Your videos are so entertaining. I am and old seamstress. Been sewing since I was 10, now 74. You have great ideas and I love your perspective on what and how you sew. Thank you for your time.
Hi Dianna! It was so important to me to be able to use my machines when I needed them without having to unplug or move one and plug in and move another. I just couldn't stand it! Hubs is taking me to Home Depot tomorrow to get what we need for my cutting table. Can't wait! The end is in sight!
Hi I'm from the uk and have really enjoyed watching your videos, your studio is awesome you should be well pleased with yourself after all your hard work.
You can put ikea two of 6! drawers under the ironing table (take out the feet, or fold them) and then you have even more space, most of what i am telling you is what i have in my sewing room, i had about 2.5 year took me to find the right things as well ergonomically. it looks great, enjoy your renew space!!!! fun fun fun. bless.
Hi Donna! You are so right. God has been so gracious to me (after the first half of my life, I don't deserve it!) but I've asked Him for guidance in all my decisions. Pointing me to my husband was one I'll be forever grateful for. Keith spoils me so. God bless you as well. ((hugs))
I just found your channel 2 days ago. Oh how I would love to have the machines you have a room to put them in. You’re one lucky lady to have all those beautiful power tools. Enjoy your room & all your wonderful creations. ❤️
Becky, your room looks fantastic! I want to move in. I cook, clean, bake and am potty trained (most of the time)...lol! You are going to have sew much fun. Being organized and just changing things up feels good. You have inspired me. I cannot wait to see your creations.
Your room looks wonderful!! I love the pops of colour with your fabric collection! It's so nice to see what you have instead of it being hidden away in cupboards. Very motivating!! Great job!
Thank you! You're so right about being able to see it all. It changes everthing! It's so inspiring that the saying, "Sew your stash" keeps going through my head. I have so many beautiful pre-cuts, and the coordinating fabric to go with it, not to mention all the coordinating solids I need, I have no excuse! Thanks for watching and commenting! You inspire me!
My dad was in the Navy and brought that bank for me when he returned from being overseas somewhere. I must have been about 3-4 years old and I treasure it!
Hi! Welcome!! You're not late to the party at all. Just jump right in! lol Glad you are here and thank tyou for subscribing! And thank YOU for your service!
Isn't it so nice to have everything organized and have great working space!! Looks so very nice. You mentioned getting a changing table for your ironing board. I had a large piece of plywood (6 foot x 20 inches) attached to my regular ironing board. It was very unstable. I ordered a baby changing table and put the same plywood on it. I put a frame on the underside of the board that fits around the top of the changing table. I can lift the entire board off and move it easily. I don't know why I would ever want to move it but at least I have the option to if I ever want to do so in the future. The stability is wonderful and gives me extra storage space. I have four different irons and all that goes with them. I store my sizing, Best Press, pressing sheets, spritz bottles and anything to do with ironing. I no longer have that rocking motion I had when it was on the regular ironing board. It is on pretty plush carpet and is a sturdy work horse now. One of the best things I did in my sewing room. Keep up the great work your doing. Enjoyed your videos. Thank you for sharing.
also the IKEA rolling kitchen cart works perfect as an ironing center and large enough for ironing quilt tops. I found mine at a garage sale for $20! but I think it runs $120 and has a couple large open shelves below for your ham, and ironing accessories
I'm glad I found your channel! You are really going to enjoy your space now! I must tell you that reading the comments is almost like being in a room full of friends. So easy going and you are always so kind. I have RA, my back and static nerve were killing me...Then I remembered Eucalyptus Essential oil is great as a pain killer. Two nights and I am so much better.
Aren't you sweet? That's so nice of you to say! I would hope that anyone who pops in would feel that they are among friends. Bless you with your RA. Miserable stuff. I will put you in my prayers for being pain free.
Oh, man, I LOVE YOUR ROOM, you have everything Ive ever dreamed of Becki ... you are doing everything at once though, Im having trouble keeping up with you.. my brain does the same thing to me sometimes, but I can no longer keep up since having a stroke in 2007 that left me paralyzed on my left side.. so Im sewing one handed! Have to stick to lap sized quilts, kids clothes, purses, bags, some tops for ME of course, I thought I had too much STUFF until I saw all of yours, Im glad Im not the only one.. you make me feel better, I love all your STUFF and you are sure lucky to have so much space for all of it! im never happier than when Im sitting at my machine with fabric ready to sew into something/anything! santa Claus brought me my first sewing machine when I was about 6 or 7 yrs old.. a little Singer hand crank .. it sewed doll clothes and, well, just anything I could dream up! And of course then once in high school the real sewing got going! Thanks once again my friend! BEST..CHERYL🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Power Tools with Thread thanks becky.. well you are already “blessed” my dear!.. so there we areXO im back here often.. love your videos.. always cheers me up lookin at your dream room, now you must sew like a ??BEST...CHERYL🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Congratulations on your wonderful sewing room. You worked very hard on it. Would love to see you work on a quilt! I'm sure I could pick up many pointers!
Wow, you are getting it done! Looks great! Depending on your needs...a 4’x8’ sheet of 5/8” ply wood covered with canvas is a great cutting table, if you have space. Bookshelves to support it give extra storage. Or you can have it cut to any size. You have probably figured out a good solution though. 😀
Hi Becky, your room looks amazing 😉!!! I just moved into a new home and needed some ideas for my sewing room. Well you have really inspired me so my husband and I took a trip to ikea and purchased some furniture and the bookcase and my room really feels functional now. Thank you for sharing your journey really love watching and learning from you.
Thanks! I'll check it out for more ideas. We picked up some wire racks at Home Depot to hold storage bins and enough plywood for a double layer of surface with horizontal storage in between. My husband now has a mission. :)
Congratulations on all your hard work! I’m jealous. I didn’t get to Ikea yesterday because it rained all afternoon in the DFW area. As soon as it passes, I’ll be ready to get things finished for sure.
Oh wasn't the weather yesterday just awful? We had a high of 36 and it was wet drizzle all day. Taking my Harley dog for her bedtime outing was a challenge! lol We're going to Home Depot today for my cutting table things and I'll be bringing home a dresser next weekend from Port O'Connor for my ironing station. Feels like it's all coming together. Please email me pics of your room when finished! I'd love to see! beckyleethompson at outlook dot com
Hi Kay! Yes, I love that sign. It really motivates me when I'm stuck or I make a mistake...like tonight when I put an FBA in a bodice back. LOL wups! We're off to Home Depot tomorrow for the supplies for my cutting table. The Linnmon table top was just too narrow at 29.5" for the 36" cutting mat I have on top. Two sheets of 1/2" plywood (one above the other) will remedy that to make my new cutting surface!
I had fully intended to do that but then remembered that we have an old gifted waist-high 3 drawer dresser in a guest room at our coast house and it will be perfect for my ironing station. My husband will love hearing that he has to drag it back here. ha ha The overhang of the wooden top is just the right distance to staple the batting and top to the underside of it. And the storage! Yay! I'll bring it home next weekend, paint it, and put it and its drawers to good use. :)
Hi I am a viewer from Canada and I really enjoy your videos. I like your new sewing studio. It looks fabulous. You’ve done lots of work. I am a crafter, sewist, and quilter. Can I ask what type of video camera you just purchased? I want one with the remote so I can pause and resume videos. My camera doesn’t have that feature. Congratulations on your remodeling job. Well done! Tfs. Fern
Thanks for your kind words! So sweet. :) Here is the link to the camera I bought. amzn.to/2TI6PHf And here is the link to the SD card you'll need. It doesn't come with it and doesn't work without it. amzn.to/2WUOIzW So far so good with the camera. It does come with a battery for the camera and for the remote. Once it's fully charged, it turns on when you open the screen. Then push the blue button on the remote to record, hit the red button to pause, and then there's a stop button. Super easy. I take the chip out of the camera and put it in my laptop vs. plugging the camera with a cord into my laptop but you can do it either way. Hop this helps! Enjoy!
Definitely gorgeous makeover , you do have a great selection of sewing machines, A Lala!!!!!✅ a lot of great supplies, I can imagine the time you’ll be spending there!! , blessings. A question?? Do you make quilts to sell??
where did you get the "clear acrylic flat sewing machine extension" at around 3:35 - 3:38 ? would you know if they make something like that for sergeres???
That is a Sew Steady table extension. You might check their products on their website to see if they make them for sergers. They are machine specific. www.sewsteady.com/
I hope you cover your sewing machine when not in use, because dust is the worst enemy to your sewing machines. You would be surprise how much dust is in the air. I have a small room so my husband took two sheets of plywood glued them together then sanded them down, added several layers of polyurethane . He then attached it to my wall and added a motor behind the wall so I could bring the wall down and land on my daybed, when I quilt and pull it up when I sit on my daybed to watch tv.
Dora, isn't that so wonderful what he did for you? I love it when my husband does things like that for me. Your quilting space sounds cozy. We're a couple of lucky girls!
Great room! I sure could use that Linmon corner table. Does your machine or would a machine bounce around on it? The ikea write up says its lightweight. Thanks.
I always use non skid drawer liner under my machines anyway, but I did have to have my husband mount the table under the embroidery machine to the wall with an L bracket because of the vibration.
That's a great idea! I have scraps from the full side of a quilt off the longarm all the way down to teeny-tiny. I'm sure our local shelter would appreciate them. Thanks!
I love your new room. I was watching the other day while you were in San Antione with Venessa with her neat quilt shop out of her home.I would like her address I want to order her ruler. I don’t know how to reach you or her. May you give me her address and website.? Thank you so much
Yes, my husband was stationed in Hawaii for 4 years and he wanted a lanai on the back of our home so we remodeled the back patio to be fully enclosed with just screens and screen doors. But you know what? We never sat out there! When we bought my longarm, I needed the space so he fully enclosed the lanai for me with windows and storm doors and added window AC. It's perfect for me!
Can I ask if the tables you bought are strong enough for your embroidery machine? I just purchased the Brother Essence VM5200 and need to make a space in the basement and have seen mixed reviews. Thanks!
Yes, they have even held the Brother Luminaire which weighs about 45 lbs. I will note however, that my husband had to mount the table to the wall with an L bracket due to the vibration.
Beautiful sewing room ❤love how all ur machines in line ready to 🧵 sew❤️❤️
Your sewing room looks fantastic. Let that creativity flow........
Your videos are so entertaining. I am and old seamstress. Been sewing since I was 10, now 74. You have great ideas and I love your perspective on what and how you sew. Thank you for your time.
Room looks really nice. Love the way you set up all your sewing machines.
Hi Dianna! It was so important to me to be able to use my machines when I needed them without having to unplug or move one and plug in and move another. I just couldn't stand it! Hubs is taking me to Home Depot tomorrow to get what we need for my cutting table. Can't wait! The end is in sight!
I love your sewing room ,
It looks wonderful!!! It feels good to come in and sew. Good for you. Thanks for sharing
Hi . I've enjoyed watching your video. 👍👍💕💕 thanks for sharing God bless
Hi I'm from the uk and have really enjoyed watching your videos, your studio is awesome you should be well pleased with yourself after all your hard work.
Love your sewing room
You can put ikea two of 6! drawers under the ironing table (take out the feet, or fold them) and then you have even more space, most of what i am telling you is what i have in my sewing room, i had about 2.5 year took me to find the right things as well ergonomically. it looks great, enjoy your renew space!!!! fun fun fun. bless.
You are so lucky to have such a nice area to sew in. God Bless you. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Donna! You are so right. God has been so gracious to me (after the first half of my life, I don't deserve it!) but I've asked Him for guidance in all my decisions. Pointing me to my husband was one I'll be forever grateful for. Keith spoils me so. God bless you as well. ((hugs))
Very beautiful sewing room. Love it so much.
Thank you Jasmine! There's so much more zen now! It's amazing what a little rearrangement can do.
Your room looks great! Thanks for sharing your journey!
It looks beautiful
I just found your channel 2 days ago. Oh how I would love to have the machines you have a room to put them in. You’re one lucky lady to have all those beautiful power tools. Enjoy your room & all your wonderful creations. ❤️
Thanks so much!
Becky, your room looks fantastic! I want to move in. I cook, clean, bake and am potty trained (most of the time)...lol! You are going to have sew much fun. Being organized and just changing things up feels good. You have inspired me. I cannot wait to see your creations.
Your room looks wonderful!! I love the pops of colour with your fabric collection! It's so nice to see what you have instead of it being hidden away in cupboards. Very motivating!! Great job!
Thank you! You're so right about being able to see it all. It changes everthing! It's so inspiring that the saying, "Sew your stash" keeps going through my head. I have so many beautiful pre-cuts, and the coordinating fabric to go with it, not to mention all the coordinating solids I need, I have no excuse! Thanks for watching and commenting! You inspire me!
I have the piggy bank with red ears from when I was a child! I love your makeover!
My dad was in the Navy and brought that bank for me when he returned from being overseas somewhere. I must have been about 3-4 years old and I treasure it!
Hi, Such a great idea to use a baby changing station. Lovely sewing room, enjoy.
Great job, it looks spacious and neat, well done...!! 🌞
Yeah room is really looking good!
I'm late to the party here. My cutting table is a bar height table I got from Big Lots. Very well made and perfect.
Hi! Welcome!! You're not late to the party at all. Just jump right in! lol Glad you are here and thank tyou for subscribing! And thank YOU for your service!
Isn't it so nice to have everything organized and have great working space!! Looks so very nice. You mentioned getting a changing table for your ironing board. I had a large piece of plywood (6 foot x 20 inches) attached to my regular ironing board. It was very unstable. I ordered a baby changing table and put the same plywood on it. I put a frame on the underside of the board that fits around the top of the changing table. I can lift the entire board off and move it easily. I don't know why I would ever want to move it but at least I have the option to if I ever want to do so in the future. The stability is wonderful and gives me extra storage space. I have four different irons and all that goes with them. I store my sizing, Best Press, pressing sheets, spritz bottles and anything to do with ironing. I no longer have that rocking motion I had when it was on the regular ironing board. It is on pretty plush carpet and is a sturdy work horse now. One of the best things I did in my sewing room. Keep up the great work your doing. Enjoyed your videos. Thank you for sharing.
also the IKEA rolling kitchen cart works perfect as an ironing center and large enough for ironing quilt tops. I found mine at a garage sale for $20! but I think it runs $120 and has a couple large open shelves below for your ham, and ironing accessories
That is a DEAL! Oh you are so lucky to find something like that!
Awesome information! Love, love you and your videos! 💕
Hello Becky you’re doing a wonderful job. I really love it. I hope you enjoyed yourself doing it. Happy sewing and quilting Becky.❤️🧵😃
Hi Faith! My back is D-O-N-E DONE! But my brain is seeing all my beautiful fabric that's been hidden away for so long it's going into overdrive!
Great job on your room!
I'm glad I found your channel! You are really going to enjoy your space now! I must tell you that reading the comments is almost like being in a room full of friends. So easy going and you are always so kind.
I have RA, my back and static nerve were killing me...Then I remembered Eucalyptus Essential oil is great as a pain killer. Two nights and I am so much better.
Aren't you sweet? That's so nice of you to say! I would hope that anyone who pops in would feel that they are among friends. Bless you with your RA. Miserable stuff. I will put you in my prayers for being pain free.
Oh, man, I LOVE YOUR ROOM, you have everything Ive ever dreamed of Becki ... you are doing everything at once though, Im having trouble keeping up with you.. my brain does the same thing to me sometimes, but I can no longer keep up since having a stroke in 2007 that left me paralyzed on my left side.. so Im sewing one handed! Have to stick to lap sized quilts, kids clothes, purses, bags, some tops for ME of course, I thought I had too much STUFF until I saw all of yours, Im glad Im not the only one.. you make me feel better, I love all your STUFF and you are sure lucky to have so much space for all of it! im never happier than when Im sitting at my machine with fabric ready to sew into something/anything! santa Claus brought me my first sewing machine when I was about 6 or 7 yrs old.. a little Singer hand crank .. it sewed doll clothes and, well, just anything I could dream up! And of course then once in high school the real sewing got going! Thanks once again my friend! BEST..CHERYL🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I am amazed at how much YOU are doing! You are in inspiration! God bless you!
Power Tools with Thread thanks becky.. well you are already “blessed” my dear!.. so there we areXO im back here often.. love your videos.. always cheers me up lookin at your dream room, now you must sew like a ??BEST...CHERYL🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Good job!!!
Congratulations!!👏👏
You are so funny and so informative.
Your room is looking wonderful. It looks more spacious. You have been very busy!
Becky, it looks Soo wonderful! Your studio is calling you to enjoy it!
Looks great👏🏻👏🏻
Congratulations on your wonderful sewing room. You worked very hard on it. Would love to see you work on a quilt! I'm sure I could pick up many pointers!
Wow, you are getting it done! Looks great! Depending on your needs...a 4’x8’ sheet of 5/8” ply wood covered with canvas is a great cutting table, if you have space. Bookshelves to support it give extra storage. Or you can have it cut to any size. You have probably figured out a good solution though. 😀
Love it!!!!
I’m jealous! Mine is a work in progress and a lot smaller.
Hi Becky, your room looks amazing 😉!!! I just moved into a new home and needed some ideas for my sewing room. Well you have really inspired me so my husband and I took a trip to ikea and purchased some furniture and the bookcase and my room really feels functional now. Thank you for sharing your journey really love watching and learning from you.
That looks great! You have done a lot of work!
I think closet case has free plans for her giant cutting table on her website. It's really perfect.
Thanks! I'll check it out for more ideas. We picked up some wire racks at Home Depot to hold storage bins and enough plywood for a double layer of surface with horizontal storage in between. My husband now has a mission. :)
Your room looks great! I know you must feel good about it! See you in your next video!
Congratulations on all your hard work! I’m jealous. I didn’t get to Ikea yesterday because it rained all afternoon in the DFW area. As soon as it passes, I’ll be ready to get things finished for sure.
Oh wasn't the weather yesterday just awful? We had a high of 36 and it was wet drizzle all day. Taking my Harley dog for her bedtime outing was a challenge! lol We're going to Home Depot today for my cutting table things and I'll be bringing home a dresser next weekend from Port O'Connor for my ironing station. Feels like it's all coming together. Please email me pics of your room when finished! I'd love to see! beckyleethompson at outlook dot com
Awesome
Are you a professional? Or hobbiest? Oh your machines....I can only dream
Great job!
Great job
Ng! You really got a tremendous amount of work done! Your sign about a woman with a sewing machine is true, huh? The ikea furniture is amazing.
Hi Kay! Yes, I love that sign. It really motivates me when I'm stuck or I make a mistake...like tonight when I put an FBA in a bodice back. LOL wups! We're off to Home Depot tomorrow for the supplies for my cutting table. The Linnmon table top was just too narrow at 29.5" for the 36" cutting mat I have on top. Two sheets of 1/2" plywood (one above the other) will remedy that to make my new cutting surface!
Wow, you look so Skinny, Good Motivation for Keto for me.
Huge job! Looking great!!! 👍
How long did it take you to build your supplies and sewing machines collection, and your dream sewing room.
I've been at this over 10 years. Always a work in progress. And I'm in the middle of moving AGAIN! lol
Omg, I had the same piggy bank when I was a little girl. Don’t know what happened to it.
Look for the changing table at goodwill or thrift stores!
I had fully intended to do that but then remembered that we have an old gifted waist-high 3 drawer dresser in a guest room at our coast house and it will be perfect for my ironing station. My husband will love hearing that he has to drag it back here. ha ha The overhang of the wooden top is just the right distance to staple the batting and top to the underside of it. And the storage! Yay! I'll bring it home next weekend, paint it, and put it and its drawers to good use. :)
@@PowerToolsWithThread great/better idea!
Hi I am a viewer from Canada and I really enjoy your videos. I like your new sewing studio. It looks fabulous. You’ve done lots of work. I am a crafter, sewist, and quilter. Can I ask what type of video camera you just purchased? I want one with the remote so I can pause and resume videos. My camera doesn’t have that feature. Congratulations on your remodeling job. Well done! Tfs. Fern
Thanks for your kind words! So sweet. :) Here is the link to the camera I bought. amzn.to/2TI6PHf And here is the link to the SD card you'll need. It doesn't come with it and doesn't work without it. amzn.to/2WUOIzW So far so good with the camera. It does come with a battery for the camera and for the remote. Once it's fully charged, it turns on when you open the screen. Then push the blue button on the remote to record, hit the red button to pause, and then there's a stop button. Super easy. I take the chip out of the camera and put it in my laptop vs. plugging the camera with a cord into my laptop but you can do it either way. Hop this helps! Enjoy!
Definitely gorgeous makeover , you do have a great selection of sewing machines, A Lala!!!!!✅ a lot of great supplies, I can imagine the time you’ll be spending there!! , blessings. A question?? Do you make quilts to sell??
Thank you so much! No, I don't sell my quilts.
where did you get the "clear acrylic flat sewing machine extension" at around 3:35 - 3:38 ? would you know if they make something like that for sergeres???
That is a Sew Steady table extension. You might check their products on their website to see if they make them for sergers. They are machine specific. www.sewsteady.com/
I hope you cover your sewing machine when not in use, because dust is the worst enemy to your sewing machines. You would be surprise how much dust is in the air. I have a small room so my husband took two sheets of plywood glued them together then sanded them down, added several layers of polyurethane . He then attached it to my wall and added a motor behind the wall so I could bring the wall down and land on my daybed, when I quilt and pull it up when I sit on my daybed to watch tv.
Dora, isn't that so wonderful what he did for you? I love it when my husband does things like that for me. Your quilting space sounds cozy. We're a couple of lucky girls!
Great room! I sure could use that Linmon corner table. Does your machine or would a machine bounce around on it? The ikea write up says its lightweight. Thanks.
I always use non skid drawer liner under my machines anyway, but I did have to have my husband mount the table under the embroidery machine to the wall with an L bracket because of the vibration.
I don’t save tons of scraps anymore. I sew them together like a crumb quilt and make small blankets that I donate to my animal hospital.
That's a great idea! I have scraps from the full side of a quilt off the longarm all the way down to teeny-tiny. I'm sure our local shelter would appreciate them. Thanks!
I love your new room. I was watching the other day while you were in San Antione with Venessa with her neat quilt shop out of her home.I would like her address I want to order her ruler. I don’t know how to reach you or her. May you give me her address and website.? Thank you so much
Sure! Here is her website with her contact info on it. Enjoy! www.thefiberco-op.com/
Love this room , is it a sun porch converted
Yes, my husband was stationed in Hawaii for 4 years and he wanted a lanai on the back of our home so we remodeled the back patio to be fully enclosed with just screens and screen doors. But you know what? We never sat out there! When we bought my longarm, I needed the space so he fully enclosed the lanai for me with windows and storm doors and added window AC. It's perfect for me!
Can I ask if the tables you bought are strong enough for your embroidery machine? I just purchased the Brother Essence VM5200 and need to make a space in the basement and have seen mixed reviews. Thanks!
Yes, they have even held the Brother Luminaire which weighs about 45 lbs. I will note however, that my husband had to mount the table to the wall with an L bracket due to the vibration.
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