Sewing Room is Done! And a Call For Donations

Well, the embarrassment of showing off my sewing room yesterday and the impending visit of my father-in-law this weekend really helped me to get things set up and ready for some real sewing. Of course, I've been sewing since we moved in, but I hate working in a cluttered work area. And boy was it cluttered!

I'd been saving old and thrifted clothes to cut up and make into other things, but since we have such limited storage space here I decided instead to donate most of it to the victims of the terrible storms that have been ravaging the south lately.

My friend and Sewing Summit roomie, Rachel, is collecting donations for people whose homes were destroyed by tornadoes. If you have anything that you'd like to donate (quilts, clothes, unused toiletries, anything) let me know or contact Rachel directly on Twitter.

Back to my sewing room... You can click here to see how it looked yesterday. And here's how it looks today.

My sewing/cutting/ironing station stayed virtually the same, just neater. And now you can see my fabric bin too.

I decided that the big TV took up too much room so I put it in Jake's leather room and replaced it with a cozy chair for my hand sewing corner.

Then I took the little TV that Jake had and put it in the corner by the closet. Now I can only watch VHS, but if I really need to watch a DVD while sewing I can set up the computer and watch on that. :)

I even got the closet organized.

Now I'm ready to do some serious sewing!

WIP Wednesday

It's Wednesday again! I finished a couple projects this week that I'm looking forward to sharing, but they're a secret until my swap partner receives them. Here's a little sneak peak picture in the meantime.

My WIP for the week is my sewing room. I'm a little embarrassed sharing it with you, but I figure if I share my mess maybe it will help motivate me finish getting the room set up. After all, we have been here for two month already.

My sewing station. The fabrics in the blue bin behind the chair are (mostly) organized and folded neatly. But I keep finding more as I unpack boxes.

This will, hopefully, eventually be my cozy hand sewing corner. I want lots of fluffy pillows and blankets. I wish there was room for a chair, but the closet door is in an awkward spot that makes that corner mostly unusable.

My sad little fish tank that's only still half set up.

But there are some parts of the room that I'm happy with.

My fat quarter shelf with the beginnings of a hoop wall.

These awesome mini quilts are from Perkl8r on SwapBot.

And these lovelies are from PixieFirefly on Craftster.

Thanks again ladies!

Visit Freshly Pieced to see everyone else's WIPs for the week. Thanks Lee for hosting this great linky party! :)