scenes from a sewing room

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.

Comments

[Julia]

I would love to see some pictures of the whole sewing room... how you utilize small spaces and keep everything organized etc.! I have a small sewing space and need some new ideas sometimes! :)
I really enjoy reading your blog!
Julia

[Melinda Pound]

Oh, yes, I would also love to see pictures of the whole room. We're remodeling our sewing room soon, and I'd savor ideas! :)

Blessings!
Melinda

[Sivje Parish]

What a pretty post! I too would love to see pictures of your pretty room. Mine is not so pretty right now, since I would much rather sew than clean or organize. So, it is stacks and piles of messies, meaning lots of pretties thrown together.

However, if I spent less time reading blogs, I may have a cleaner sewing room! Heehee!!!

[Amber]

Oh please, pretty please, post some pictures of your entire sewing room????? I LOVE red-and-white sewing rooms - that's what mine is aspiring to be! :) ....Though right now it's just a corner of the basement, so I have no walls to paint or cover with red toile. :) I enjoyed this post - nice pictures too. :) Is there anything quite like a handful of big chunky buttons?

[joanna]

What I would like to know is if we will have a sewing room in heaven? If so, what would that be like??!! I loved the chunky buttons and ALL that thread!! I think I have about 6 spools of thread in my sewing box! Like all the other ladies..show us more pictures!

[Jessica]

I'm so jealous of all that thread! Reminds me of my mom's thread drawer...all my threads fit on one little thread rack right now...

I too would like to see more of the whole room, how many machines you have, how you store your fabric, etc.

[Elizabeth]

Beautiful! Love all of the delightful colors of thread, fabric scraps, zippers, etc! A rainbow of beauty! Thanks for the post!
Joyfully in Jesus,
Elizabeth

[Cheap Jordans]

To your blog, I learned a lot! This also is very good!

[soft cialis]

I love the information, I commend them for their ideas. So inspirational and entertaining at the same time. I'd love to learn more about him.