Sewing room- Please please help ..Thank you so very much

Do you have a closet in that room? That’s where I have all my sewing. ose the door and normal room again!

Unfortunately my husband's work clothes and our winter coats and other stuff is in this closet..We love in a small condo and space is a big issue. That's one of the reasons I was hoping you would pick me , I had a back accident that left me staying home, and sewing is my love.... I do a lot of quilts and other things for charity. I don't mind sending more pics if you want?

I hope you got all of my pictures. Please let me know

I used a SIDE from a crib (found cheap, broken on Criag's List) and hung the fabric over it it various places...like towels on a rack. You can use homemade (cheap again) ladders for this on each side also, One wrung can act as a holder for the board to hold the sewing machine. Cute and efficient

If this were my sewing room, the first thing I would do would be to ruthlessly remove all the clutter not associated with sewing (other than clothing in the closet - more about that later!). Find another place in your home to store it if you absolutely think you must keep any of it. A shallow shelf installed higher than your normal closet shelf, way up high in the empty space, works great - you will have to have a step stool to reach it though. As for the closet, buy a large under bed storage bin or two to store winter coats and such and put the filled bins, uh, under your bed. Move your husband's work clothing to one end of the closet rod. Buy some over-the-bar hangers normally sold to organize shoes in the remaining rod space. Roll up larger cuts of fabric and put them in the shoe hubbies. Buy some packets of heavy duty Command Hooks (or large cup hooks) and a supply of bungee cords. Compile all of your fabric that is on bolts to estimate the space you need. In one corner of the room, attach the hooks SIDEWAYS out from the wall far enough from the corner to give you the space you need for your bolts. Attach the Command Hooks on each wall level with each other. Stretch a bungee from hook to hook and stand all your bolted fabric behind it. You might have to use two sets of hooks and cords to support it if you have a large supply. In the corner where the shelf is, put a couple of the Command Hooks on the wall, then stretch a couple of bungee from the hook and hook the other end to the shelf rods. Use this area to store your ironing board, folding table, etc when they are not in use. Cut up some cardboard boxes. Use the flat pieces between your stacks of fabric on the shelving unit to keep your stacks from toppling over. Use other piece of cardboard on the ends of the unit wedges between the rods to secure the sides. Use more labeled shoe boxes to store your fat quarters and cutout quilting pieces. Use your low plastic cabinet with drawers to store all your thread, pins & needles, scissors, etc. Plastic desktop file organizers and magazine racks are also great hanging on the walls to store stuff. Those clear plastic shower curtains with the compartments for storing bath products are also great hung flat against your sewing room wall. When your budget will allow it, buy a sheet of plywood, a bracing board, hinges, and some lengths of chain to make a wall mounted sewing/cutting table. There are easy directions for making these all over the internet and it can be folded flat against the wall when not in use. I have found that shoe boxes and a magic marker for labeling them are my best friend when it comes to clutter management. One of the best investment I ever made was a plastic bin that I have labeled "Current Project". I use it to put away whatever I am working on at the end of day. It is amazing how much more motivated I feel when I start working again and I walk into my sewing room and don't have to step over the clutter I left out from the last time I worked. From one sewing addict to another, I hope my ideas are helpful.

I'm of the same opinion as Nseek453. Start with a good cleaning and get rid of anything in the room you don't really need (including fabric that you've had FOREVER and probably will never use). And while the dress form you have looks nice, if you don't use it....get rid of it....it's just taking up space. You would also be surprised at how much more organized you can be, and how much more space you'll appear to have, if your storage bins match each other (instead of having some stuff crammed in baskets, some in plastic bins, some in tubs, etc.) Also, put away the things you're not using at the time - for instance, fold up the ironing board when not in use. If you can, install an ironing board that attaches to the wall and can easily fold out when needed. And last of all....while not a necessity, a fresh coat of paint and some new curtains can really brighten up the space and make it a room that you enjoy being in. :)

To the best of my knowledge (I could be wrong) Home talk does not "pick" people to do projects for. It is rather for people to do projects, photograph and describe them, listing what they spent on all materials and where they got the materials and then submitting such a project to Home talk hoping it will be chosen to be posted.

Yes I believe Emily is correct. Hometalk doesn't help pay for projects. But others can give great cheap ideas for doing stuff. Love the fabric bolt storage idea. If anyone does this I'd love to see a picture!

Kathy, you are so welcome. I'm glad you found a few things I mentioned helpful. I only have a 12x11 feet space to house all my sewing, crocheting and crafting stuff which is a real challenge! Especially when I see something 75% off that I MIGHT could use at some point that I can't resist buying. The great thing about a forum like Hometalk is everyone sharing creative ideas and problem solving. Isn't it fun!!!

..I really like your ideas. My head is spinning trying to figure out what to do first lol. When you said get rid of fabric YIKES you know how us sewers don't like to do that but I think that should be the start...Thanks for all your advice I'm definantly definantly going to start immediatey.

If finances are low try saving money. Compare car insurance to other companies and raise your deductible, carpool, wash clothes in cold water only, line dry laundry, drop cable, magazine and newspaper subscriptions, set up barrel system so water from your washing machine goes into barrel for watering shrubs, cut your own hair, shop at the Salvation Army, cook from scratch, don't any type of drinks (coffee or soda) bring your own, lower the thermostat on your water heater to 120 degrees, lower your heating thermostat by 3 degrees, make your own cleaning solutions (vinegar), collect and cash in soda cans. etc. The list is endless but you will save money.