Creative Space Tag - Want a Peek?

Creative Space Tag is a new blogging game.  It was dreamed up after a conversation that Maryse and Julie had about how fun it would be to make a game of seeing people's sewing rooms.  It will be a lot of fun if it catches on and spreads!  Not only is it interesting to see how people carve out their own creative spaces, but, if nothing else, it will result in cleaned up work areas all over the world.  

Julie, who is a new blogging friend, kicked it off with views of her amazing new loft: a work in progress.  You can learn about Creative Space Tag here at Pink Doxies.  I love Julie's blog and she always has interesting things to say and great things to show us!  I feel like I grow a little more as a person and a quilter every time I visit.  

If you would like to be tagged, just let Julie know, since she will be coordinating the game.  It doesn't matter if your sewing area is fancy or humble, the idea is to inspire others by showing how you make space to create.   

Maryse went next and showed us her space.  Maryse is very special to me because she was my very first friend in blogland. I love throwing around ideas with Maryse and we have had some great conversations together.  Her work never ceases to take my breath away and I look up to her, not only as an incredibly talented quilter but as a wise and caring person.   You can see her sunlit and beautifully organized space here at Maryse Makes Things. 

Maryse then tagged me. :)     

So... Welcome and come on in for a tour of my creative space!  

I will try to keep this post picture rich and word light from this point on.    

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This used to be my daughter's bedroom and now is my favorite place to sew.  I love my vintage sewing machines and use them on a regular basis.  This room is so cheery and it lifts my spirits to work in here:

Vintage Sewing Room - View 1

Vintage Sewing Room - view 2 - There is always a dog bed nearby!

The other main area where I sew is in our bedroom, which I seem to have taken over.  This is where my modern machine and mambo sewing table are:

Bedroom Sewing Space - View 1 - from the door

Jim helped me make a homemade Ironing and Cutting Station - Tutorial Here

It has storage for books and ironing supplies too:

DIY Ironing and Cutting Station

I took over the Walk-in closet.  Sometimes my stash is very well organized.  I try to fold all the fabric onto 8 and 1/2 by 11 magazine boards.  Other times, like now, I have not been so good at putting things away:

Stash Storage.  The shade is usually closed so that light won't damage the fabrics.

The cabinet below was my grandmother's and then my parents' china cabinet.  I keep the sweet romantic type fabrics in there.  As you can see, my little buddies are always nearby when I sew:

Pip likes to sit on the end of the bed.
This way she is handy in case petting is a possibility. 

Very often, we don't see our stairway railing for months at a time.  I drape freshly washed, ironed and starched fabrics here:

Penny - always hoping that I will throw the toy for her to chase.

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Would you like to meet my Golden Girls?  

First there is Dorothy - my Singer 301 and my favorite sewing machine.  Dorothy looks very straight laced and proper and I can always count on her.  I used this sewing machine to sew all the projects in my hope-to-be-published-soon book.  

Then there is Sophia - one tough cookie and always reliable.  Connie (Free Motion by the River) uses her 15-91 to free-motion quilt her quilts and I hope to get good enough to do that too.        

Then there is Rose, my Singer Featherweight.  Rose is just a darling and a good, all around machine.  My daughter Kaitie fell in love with this machine at first sight, so Rose went to live with her, except for when she comes back for spa dates.  

  

And last of all, there is Blanche.  The spiffiest, most modern machine and always up to trying anything - A Janome 7700.  My favorite thing about Blanche is that she attracts my daughters like a magnet.  

That last photo shows, on the right, the design wall Jim made for me out of furring strips and a fleece blanket.  It holds things up (Like Lorna's Elephant Parade quilt) very well.  There is a fan there because I can heat the whole house with hot flashes if I just blow the air around enough.  

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I am very grateful for having this wonderful space to create in and am thankful that my husband is so supportive of my passion for quilting.  He really understands what it is all about:

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Quilting is my voice, not my vice.

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"So who will be next in Creative Space Tag?", you may ask.

It's Sandra of Musings of a Menopausal Melon!  After that hot flash comment I just had to pick her.  Hee hee.  You just have to love someone who names their blog that!  Sandra is not only a talented quilter, but a wonderful and incredibly funny and caring friend.  She cracks me up on a regular basis and then other times broadens my mind and makes me think more about things and the world in general.  She also has turned me into a fan of Mary Oliver's poetry.  

So Sandra, Come On Down!  You are the next participant in "The Place is Right!"  I sure hope someone clicks on that so they can get the joke :) 

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