🚚 MOVING MY SEWING SPACE INTO MY STUDIO
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- You know my sewing space. I have everything organized just where I need it. And occasionally, this room turns into a third bedroom. Well now I have two children that live out of province and in the past couple of months it’s switched to become a guest room that's occasionally a sewing room. It has seriously messed with my schedule. So in this video, it's my new studio tour. There's an Ikea Hack, a new sewing setup and hopefully I'll find my groove again.
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All you did, the way you organize your place is fantastic !
The way you speak about your kids - very respectful !
Amazing !
My cutting table is my late mother's rectangular dining room table with all three leaves installed. I use 8 bed risers if the table is fully expanded, and 4 bed risers if all the leaves are removed. I count myself lucky that I can use my mother's table with all its memories as I work on my projects.
It’s a long story. I retired three years ago, moved south to warmer climate, purchased a small home…and last summer I purchased a new Pfaff Creative Icon sewing machine. I fell in obsessive love with this new hobby! But I have very limited space, of which I’ve gone totally overboard with this new love. But thanks to you and to this years’ challenge, I have totally revamped my sewing room! It’s a very small space that also shares my office desk and file cabinets. But I have reorganized it so my sewing cabinet, my cutting table, my thread cabinet and my fabric cabinets all fit in my little room. My living room no longer has to share space with my sewing room! I purchased a cutting table that has drop sides so it folds down to 12” and tucks up against the wall when I’m not cutting fabric. But I can also lift one side and put my wool pressing mat on it when I’m pressing. I installed pegboard on my wall above the cutting table and hung my rulers on it and got them off of the floor leaning against the wall. I cannot thank you enough for all of the inspiration you have given me to declutter and arrange my space so it is MUCH easier to thoroughly enjoy my favorite hobby! What a difference…I love my new home, my new hobby and my new sewing room! ❤❤❤
You have been very thoughtful and creative with your space! Well done!
Sounds wonderful,double inspired now. Just need the energy.🤞
@@lynette. lol. I understand…little bit at a time, lots of short breaks. It is when you see progress, it’s hard to stop. Good luck and have fun!
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I wish I could see pictures of your explanation. I’m in the dinning room and I have a craft room that I share with another that is really more of a storage spot at this point.
The table being able to raise to the cutting table a nice touch.
I like that idea.
Amazon sells a table with a motor that raised the table. I love mine.
I love seeing another handywoman! Congratulations on making something that works for you. Love your ideas.
You certainly are a lady with many talents . Well done and happy sewing😀
I love my Husky Tables. Best purchase I made for my sewing room. The versatility is wonderful. I love how you put them together by yourself! Bravo! I would recommend you use a portable ironing pad between you butcher block and your wool mat for added protection for your wood tabletop. I purchased a mat that you would use on top of a dryer. It is nonslip on the bottom and Teflon fabric on the top.
I’m so jealous that your space is large enough to accommodate all the great organizational things I so covet! Congrats and thanks for sharing. Just think how much fun the 2024 declutter is going to be with all those new cubby holes!! Helpful hint: don’t put something somewhere “for now “ only to pick it up and move it again later. This is called stuff shifting and is useless. Put it away the first time and voila! Future work and decisions are eliminated. Happy weekend all!!
It’s going to be great to get your new space just right so that you can enjoy sewing there 🎉 Hopefully you get everything just where it needs to be soon 🤞🤞 Love the glimpses of the gorgeous quilts you have on your walls 🥰🇬🇧
Just what I needed as I worked in my sewing room starting at midnight. I relax when I watch your videos and I smile. Thanks for your uplifting nature !
Us quilters NEVER have to much storage 😂😂😂😂😂😂. What an awesome setup. Love it. 👍🏻👍🏻
I've been incorporating your ideas for the decluter challenge and I have to say my sewing/craft room is almost to the point of AMAZING ‼️.... I've learned so much from you and I appreciate all your knowledge you're passing on... The added bonus is you crack me up at times. The laughs are much needed to!
Hi Karen, thanks to your series I got my sewing space sorted ! It looks too good to use... You are doing such a great job for yourself now, well deserved. Thanks for all the help.
My husband is doing Noom and wow! It works!! Good for you getting a new sewing space! I love the picture of you under all the boxes that was awesome and made me laugh. Happy sewing!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
I also love putting Ikea furniture together. Great idea for a work surface.
Awesome build! That slot left in the middle is so perfect for a pull-out. Skinny storage for skinny things like rulers❤️
Your ingenuity if fantastic. I made the rolling ironing boards and store all my stuff on it. It's fantastic! Thank you for these ideas and walkthroughs. As a new homeowner things like this are great as I'm trying to organize my spaces.
Okay first of all, I hope you feel better soon! I have to tell you I love the pic of you under all the boxes LOL I can relate to that one! I can't believe you made one of those cutting storage tables!!! I absolutely love it and I am so glad you showed how to do it. My daughter and I are going to start shopping for a new home this year and we have decided to turn the living room into the sewing space and the loft into a living room. She has her Baby Lock and also an embroidery machine. I have my Juki and my Baby Lock Lyric. I also bought the Cutie quilting frame with the stitch regulator at Quilt Con last year and I decided I want a cutting table with storage like the one you just made here. I am going to have a lot to do....But I love the table and I hope you like your new sewing space!! I always love mine after I do the declutter challenge. I wake up forgetting that I decluttered and it looks completely different!! It is kind of a shock, but a good one!! Thanks Karen!!!
Love this video! My last sewing room was tiny and cluttered. It was our office/greenhouse during winter/sewing room and there was too much furniture to function. When we moved, I scored a giant loft for my sewing. I was then gifted a bar-height dining room table that has changed my sewing!! I'm so in love with my sewing studio, and I love yours too! Hopefully it fosters lots of creativity!
You are such an inspiration ,I couldn't put furniture together if I had to,I like your "can do" spirit ,prayers for you !
Great job getting your space in shape.
I have a similar cutting table. I used two book cases and the top is wood my Hubby already had. He cut it and put pretty trim on the edges. I stained the top to match the book cases. I also have the long edge overlap more on one side. I found two comfortable stools that slip underneath.
I'm fortunate to have a large sewing space available. I'm unfortunate to have a large sewing space available because I have an uncanny knack for filling up space with "stuff"! Cautionary tale for those of us who repurpose existing furniture. I have cherry dining table (used for staging) with 2 extensions that made for a perfect sewing surface. HOWEVER, a heavier sewing machine in the middle of a fully extended table, puts stress in the middle. I noticed that my table was bowing down. The weight of the machine had caused the screws to slowly be pulled out of the extension rail. Thank goodness I found it before it collapsed and tossed my machine (either on the floor or my lap). I fixed the issue by putting in mid support.
I made a similar island last year and just love it. IKEA and Home Depot! A few suggestions to anyone thinking of this: I placed the two cabinets on separate pieces (HD melamine shelving so they were white like the cabinets). They clamp together, or will separate to fit out the door if I ever need to move to a different room. Also, added a top, removable layer of HD styrofoam insulation sheets (they come in multiple thicknesses and sizes and are easy to cut) covered that with ironing board fabric. Now I can pin into the top, iron on it, or lay out my cutting mats…such a functional island! Karen, I’ll look forward to your tips about managing two sewing spaces as you progress…you always find us such great ideas. Wishing you good health and grateful for all you share.
How lovely! Well done! I especially love the new table from 3 cabinets! ❤❤❤
Your new set up is great! I'm a little biased though because mine is very similar. I DIY'd my big table out of the same Kallax units as you, but I got the long white laminate countertops (2) instead of the butcher block (too rich for me!), and I drilled the casters directly into the bottom of the Kallax units after attaching them with mending plates and L brackets. I love it so much!
Before I had a studio space that could accommodate such a large table, I bought one of those Husky tables! Then another, and then another. So I have all three sizes, and I use the biggest one for my ironing station.
I do still have a sewing set up at home, and I agree with your friends about the difficulty of moving projects around, as well as tools and supplies. I've gotten in the habit of doing all my cutting at the studio, and some tools I've purchased a duplicate set of to minimize frustration. Still figuring it all out (2 years later!), and it's not perfect, but it's much better than sewing out of my bedroom.
I hope you love your new space. It looks wonderful!
I am determined to keep the sewing out of my bedroom too
You're pretty handy. Good to see that you can router MDF...I would have never considered it before seeing it done.
LOL - the shoe boxes. I use dozen of shoe boxes for my projects - glad it's hip (anything you do is hip!)
What a great video! You are delightful! I love all you created/made/ designed! Excellent 🫶🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Just over the top,Karen. My friend has one of the Husky tables too. Workhorse great!
But your new sewing storage cutting table.. blew my socks off. Love the storage you invented and the guys did a great job helping you out too. Love the wood trim pieces being put to use. Beautiful Finished Project. The whole room is great. Happy sewing
Thank you for sharing all that you planned and accomplished. Your decluttering challenge encouraged me to spend 4 full days going through every item in my sewing space last week and getting rid of some, and moving others around so that my space works for me. Still stuck on making my sewing triangle, but your videos are so inspiring, I'm sure it will work out. Happy sewing and quilting to you and thanks again!
After alot of trail and error I invested in a 52" Husky adjustable work bench a year ago for my Juki TL2000 machine. My back and neck has been so grateful for it. I purchased a 3 tiered rolling cart from Amazon. Each tier is about 6" wide and 15" long. It store perfectly under the right ledge of the work bench when not in use. When sewing it rolls next to my right side for quick access to my snips, clips, pins, etc. - Rhonda
Heee, I live in a studio apartment over my daughters garage. My sewing room is an 18” x 4’ space at the end of my bed. Hey, it works!
Love your videos. I noticed you are putting your wool mat directly on the butcher block surface. FYI I did that on an end table and realized the heat and spray caused condensation that damaged the wood surface. You may want to add an old cutting mat under the wool mat to prevent any damage.
Congratulations on your new sewing area, a lot of planning and work. I really appreciate how you Just Get it Done. Thank you.
Love your drop side sewing table !
Love your videos. I spend about half of my free time organizing and shifting my stuff. To me it's part of the fun and challenge of being creative.
What a great idea! It'd be a major ordeal for me because we don't have any Ikea's close. I have to drive over 2 hours to get to them. The screamer is that there's an Ikea about 5 minutes down the street from my Aunt's house in Burlington, ON! It's all good, tho. I'll work something out! I'm grateful for the info! Thanks so much!
I can't believe I have expanded my sewing space to two locations. But if I want my kids to visit, they need a place to sleep. So it's time for sewing space v2.0
I was always amazed that you quilt and sew in different places.
You did and now it will help you to be more organized. An awesome sewing space makes a happy place to create.
Oh of course a true mother's ❤️. I really enjoyed this " move "
Makes me want to reconfigure my space
I haven’t been at my machine since surgery in Oct. I picked up EPP to do in my bdrm upstairs. It’s okay for me until I can comfortably be downstairs for longer periods.
The sides of the smaller Ikea cabinet would be a great place for some command hooks to hang miscellaneous items.
Congratulations! That's a lot of work.
I am in the process of changing my sewing room. I have far too much in there so only have a small space to work in. Everything is coming out first and then sort as I go. I love what you have made with the book shelves.
Well, I'm impressed. Well done. Thank you, yet again. You got us through the pandemic. Now we've (hopefully) emerged from that, and you're still showing us how to maintain the momentum. Added bonus...your humor in several places.... "I know a guy..." 😄
Be aware that humidity builds up in the wool pressing mats with a heavy pressing session. I damaged the oak top of a chest of drawers. Even with a heat reflective pressing sheet beneath. Ended up putting a new surface on top: towel to prevent slipping, giant bamboo cutting board, heat reflective mat (rubber backing so it doesn't slide on top of cutting board) then wool mat. No moisture gets past cutting board.
If I'd had a piece of scrap glass that would have been a bit thinner than the cutting board.
Love watching your shows Karen, and am eagerly awaiting your progress on your fitted jacket. Have I missed the posts or have you stopped that work?. Still a dressmaker at heart, I loved the pattern fitting segment. Have tried this with reasonable success, but a sewing buddy would be a really handy gadget! Cheers from South Australia x
Great video! I totally hear you on muscle memory. When I had a secondary commuter home, I used hand sewing there. Now while my studio is in my basement, that sewing basket lives upstairs and holds my mending tools. Thanks.
Love your new digs. It is hard when older chicks come home to roost. I have a Tee Shirt😂. You will love the Husky table! Hubby built me a small place to move my sewing things and the Husky is an added bonus. ❤
Happy for you! 🪡
Your search for a comfortable, workable space is one I can identify with. I have spent so much money on sewing tables and all did not work.Just didn't feel right. I finally purchased a Husky table, on wheels, and can adjust to different heights, has 2 narrow drawers and this finally works for me. Taking your challenge, I began to rearrange my sewing room and I think for the 4 th time rearranged it: view to the yard, design board wall etc. I also purchased unfinished kitchen cabinets with drawers and an inexpensive counter top placed on top and all of this has worked for me. Being single, no help the opportunity to adjust, use a router etc isn't available for me. Thanks for the challenge but think I finally have it the way I want it. A feeling that works.Thanks for the ideas and the challenge! And gained a few more ideas for my space from your video.
I can relate as I have a Murphy bed in my sewing room. For 6 years it was my only guest room Now I have a full guest room again so the Murphy bed rarely needs to be used.
This is all such good advice, thank you for continuing to be such a positive force on TH-cam and to inspire so many of us to create our best work! I have been following you from nearly the start and i love your work. I am an activist quilter (i sit and quilt with strangers and talk about hard questions) and i really appreciate your content. Go in peace
Thank you ☺️
Love how you made the cutting table ,fantastic !! Great video. 🧵🧵
I'm impressed! I see you behind that circular saw!
We did the same table set up also. Ikea, home depot and harbor freight.
Wow!! You are quite the engineer. One of my lifetime goals has been to learn to use one of those drills. I haven't achieved it yet, but you are seriously encouraging me. I have a new bookcase for my sewing room in my future (quilting books are my weakness :) so maybe I will give it a try. Thank you for all your great videos and content. I always watch as soon as you post.
WOW!! What an amazing work space! I'm totally impressed with your creation of the table!!
I'm/ also interested in the pattern shown about 10 min in, blues and tan/yellow, maybe strips/log cabin offset? Would like to get the name/designed. I've been watching your videos now for..2-3 yrs? Always inspirational. You do make it look easy and practical.
Your doing a great job, very informative. Don’t let the steam from your iron and wool pressing mat ruin your new table tops.
Lolol😄. Great seeing you under the empty boxes. I would love to have the type of space you have and a long arm.
I’ve had this problem so many times… I think at least once a year as my family dynamics change. Good luck
Thank you. I need a new cutting table because my old one is too big for my space. You sparked my creativity and I found just what I needed at IKEA. Two bookcases on bases. Voila! I love my new 30x60 cutting table with lots of storage underneath.
I thank you for all these videos the last couple of weeks let me take a note son's old room and turning it into my little but I still have the closet for his stuff and a TV stand I got to get out of there but I do have lots of progress grow going thank you for this video cuz I love that table you just made
Good for you!
I have reign of the basement for sewing and crafting. Many have asked why I don't use the spare room on the main level, my spare room is for grandchildren and children when they stay. Period. We got a trundle bed so the little boys have a nice place but when my son and his wife visit, it makes a lovely large bed!
The mom/grandma struggle is real!
Feel better Karen. What a wonderful sewing studio you have ❤
I don’t have the space to add storage and work space, but it was so nice to see that you were able to improve your sewing space and gain a guest bedroom all at once!! Happy quilting……..
I LOVE those Husky workbench's!!! I have 4 in my sewing room
Love this Karen! I’m doing something similar (and will have Hubs watch this to explain more of my goal) my SIL LOVES her Husky tables (at 6’2” it’s hard for her to find comfortable sizes) and NOOM! Loved this program!! Although now on a Dr regulated diet-I use what I learned from NOOM still daily 💕
Amazing - you have so many talents!
You did an amazing job on your new sewing space. I love the idea of having a sewing table that I can raise and lower. I if it came as a bigger table that I could use as a cutting table.
My sister and brother in law thrifted cubbies similar to yours (no shelf backs, tho) and we mounted them on plywood with casters and used a whole sheet of plywood on the top. If I ever move, it will have to be taken apart. I love it.
Great video! I sure hope you do feel better tomorrow. 🤞🏼💗🙏🏻
I do think it’s attractive! Good job!
Just purchased 3 huskey tables. Two for sewing tables and one for ironing. I did line the iron top with batting and that silver iron board material. And also lay a silicone pad down under my wool mat. Might be over kill but works great. You new improved area is looking great.
The studio looks great! I just about died laughing at the picture of you under the mound of empty cardboard boxes 😂 love the work space table & so clever to get the adjustable table " extension " !
You are one smart lady!! You are so amazing!
Love your new sewing table Karen with the Ikea bookcases. I'm in the basement of my home and have to work around steps and posts. I'm grateful for what I have!
I'm so happy for you.
Love my Husky table! Good investment.
Thank you for sharing your thought processes and building plans!
Did you know Container Store Our Deep Sweater boxes, or 2 Our Sweater boxes, our 1 Our Sweater and 2 Our Shoe boxes fit perfectly, exactly, in the squares of an Ikea Kellax! I have them everywhere! I use those as all my project and storage bins. Great video, I too have been researching my options for sewing table in my kitchen/living room and not finding things that check all my boxes.
Wow!!! You do carpentry as well. Good for you!!! 👍🏿
I totally understand where you are coming from. As my sewing room also works as a spare bedroom. I just got myself a sewing cabinet so I have more storage and less packing away when company comes. I'm still trying to find where I was before Christmas.
Excellent video, very helpful. Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Love the Husky table! I purchased one a couple of years back that is adjustable for height. Best sewing room purchase to date!
Is the Husky table easy to raise and lower?
Is your your studio space not at your home? I always thought it was at your house.
I love the practical way you've approached this.
WOW! Really hard to reorganize over and over. I give you a lot of credit to be so flexible! Good luck with the new sewing arrangement! I love the energy and creativity that you have to be able to design and build your new work area. Looking forward to updates! Thanks!
I am so impressed with your skill with power tools. I'm sorry you're not feeling well and hope that you can get some relief soon!
I use two of the husky tables too. Love them!
I saw one of those Husky Height adjustable tables at Home Depot this last summer, I should have bought then. It was 6' x 25", I was concerned about my machine vibrating on it. I'll have to wait and see how you like it.
Karen, I hope you are feeling better soon💖
Id love to see a reveal of both your sewing spaces when you have completed all of your reorganisation.
Bravo, look at you go, a lady with so many talents. Love your bookcase/ butcher block setup very impressive. The crank up table is another super great piece. Happy for you and your new setup. I’m live here in Ontario, but hubby & I were originally from the eastern townships of Quebec. Thanks for sharing your setup. 👍❤️😊
Love to see your new sewing space when you are all done.
Love this set up
Wow, Karen, you have an amazing breadth of skills.
Love the Husky tables- I have two- my only regret is that both are the models with drawers- to use it as a sewing table, it needs to be at a lower setting which means it’s a bit tight for me my legs. I’m not a big person. The tables are heavy but move well on wheels and are very stable.
Just a thought. Could you use the smaller bookcase sides for hanging rulers or templates on hooks or pegboard. Just a thought. Hope it helps. LIke watching your videos in Missouri thanks go sew. Lori Anderson
I WOULD LOVE to have a bedroom that converts to sewing room. I live 6months in RV do my kitchen gets converted. I have a tiny counter space to put my machine. I cover my 2 burner stove for a cutting ironing n layout area. I also have to dry my sink after washing n scrubbing it in case a piece of fabric lands there inadvertently. Did I mention I have to stand to sew? Or that my machine rides and lives in the "garage" (my car) and I fight my Hubcap for a space for fabric that always ends up with tools or BBQ grill. But I persevere. At home I am converting a work shop into a she shed for a studio when I retire. I'm a truck driver over the road so rarely get home to work on projects. But I do bring a hand sewing project with me in the road.
I love your work space and I love Noom! 40 pounds and more to go but I'm happy.
I was lucky to get a cool old unusual gate leg table that belonged to my Ggrandmother- it is 42 x 20 down with 20 inch wings- huge 😀