example of smart use of space! and organization and above all, tidiness.
I love how everything is so organized. Sure wish I could say the same about mine!
I love the colour tags on your scrap bins! I must say that I actually already have your book, and it's WONDERFUL. Kudos to you and Katie for including so much about the *process* as well as patterns. Reading about the thinking and the "how" of designing putting parts of an improv quilt together has been really exciting for me. Enjoy the book fest weekend!
Looks great! I'd love to hear more about the sewing table your big bernina is set down into. I want to get something like that someday. And I like the yoda. :)
It's fantastic to see how you've organized your space. There are so many good ideas here. I also wanted to tell you that I remember seeing your table top ironing station in another post and it actually inspired me to make one of my own. I love it! Thanks for sharing!
Great to see such an efficiently organised compact space-and to see that you do expand into the shared areas! My studio is my dining table, which is nice to feel part of things, but I don,t have nearly enough organised storage and it's a pain to have to get out and put away...plus I would love to have a design wall I could leave out. I have a design floor 5of us tiptoe around!
Your studio is interesting, I adore seeing where other people sew! I have a room for my sewing too, but really I just store everything in there and keep my sewing machine in the dining room, where I work on my latest project. Thanks for the party!
Wow, thanks so much for sharing. Love your space! And I am looking forward to bloghop and learn more!
I always enjoy tours of other's sewing spaces. Your room is so organized and colorful. Thank you for sharing.
in that small space lives a great imagination! thanks for sharing.
Does it really help to sew standing up?
Well, my goodness. Your working space looks almost exactly like mine! And by that I mean we have the same pink gripper handle on one of our rulers.....haha.
I piece standing up quite a bit too; seems to help with my sore shoulders. Thx so much for the tour.
I love your use of space. My area is a small corner in the bedroom of our one bedroom apt with folding tables that pull out for cutting quilting. Maybe this summer I will try some of your tips to make the most of the little space I have.
I loved the tour of your studio. It gave me some ideas for mine. My favorite part were the things from your family and friends. I have kept all the art work from my two boys and display it in my studio. It keeps me inspired!
i love seeing sewing studios! you have some great ideas for keeping things organized. hooks, for one and bins for another. i am really craving a design wall - is yours batting over insulation?
Thank you for sharing your studio pics. I love seeing what works for successful quilters to get ideas for my own craft space. I love your color wheel quilt! So I'm curious about your comment about sewing standing up - is that supposed to be better for your back and neck? I get a horribly stiff neck when I sew.
What a wonderful space, thanks for sharing it with us!
Thank you for showing how you organize your sewing room. I found it very helpful.
Love your thread cabinet and thank you for your studio tour. Yes, please share your tips for sewing whilst standing up.
It's so neat to see the tricks other people come up with for making the most of a small space. We're going to have to figure out how to reorganize my sewing space and my husbands office to somehow make room for baby in a few months, so I'm finding all of your solutions especially valuable right now!
Congratulations on the book - it is at the top of my wishlist!! Thanks for a peek into your studio - how inspirational!!
Love your studio. Mine is buried right now.
Seeing how other people decorate and organize their spaces always intriques me, and I love how quirky we all are too.
Can't wait to blog hop with the best of them!
What a fabulous, well-planned space you have there - and the photography is terrific too! I still madly covet your thread shelf, have done since the first time you shared it with us. Thanks for the daily inspirations, I don't comment much but I read every post.
I love how you've made the best of the space you have--i have an entire basement and I feel more disorganized the more space I have!
What a great space! I love the color wheel quilt!
We remodeled my studio over the winter holiday and I have not yet put everything back into the space. Most of it is still in a spare bedroom. Seeing your studio has motivated me to finish organizing and storing. Yay!
What a fun post! Thanks for sharing your organizational tips and the tour!
Love the book and thoroughly enjoyed the tour of your studio. Thanks! Nancy in Denver (nkadenver at yahoo.com)
What a fun studio! I was cracking up at the studio annex part-so true! I can't help but slowly spread out over the house as projects develop....congrats again on the book!
Your stash is making me sick with envy! LOL :)
I really love the quilts you have hanging on the walls, so inspiring!
Bethany
Wow! So many great ideas to get organized. And your stash is so pretty!! And thanks for your honesty about how messy things can get when quilting!
There are a lot of great ideas here. I need to look into a re-org of my own sewing room.
Awesome tour of your studio, wish mine looked that clean!
Loved seeing your studio space. I'm always looking for ideas for a small space. You have some great storage bins & cabinets and your large sewing table - oh that's awesome!
Great creating and sewing space. Love all the different storage bins and cabinets you have. Thanks for the tour!
I love what you've done with such a small space! Very inspiring to other city dwellers. :)
thanks for sharing your space! I love the little ironing table/storage unit.. Great idea.
What kind of containers are you using to store your fabric? I'm trying to find a better way to store my stash so that it doesn't fall out onto the floor so often :)
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your studio, and best of luck to you with the Quilting Modern kick-off party!
That was so much fun to see! You make me want to pull everything out of my studio and reorganize it. I love your cheery space!
Love how you've created beautiful and functional work space(s). I manage to be in several rooms of the house, also! And we need to talk about the neck/shoulder problem...
Looking forward to the Quilting Modern weekend!
What a gorgeous space! I love how organized everything is - it's something I've been trying to get better at for some time. I may have to refer back to your post for some ideas! :)
A huge congrats on the book!! It's absolutely wonderful and I'm so happy to be part of your book celebration weekend. I think everyone should own a copy - it's top on my list! can't wait to show a couple quilt tops I've made from it!
Oooh . . . can I raid your stash? It's always so fun to see other studio spaces. Love getting new ideas for storage and working. I really like the laundry basket for scraps. Scraps are one thing I haven't handled well yet. Check out my studio post too.
I love all your storage ideas - my sewing room is small (about 7'x9') and I have things squeezed in all over the place but I think I'm going to have a closer look at your photos and see if I can 'pinch' some ideas!
Wow Jacquie, thank you for sharing. It was wonderful to see your space. Hope you and your therapist find lots of ways to help your back. Have a good weekend.
Loved the tour. I would love a room to myself to sew in. I share a room with the computer and of course the husband - so I am forced to tidy up or feel guilty - and it is only 9X 9 so it is uncomfortably small.
Yikes! Makes me want to clean "my" studio. My favorite is the thread rack with the yard sticks.
Just received your book this morning. I am taking the rest of the day off so I can sit and dream my way through the pages!
what a great space! thanks for the tip on going vertical...i need to do that!
I love seeing others quilters spaces. Makes me want to start over. And ..wowzers...that stash!
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You've really thought out your space well and used every inch! I love the Jessica Jones fabric on your stool/machine too :)
I'm so excited about your celebration weekend. Also, thanks for the studio tour. Even though everyone's space is different, you can usually get an idea or two.
I left Katie a message too, saying how I work in a small space. On further reflection, maybe that's a good thing, it forces me to stay somewhat neat and organized. I used to have quilting stuff all over the house, now it's confined to one half of a room and a closet.
The book looks great, so looking forward to getting a copy. Congrats!
I love seeing new ways to organize studios. Pulling bits from all the spaces I've seen has really helped out my mess.
I've used a little bit of the book already... Just a small piece on a new York beauty pillow -I pieced the center like the "shattered" quilt. I was trying it out before I start a big one. I have the fabrics all pulled out and ready to start. It's one I can't wait to finish.
I love your little studio Jacquie. Thanks for the great ideas for setting up my next one. You have the best pops of color.
mmmmmmm ......... you've got some good ideas goin' on there. I may just have to steal one or two. thx for sharing
I love seeing others' sewing areas, especially storage ideas.
Jacquie, why am I not surprised that your studio is both practical and beautiful? I love your storage solutions, and that fact that it is not all just business. I reorganised my sewing space, but then went on a buying spree (although I'm sure I decided I wasn't going to buy anything spontaneously this year!) - and find that I don't have enough room to store the new stuff... so it must be time to reorganise again!
You are beautifully organized, it makes me happy to see and anxious to get my own organization underway!
That's great that you're seeing a PT to hopefully prevent any problems caused by sewing so much! I know that my back or arms/hands sometimes ache after an afternoon/evening at the sewing machine-- I can't imagine how quickly that could escalate were sewing more than just a hobby for me! (Also, thanks for sharing your space with us! Can't wait until the day when I can have a dedicated space for making things.)
I love your stash - so pretty and organized. Mine is all in drawers and I can't see it. I love seeing everyone's sewing spaces :)
If you can share any tips about protecting your neck and shoulders, please share! I don't have room for and can't afford to buy specific furniture for sewing and often find I'm "goosenecking" as I sew. Sigh. I don't want sewing to hurt. :)
Congrats again on the book. I was just on Amazon wondering if I could get it now or if I should wait for the next paycheck.
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I've loved reading about the new book the past few days. Your quilting studio seems so functional, and I'm envious of both your stash and how it's stored!
I love seeing your set-up.
I had a fabulous time doing the virtual tour of your sewing space. I even picked up a few hints along the way! So much fabric love too!
Thanks for the tour, Jacquie! I love seeing how other quilters organize their spaces. I don't have a dedicated space but am always looking for ideas for the day I do!
Hope the book has the blow-out bash it deserves this weekend!
I have on occasion sewn standing up. I kind of like it. I discovered it years ago when I lived in a studio apt and the only place to put my machine was on the kitchen counter
It's all GOOD! Thanks for the tips.
I just got my copy of your book today. I love it. It feels good to hold and WOW what inspiration. Funny, I have read your blog for a long time and never seen a pic of you. It is fun to put a face to your blog.
Thanks for the fun book.
Love a party! Great storage ideas in your lovely workspace - thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing your space, I love to see how other quilters organize their things. And I got some great ideas!! YEA.
I love your sewing space. I can see some great ideas, too. And looking at your machines I'm reminded that I desperately need to sew a nice cover for my sewing machine :)
it's absolutely beautiful!! ACK! Look forward to hearing your interview!
Well, having had two back surgeries and a nasty neck, I am so interested in the sewing standing up. How do you manage the foot pedal? tinygirl@suddenlink.net
What a great tour! I love that you took pictures of nearly everything but the ceiling. It really gives a great sense of your creative space and how you have wonderfully made it your own and made it work for you.
Thanks for the tour, that was fun and inspirational. Let's be honest. I want your stash. No, really I do! If you ever feel the need to purge, just shoot me a message and I'll take some of it off your hands. ;)
Have a great weekend!
I have to get this book!
Your studio is an inspiration. Thanks also for sharing the annex, I have one of those, too. ;)
Thanks for the look at your studio. I love those yardsticks!
Love your ironing board! Have you ever posted a tutorial for it? Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us!
Georgeann, Carrollton, TX
If only my place could look this good! Thanks for the tour. Kathie L in Allentown
Congratulations. This is very fun. Mary K
Thanks for the tour of your sewing space and annex. It is so organized and neat. The colors in your quilts in the photos really pop.
Wow, amazing workspace. I like to sew standing up. Way back when I had an office job I tried to get the company to get me a desk that i could stand at because my back was always hurting from sitting so much. They did not go for it.
Congratulations for the book! I definitely want to buy one. It's great to see your sewing space. I have a small space too and it's great to see ideas on how to organize things. I particularly love your ironing board and your sewing table.
Thanks for the tour! Its not hard to understand why you're so productive! An organized simple space is the key, something that I totally lack. I did pick up a few ideas though!
See you soon,
-rachel
What an amazing workspace, if only I could be as organized. Congratulations on the book, it looks great.
Really enjoyed the post and the "tour"; looks like an inspiring book too! (marshudson at comcast dot net)
i love your craft room! amazing job. can't wait to see the book in person!
Inspiring room to create in, Jacquie. Loved the peek at where you work your magic!
Love the spool quilt. I've been saving selvages because of your inspirations. I can't wait to get a copy of your book. It sounds like what I need to understand modern quilting.
hi, can't tell you how much I have enjoyed sticky-beaking around your studio, thank you so much!!
I noticed your saying towards the end, that you are learning to sew standing up - I'm not sure what sort of back/neck problem you have - but I sewed standing up until I got a life-changing chair.
It's called a 'Bambach saddle chair' and it's seriously changed my life - I wouldn't be able to sew without it. I hurt my back badly early last year, and still see a physiotherapist every two weeks.
My main problem with sewing standing up, was not being able to get my sewing machine to the right height - I'm 180 cm tall, so we just couldn't get the right sized table/bench - so getting the saddle chair was a real saviour.
thanks again, I am LOVING the book/blog tour, and will buy your book for sure. Cat.
Thank you for the tour of your studio. Great idea to do a party theme blog tour! I'm having fun visiting the various blogs over a weekend.
What an awesome space! Love it and your fabric stash, oh gosh it's just beautiful. hehe. I'm trying to get my extra bedroom setup as my space so it's always great to see what others do. Looking forward for the hop and learning more about your book.
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jacquie, loved this peek into your creative space! for awhile, i was sewing with my machine on the washer, which i actually liked! anyways, congrats on the book - it looks fabulous!
Congrats on a wonderful book, Jacquie, and thanks for the studio tour.
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