New sewing room!

Since moving at the beginning of the year, we have been renovating the house. I have been waiting for my sewing/crafting space to be finished. It isnt quite there but enough to work in and share with you.

My desk has a set of tin draws underneath for tools and notions. I also have a small trolley with my projects and EPP, tucked to the other side. I have also added a peg board for my scissors, pins and few bits that I think I will use the most. 

There was already a shelf up, which was perfectly placed for above my desk, for some photos and decorations.

I found the pink office chair on facebook market place. 

At the side of the desk is an old piece of furniture I found on facebook marketplace. I plan to paint this so will share more photos when I finish that.

At the other side of the desk is some storage. It is a smaller depth Pax wardrobe either side of a Billy bookcase in a wider depth. There is only a couple cm difference so they sit quite nice together. The bookcase only comes in the white, but I chose the wood effect wardrobe doors to warm the room up a little bit. I have just added shelves into the wardrobes to sort my fabric and other sewing bits away.

The chair at the side was a find at a vintage markets many years ago. It is great and turns into a ladder, perfect for getting to the higher shelfs. At the side of that is the other piece of old furniture I have got but will be painting next year, so will share more when I do that.

On the other side of the room is more storage. At this side I did the same setup as the other side, but I had a bit more space so I used 100cm wide Pax instead of the 50cm. 

In the centre of the room I had made an island. Unlike in my old room instead of just using desks, I wanted something with storage. I reused the two Kallax units (with fabric boxes in) we had and laid them on the side, pushed them together. I found the table top that was the perfect size to go on top. It is a touch longer, which I have put at one side as I think I could use it to sit at if I really wanted to, although it will mostly be used for cutting out. I found a nice patterned large rug to go under the unit. It breaks up the vinyl flooring, adds pattern and warmth and best of all saves my floor from the inevitable ruler dropping.

The curtains were from next although in the sale, so I cant find them online to link.

The last design feature for my new room is the pink ceiling... It might be a bold choice but I love it! 

The light is the same as my old sewing room and I would highly recommend it.

Overall I'm so happy with how my room looks and excited to use my room and create.

I have added links from all the items, if you want to check them out. I think I have done everything but if you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments.

Mx

 

Sew Hot Brand rep... Take two!

My second parcel for the Sew Hot brand reps arrived and this time I was sent a selection of fat quarters from the Swatch book fabrics by Kathy Doughty for Figo fabrics. 

It has been a year since I released the Bestla Quilt pattern, and it has been on my mind, especially because I decided it was about time I finished the matching cushion pattern. When the fabrics first arrived, making a Bestla cushion was an obvious choice. However there was a lot of fabric for just a cushion or two, so I couldn't resist making a small quilt.

I chose the baby size of the Bestla pattern. After making a few mock-ups, I decided to add a spectrum solids in 'optic white', to really brighten up the fabrics. I also needed to add a binding fabric from my stash. 

I cut out the quilt and the cushion at the same time, to make it quicker and easier for me. Also making sure I had enough to finish my projects. When the quilt top was finished, it was time to choose a backing fabric. As I am really trying to be more mindful of buying fabrics and trying to use what I have, I decided I would try to do a scrappy back using the pieces I had left over. It took a little time playing with the layout but I finally found a combination that I liked the look of and was big enough to baste. 

After basting it was time to quilt. I only do straight-line quilting with my walking foot. I couldn't fully decide on a pattern, so I did something very strange for memuch and made it up as I went along. I just kept adding lines as I went and was happy with how the design developed and turned out in the end.

I thought instead of just doing my cushion ahead of my week, I would make it in real-time during my week. I figured it would be a great opportunity to repeat my cushion in a weekend challenge so I did #bestlacushioninaweekend. It was a lot of fun to see how fast I could make it to cushion and secretly wanted to beat my time from last year... I did! My sewing has probably improved but I think mostly the time improvement came from the patchwork being less pieces and much simpler quilting. 

It was lovely to revisit the Bestla pattern and I am thrilled with my new quilt and cushion. I think the fabrics are a little too grown up for a baby quilt however, it will be a great size for use in my wheelchair, in the car and no doubt be stolen by my cheeky fur baby who has already proven it is the perfect size for her. 

Mx