Once upon a time, there was a lovely sewing room. Complete with one papered red toile wall, plushy deep red carpet, and a shelf high on one wall, housing pure pretties. It featured a vintage sewing machine, old patterns, bits of trims and lace, old button cards (with the buttons still attached!), and 1940's "Make and Mend for Victory" magazines.
Over time, as the thread selection grew, so did the sewers. Not only that, but the sewers decided to do one of the things they love best (sewing of course!), serve their family, and bless others in the process. Exit mere beauty--- enter practicality.

The selection of goodies grew and grew. However, the sewing room stayed small and sweet.

Everyone has a special space for things of their "own". Everyone gets a memo board for tacking things up.... scraps of fabric (selvedges too!), Bible verses and quotes, pictures... anything that strikes their fancies.

Today the sewing room has been reorganized numerous times, in several different ways. The goal: maximum usage! It has been well-loved. We're forever grateful to The Lord for giving us such a lovely room to sew in. We've ripped out many a project in there, put together something new, formed numerous ideas, drafted patterns, cut fabric, sipped from ric-rac glasses, cried a few times, laughed lots, and wrapped Christmas presents in the red toile sewing room.

The sewing room still houses some pretty things. We still keep the decorative "pure pretties" shelf up. We like it that way.