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When I lived in a one bedroom apartment, my stash was everywhere. I started to get a grip and did so by investing in the plastic boxes that go under the bed. It was a long, tedious process but I measured the yardage and folded it to fit the boxes (long and skinny pieces). I took a small snip of fabric from each order and glued it to an index card and noted the yardage amount by the piece. I then taped the card(s) on the end. I can now see what is in each box, just by looking at the ends under the bed. It has sure saves me a lot of time when I know I have a certain fabric I want to use and now it only takes a few minutes instead of a few hours to find it. Love your show. Di
Brilliant!
Dear Diane, the work the you put into this was very long and tiring but the end results turned out so very helpful, you should be very proud of your hard work...❤❤❤❤
When I learned to quilt, I was still living with my mom. I had my bedroom and that’s it. I kept my stash almost nonexistent because I literally didn’t have anywhere to keep it and did my quilting on the coffee table in the living room. The sewing stuff was put away every day.
When I moved into my first apartment, my (now) husband and I shared the 2nd bedroom as a computer lab/quilt space. His server rack, desk, cables, etc were on one side, and my sewing table was on the other. I kept my stash in a dresser in our bedroom. My design wall was the floor in the living room downstairs. I worked on one project at a time because there wasn’t room for more.
Now that my husband and I have bought a house, his office is in one room, my sewing space is in another room that’s about 9x11. Do I wish I had more space? Absolutely. But I’m learning that keeping my stash small enough to fit nicely in the space designated, and keeping the area a little tidier is really helpful for making it feel nice. My project bins all match each other, almost all my furniture does too, and I’ve invested in good lighting which is a game changer.
Just moved into a two bedroom senior apartment since my husband passed. Made the 2nd bedroom my living room, the living room is my sewing room and the two “extra” closets store my fabrics. Great show today Pat. Happy Thanksgiving everyone ❤
My sewing space is basically 6 1/2 square. It’s in the inner corner of a spare bedroom. In that corner one window that’s to the left side, second one in front of my cutting table. My sewing table butts up against my cutting table and behind me to my right is a dresser full of fabric with a ironing station on the top. A design wall beside the dresser. My sewing table butts up to a double bed, a perfect place for my quilt to fall onto. This is my perfect triangle sewing space that suit me perfectly.
I have recently moved into another house since my husband passed.
I have made the master bedroom my studio space. Fortunately it includes two walk in closets. I am blessed.
My space, I am so very thankful for it! That is my secret-just stay thankful for it and find creative ways to see/store my supplies. I remember I am a creator in all ways. I turn my want button OFF and stay thankful for what I have. Happy Thanksgiving!
That is a beautiful mindset tyfs 😊🩷
Hi Pat, Thank you so much for addressing my question! I am taking your advice and will be drafting a schedule for my sewing life today and then do my best to stick to it. Never give up, yes! I enjoyed hearing all of your answers.
Once in a while look at your space critically. What do you not use often-put it in a closet. If you never use it-get rid of it. Did you see something another quilter did-incorporate it in your spot. Your space grows with you and changes over time. Enjoy the journey!❤
What a great show today Pat!! I love having you answer questions!! Have a blessed day!❤️❤️
I really felt bad for the gal that wrote the question about not having a nice, big and more fancy sewing room. Her question probably has been experienced by so many of us and I just wanted her to know she is not alone...I started sewing with my machine on a small table in our not so huge bedroom...no place to cut and the ironing board was on the other side of the bed...had to roll or crawl over the bed to press. It was awful, but I sewed clothes then not quilts. We were a military family so my sewing space changed every 2 years...one place I set up my machine in the small room with the washer/dryer and water heater! Just do with what you have now matter if it's a corner of a room or a closet.
She had a great question that many people feel. I was happy she was comfortable asking me to talk about it on my channel.
My daughter is going to help me deep clean and reorganize my sewing room as my Christmas gift.
I "move" south every fall. I have to be very organized there is no storage and I am limited about how many projects i bring. I spend the month of October organizing my northern garret and pick projects to head south with and putting every thing away in the garret, which is a large room in our two story garage. I've been doing this for 11 years now. I have my orginizationskills down pat.
My husband made me take my dining room as a craft/sewing room.
We very rarely use it. The whole family is here 3/4 times a year.
It is wonderful.
I agree with you with the cohesiveness. I made the mistake and painted my sewing room pink. It was supposed to be mauve, but oh well.
I have all kinds of unique baskets and things in containers and they’re really just in the way
QUESTION!! Pat, what do with all of your patterns when you are done making the quilt?? For instance, the Cluck Cluck Sew pattern with the mini pumpkins?? Do you keep them in a file, recycle them, give them away?? I’m never sure what to do with these purchased patterns!!
I use a file folder container with a lid and handle and label the tabs. They fit under my work table.
i give them away
I had a craft room and then converted a very small bedroom into my sewing room. I use the sewing room so much more so come January its going to flip, much to my husband's dismay. In the past I always had a corner or closet for sewing and crafts now I am very fortunate to have 2 small rooms. Its how I organized everything. I bought a label maker and that helped tremendously.
I have some input on the smaller sewing space and how I dealt with it - my husband and I live in a 2 bedroom apartment. We are both very crafty people and noticed that we were not spending a lot of time in our living room/dining room area. I used to dining room table for my sewing, but we didn't like working in separate areas when we were crafty, so we actually moved our office/crafting stuff into our living room, moved all the living room furniture into our old office area and now just have the biggest area in our apartment as the crafty/office area instead of a traditional living room. We are still able to watch TV/relax on the couch when we want, it's just in a bedroom now, but we don't need a lot of space for that. It has helped a lot! We moved the dining room table into the living room and have our desks on opposite walls. I was able to put up a design wall and can just turn around from my computer to sew. It's worked out great so far.
Good show today. I really liked when you showed your previous set up and how you changed it. Your explanations and walking through the process was helpful.
so happy it was helpful!
I would love it if all my bookcases were white, have thought about painting them, but so far it isn't on my bucket list. I put two, side by side and covered the backsides with batting and use it as a design wall. It works great except that I can't stand very far back and lighting could be better. One thing I learned is to keep surfaces clean and empty, clutter grows if I leave anything out. Also, my boss's favorite expression was "Touch it Once" which is a life-changer if you concentrate on that alone. Thank you Pat, great discussion today, Happy Thanksgiving.
A declutering book I read stated that touch it once rule. I try to adhere to that with my mail pile. It still tends to fill a basket, "Oh, I'll look into that tomorrow." And it piles up fast. Touch it and put it where it needs to go 🙂
I don’t have a big space so I do use my dining room to spread out sometimes depending on the projects.
Thanks for always answering my questions right away. Your wonderful
It was very helpful how you addressed the sewing space question. Very helpful recommendations to consider.❤❤
I have a wrist/thumb tendonitis that is very painful right now. Kind of frustrating. And I've been sick. No schedule right now. Just one quilt I want to maybe "wave quilt". But I need to be able to use that hand as it is fairly large.. Patience! How in the world did you deal with 2 BROKEN WRISTS Pat? Bless you!!
Thank you!!!!! Today I gathered so much fabric that I’d been hanging onto. Wednesday morning it is going out along with some clothes and books to be picked up by a charity! My fabric collection is now more manageable. I’ve still got more smaller bins to go through but now I know I can make these decisions more easily.
that is wonderful!
I sew in my dining room. I have to tidy on Wednesday. I have a couple of small projects to bind today and another quilt to sandwich.
The sweatshirt looks really great on you. The color and the way the hood kind of frames you!😊
This was great. I needed to hear this information on our sewing spaces. I've been thinking for years about my sewing space.
This was a fun video. I love the questions others ask and hearing your ideas and suggestions. You give us good hints on things and we all learn from what others think. Thank you, hope you have a very Blessed Thanksgiving.
Loved your video today!! I put an additional small shelf in the corner to clean up a table that always had clutter. What a game changer. Have a cleared table inspired me. Then I got a new big cutting table from my children for Mother’s Day. Now my room is so organized inspiring. I love my room now 😊
Great tips on studio planning. Paint your dark furniture white if you can’t afford new furniture. Donate the old stuff to make room for new 😊
To Kathy, regarding the small amount of space she has for her creations. I live in an apartment for seniors. It has two bedrooms but the second one is quite small. I have my sewing machine on a sewing table in my bedroom set up by the two windows. Next to that is a small shelf to keep my thread handy and other small items I use in that room. I make my bed every day. I cannot sew if my bed isn’t made because it makes things too stressful for me. My bedroom is done in blues and greens which also helps to relax. My cutting table is in my living room. When company is coming, I put the leafs down and when they leave I go back to using the table for what it is made for. My second bedroom is where I keep my fabric in my armoire, carefully wrapped around comic book boards. My fat quarters are in bins with covers that I bought at Dollar Tree for $1.25 each. I also have a desk with my laptop and printer in there. My panels are hanging in the closet using skirt hangers to save space. Good luck to you and have a good Turkey 🦃 Day!!!
I had 2 quilts my Grandma made that was all scraps from old socks. The backing was a heavy flannel. They were heavy quilts and I loved them.
I have a dream of having a sewing room, too. 😃 I have my dining room and a corner. I’m so thankful my family supports me in my hobby. 😊
I usually work on 1 quilt at a time, start to finish. Of course I don’t have as many going on at a time like you do, Pat, so I understand why you have so many to complete at a time.
Hi Pat, question for you. You have a lot of large quilts hanging in your house. Can you maybe sometime show how you hang these large quilts? What you use to hang them with. Want to hang a few but am very hesitant about hardware.
Hi Vr! I had shown what i use, it is jut a curtain rod. Nothing fancy
When our family was young, wherever I could set up my machine was my sewing space. I mostly sewed clothes back then. But, dining rooms most often worked, my bedroom,...now that kids are gone, I have a whole bedroom and closet! Yay! Rewards of patience and changes od life. ❤😍
Thank You Pat for making my Thanksgiving weekend better.
About basements {Do't ask why I know...} DON'T store fabric directly on the basement floor. Use pallets you can get for free, even for plastic totes. Does your basement flood, if so how much. Then shelves will work better. It can be wonderful as they are usually large!!!
I have a half basement and always changing around, but the idea of painting everything white is great, but I'm 70 and it's probably impossible
I have a small corner in my living room but I don't mind. Me and the cats make it work.
I did my 10 minute tidy!
I’m trying to sew up fabric and use project boxes and slowly limit ALL my projects to one closet with the doors shut. Then I have a sewing center and ironing board. I hate clutter.
Great advice! If I’m finding that I’m needing more storage, I look at what it is I’m storing. Do I need it? Or do I just need to use it up? Or give it away? I love my rolling assistants. I have 3 that suit me well. But I have since bought 3 more and I’m not using two of them. I will probably gift them. I want to spread out and get some projects out and going. What am I thinking? I need to finish one project at a time and then keep reducing my stash. I keep telling hubby, no more fabric. He’s such an enabler. lol. I love patterns. And if you love it you have to buy it. It could be hard to come by later. But keeping them in the open is key. This will feed your creative mind to make these quilts/sewing pieces. Good luck to you all and me. Please post your progress. I love organization ❤️. Thanks Pat!!
You are so right! I try to review my quilt planner at least a few times a week!
My master bedroom is my studio and I have an armoire in the dining room with my fabric in it.
We had a wonderful home and I had two rooms. I made a lot of quilts. Then life changed and we began traveling. Now my space is a tiny trailer. I don’t sew very much anymore because It’s not a happy area. Maybe someday we can move to a larger space. Great help today Miss Pat!
Thanks for all your inspiration
Great video and excellent answers to questions. My space is a small bedroom, painted light blue with all-white furniture, doors, and molding. I love my IKEA furniture including my 25 cubby system, white, with white baskets on the white shelves. Yes, I have quilting stuff in other places. I hang my quilts ready for quilting on skirt hangers in my clothing closet. Since I am retired, I got rid of my skirts and wear mostly yoga pants! I have an overflow closet for bigger pieces of fabric and future projects. Thanks for another wonderful video, Pat Sloan!
your room sounds so delightful!! all one color really helps it feel bigger
What a fun video❤ great answers Pat. Im going to redo my sewing area
Great question Cathy!! I feel the same way and I appreciated Pat's answer. I quilt and scrapbook so I have a lot, too much. Pat's answer was very encouraging.
Love the new shirts and mug!
Hi Pat, thanks for all of the great ideas. This was fun also. Thanks for sharing
I have a three bedroom house, only one is used as a bedroom. One is an office, and the other is my sewing room.
Happy you have it!
Thanks Pat!
Great Q&A!! Thank you. ❤😊
We still have a corner store in our small town that still sells penny candy. Would,love to see your mushroom fabrics, maybe something similar to the horse quilt to highlight them. Can’t wait.
Ordered sweatshirts for sister-in-law and me last week and they are on their way!!!😊
After 30+ years I finally have a dedicated space to sew. Some may have that to look forward to, some may not; either way your floor space doesn’t matter, your mind space does. That’s where your art comes from, not your floor plan. Keep on it you wonderful community of artisans 🤍
Thanks Pat i have a small bedroom for my sewing room n then i used my laundry room to put my fabrics n it works for me 😊
Thanks, Pat for answering the question about naming fabric! Makes perfect sense!
You are so welcome!
Great video. Lots of good suggestions to think about.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for answering my question, yes I did understand that you are a business now, but you like the rest of us who watch your channel and enjoy you very much weren't always a business and had to deal with the financial aspect of quilting. I didn't mean for the question to be personal but to address an important issue when we quilt. I see now that it was too broad a question for you to tackle.
Do I wish I had more space for my quilting? Absolutely! But living in a mobile home during the winter and a camper during the summer means finding more space is impossible. I manage to make do with a storage closet and furniture that holds lots of material.
Great show.
Thanks!
thank you so much!!! Hugs!!!
I don’t have much space either and I dream of a bigger space ❤️❤️❤️
So much fabulous information Pat!!! You have so much knowledge!! My sewing space is in our bedroom. One corner with my sewing machine against the wall, my cutting table next to it sitting perpendicular to my sewing machine table. My ironing board sits in front of a desk and I put it away when I'm done. Thankfully we have a linen closet in the short hall leading to the master bath. I keep my fabric in that. At one time I wanted a designated sewing room. I'm disabled, and it wouldn't be financially possible for us to add a room on. When I start wishing for a sewing room, I picture the shacks our patients lived in when we were on a medical mission trip in Nicaragua. Remaining thankful for what I do have has helped a lot. For those that can't afford to purchase new furniture for their sewing room, but love the white furniture and cohesive look, which I do, you can always paint what you already have. Garage sales and thrift stores are great for finding bookshelves. Paint them whatever color you like and it saves a lot of money. Thank you Pat for all the time you give us.
it sounds like you have a very usable space and a wonderful attitude!
@@PatSloan thank you Pat. It is usable. And I am so thankful for what I do have, and for the time you spend teaching us. Thank you so much 🙂
Hello Just watched your talk about how to make your room bigger i have a problem with binders of patterns, My question is what do we do with patterns after we are done making the quilt ???? When you put out the Wednesday sew along I feel i have to print out all the pages ( don't want to miss out ) then the project ends and I have a wonderful quilt and all the pattern. Thank you for all you have taught us and made us think of other ways
I use file folder bins with the handles on the lids, and label the tabs as alphabetically as I can. I keep lots of downloaded and printed patterns this way. I have two of these folder hanger bins that fit under my work table. 😉
Recycle paper you printed in, other patterns giveaway if you are not going to make them again. Why keep them?
@@PatSloan Thank you just needed a push to recycle them. I know I can always get them online again if I want a special block
Inspiring video today....
thank you!
Ok, I guess I need to comment. I love fabric as much as the next quilter, I've also seen addiction up close and personal. I'm currently unloading my mother's house and as a 70 year old woman I am brought to tears by the amount of stash, the waste of money and the sadness of all this fabric going to waste. It has begun to deteriorate, it smells bad, and most of it is going to the dump. I think most of the viewers will find this as a downer, but my main point is, use it while you can, you really can't take it with you and if it takes money away from a healthy lifestyle, don't do it. That said, I keep my stash small, I have Pat as my lifestyle guru, and I sew every day.
1/2 yard for binding 4 yard for backing 1 yard for boarder
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Great live video today. Thank you for the answer and question section. I'm looking for a chair similar to yours. Do you recall where you found it? Have a great day, Pat.
I think Pat's chair is from Koala - I have one like it. I also have the sewing cabinet and got the chair with it. Mine is old but still wonderful.
thank you! you can buy my chair at shrsl.com/4646f
Hi, I like all your answers to your questions, you really thought them through, thank you. I do have a suggestion for the donated book and notions; I understand that it costs quite a bit to post it to Canada and other countries, but what if you pay a portion and allow the winner to pay the balance if they’re willing? I know I would! I live in Canada and I never have the opportunity to participate in any draws from you or a lot of American companies, simply because of postage.
How do you organize individual patterns and pattern books? How do you determine it's time to get rid of pattern books?
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I think washing machinery socks!!
Great Q&A! Lots of good info.
I never see bolts/rolls of batting in anyone's sewing room tours. They're huge and take up a lot of space.
Mine are in a closet.
Pat Sloan, I received my notice to pay for my preordered Christmas box through Fat Quarter’s Quilt Shop. Have you ordered yours? I have to admit, I am excited to see what they put into it.
They are sold out! you are lucky to have ordered!
Absolutely love your show what I would like to know is how do you get fabric printed?? Can we reprint a vintage fabric??
You can not reprint vintage fabric as you do not own the copyrights to the design.
@@PatSloan thank you. How is the best way do you think to try and trace the fabric?
I make gifts for people and I do pretty well most of the time but sometimes I end up adding in gifts that I did not plan.. Often I tend to plan my Christmas gifts too late. But this year I am well on my way. Another thing I realized is to keep it limited not to plan too much otherwise with the holidays I really end up stressed. This year I making coasters. Next year I can do something else. I can also add in candy and nuts and small treats. This is for my children. I have a much better Christmas. If I have more ideas I can plan them for next Christmas. That takes the stress out of it.
Last year I made bowl cozy's to use in microwaves,... each person had a fabric fit for them. It was fun!! They work for eating cold things too! (Like a bowl of ice cream!)
No ideas for this year, and I am ok with that!
I am making borders for a quilt that have words on them. What direction do you put the words in? The top and bottom are facing down,do the sides face into the quilt or out? Or do I cut them so they face down also?
what do you want? there is no rule. I've seen it done every way.
Thanks. I didn’t know if you had a right way that it should be done.
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I don't have a lot of wall space for putting up the notion/thread pegboards, so I use the cart like Pat has that says Sloan Zone for my tools and notions. I have the IKEA cart and I don't recall where I have the wire hanging baskets that hang on the sides. So, in the bottom, miscellaneous items, like lint rollers, a clapper, spray bottles, stuff for ironing and applique teflon sheets. The middle holds all my needles (machine, hand sewing), all the different types of pins, curved safety pins, pin cushions, sewing machine maintenance (brushes, oil), and fabric adhesives. I also got the dollar store small plastic caddies that fit over the top sides. In those I store measuring gauges & tapes, small tools like the purple thing, hemostats, tweezers, seam rippers, stiletto, and in the side hanging wire baskets, rulers, fabric markers, and miscellaneous items like small booklets for color wheels, the no math quilt booklet, small stuff. I use S hooks to hang large rulers on the cart.
On the top tray, I have a dollar store tray that is subdivided, and I put current project things on it, such as the sewing machine feet I will use, specialty ruler, pattern, threads, bobbins, fabric clips, pins, scissors & cutters, anything I will use only for that project, except fabric. I don't have to get up to get things from a wall or drawer and this doesn't clutter up the work surface. I only work one or two projects at a time. The cart spins around to get what I need or roll it to where I need it, such sit down hand sewing, cutting, or ironing. To me all the clutter is on the cart and not on work areas.
Here's a question for you. What brand and color of lipstick do you wear? It's a beautiful neutral color that is very flattering on you! @PatSloan
The mixer behind you on the wall, the plug prongs are missing ❤
Good catch!
How much do you buy for a single background for a queen/king size bed quilt? I just decided to do a quilt with one background instead of scrappy and was shocked when I read on the pattern 8 yards. If I had been in a shop & said to myself that I'd like that for a background, I may have gotten 4 yards, I never would have bought 8.
Do you have to have a certain sewing machine to do free motion quilting.
Right now i use my Babylock Solaris for any freemotion i do. I have used the Babylock Tiara in the past
Is there such things as Penny candy anymore
If I’m disorganized I can’t function. I pick up every time I sew. lol. Call me crazy.
My sewing room is a disaster!!
If we wanted to send you something pat where would we send it?
you are so kind. Use my contact page ilnked at the top of every website page in the gray navigation bar area www.ilovetomakequilts.com/
my husband stole my vacuum. lol i heard him turn it on i was wondering what was going on. That man has never cleaned my house lol
Unfortunately, I have five to bind in the next couple of weeks, my least favorite part😢