Hooray! My studio has been decluttered, reorganized, cleaned and painted! Hubby put a frame around my tool pegboard: And made me some Shaker peg rails that I can use to hold bags! I recovered my ironing board with fresh clean Rain no Stain curtain lining: New ceiling mounted curtain track from Ikea, they had some… Continue Reading
Introducing….my Custom Dyeing Sink! It sits on my back patio, centered between the 2 windows, left is our kitchen, right our music/dining room, this is 8 feet of stainless steel awesome: This awesome thing was designed by me, along with the help of JNL Stainless, a stainless steel manufacturer located about 30 miles from Redlands.… Continue Reading
Oh my goodness, it was a lot of work, 3 days off and on, but I’ve totally cleaned and re-organized the studio!!!! It feels fantastic! 2 days after Christmas it looked like this: As I told somebody the other day: “it’s always darkest before the dawn!” My studio has a built in bookcase and desk.… Continue Reading
A few years ago, Sew Mama Sew had a Sewing machine month, and they asked for folks to review their machines on their blogs. They’re doing this again, and so I thought I’d re-review my workhorse, as the last time I wrote about it it was relatively new to me! (Here’s the post with everybody’s information… Continue Reading
My studio was a crazy mess last week! Not only did I need to clean up, but I was fed up with how my thread was stored. This set of drawers worked OK when I bought it, but of course I’ve been buying more thread, so the drawers were getting over full. Couple that with me not… Continue Reading
After putting everything away from my show on Saturday, I decided it was time for some re-organization in my studio. The impetus for the reorganization was a new printer that had a larger footprint than the old one. Here’s a pic of what my desk wall looked like last Spring: With my old printer, I… Continue Reading
Getting ready for our big reno project, I had to get me studio closet under control. As I dye more and more fabric, I need more places to store it! I don’t do lots of dyeing “just for the heck of it”, but with a particular palette or function (for one of my dyeing classes).… Continue Reading
Last Friday, I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, and was feeling pretty stoked. Did I jump right into that list? NO! It turns out that I needed to spruce up the studio. I’m not sure why, but there just comes a point where those piles just have to be dealt… Continue Reading