As long-time readers may recall, my (third) foster mother gifted me with a building to house my new quilt studio last year (read about it here). The inside was unfinished so my husband has been working, when he can, to get it completed. It’s been slow going as there have many things that take up his time so he has been unable to work on it on any type of regular schedule. It really doesn’t matter whether it was ready or not or why he couldn’t finish it on anyone’s timeline – it’s ready now!
The first phase of the move-in is getting our longarm set up as we need to see how much room it will take up in the studio. Hubster has the frame put together and will continue to work on it, when he can. And we’ve created a workable and systemic move for my sewing room in the house so I do not get overwhelmed or stressed about moving everything in one day. Slow and easy wins the race – stress makes my MS stand up to be noticed, and not in a good way, either.
We still need a curtain for the restroom and curtains on the windows…my MIL is helping me with those since she sold custom draperies for 25 years. Just waiting on hubby finding the time to go into the barn and find the hardware needed for everything – and let me tell you, that job in itself may take him all day!
Here are photos of the nearly finished quilt studio. You will notice that he knows me very well, based on the number of plugins he put in. LOL He also put them in the middle of the walls so I didn’t have to bend over to plug something in. All in all, it’s come together very nicely and now we pray that all of my quilt stuff from my sewing room fits in it!
This is the back wall of the studio with the restroom on the right. My shelves will go on the back wall and for the time being, that dresser will probably go in the restroom. We added the restroom because my foster mother is more handicapped than I am so until she comes back, it really isn’t necessary for me as the studio is very close to our house and I can walk there, as needed. The dresser will be our mailing station, to mail out fabric or quilted quilts. That curtain hides a nice-sized loft, to hold the things I don’t need very often.
This is the left side of the studio. The AC unit is actually for both AC and heat so I’ll be able to work in the studio whether it’s hot or cold outside. The longarm will fit on part of this wall. I also had my husband hang pegboard in three areas of the studio. One over the longarm area, one over my sewing area and a smaller one in my foster mother’s nook. It’ll be just lovely to have a place for everything and everything in its place!
This is my foster mother’s corner. She likes being by a window – whereas I prefer to live like a mole. LOL We should be able to fit her chair, sewing machine and cutting table in this area when she comes back.
This is a shot of my foster mother’s nook and the door. The curtain over this second loft is sagging but my MIL decided that once the longarm was in and the room had settled, we’d go back and cut that curtain so it was straight (and it really bugs me that it’s not straight!).
This is my sewing area in the studio. My sewing table (to fit both my domestic machine and my embroidery machine) will go just to the right of that window. My cutting table will be movable so I can either leave it in front of the window or move it beside my sewing station.
And there you have it, TaM’s Quilt Studio! Will share more photos once we get the longarm set up and my sewing room in the house all moved.
