I follow several sewing blogs and it has been interesting to see other people’s sewing spaces and how they organise it. The spaces have been very varied from a small secret space on a boat by Melissa Fehr, cleverly designed and hidden away. To a massive “sewing cave” by Diary of a Sewing Fanatic, to a lovely bright sewing area by Scruffy Badger.
Whilst my sewing has been very sporadic lately, I have organised my sewing space a bit more and it is now much easier to find things! Previously I have had fabric shoved into various boxes and cupboard spaces which meant that I often forgot what I had as I couldn’t see it all in one go. I have wanted a dedicated fabric space for ages but I’m fussy and I wanted my beautiful fabric to be kept in a beautiful place! Luckily, on a local “sell and swap it” website, I found this lovely Ercol sideboard dating from the 1960s.
I know its not everyone’s cup of tea but I love it!
The bottom shelf is for jersey and knits, the top shelf for lining fabric.
Woven fabric on the bottom shelf and facing and elastic on the top.
The bottom drawer holds patterns that are too big to fit in my pattern boxes, mostly Style Arc patterns and PDF print outs. I also store carbon and tracing paper there along with tailor’s ham etc.
It feels so great to have all my fabric in one place at last! Now just to get on and do some sewing …
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