Dented Thimble Quilting

Yesterday I got tired of the mess in my sewing room. I can stand clutter, actually lots of clutter, but I guess I had reached my limit. One of the problems is that I have been working on several different projects, so I had lots of piles sitting everywhere, along with the inevitable debris that just builds up when I'm working.

I spent a couple of hours putting things back into some semblance of order. It's not ready for a photo shoot for HGTV, but at least I can find what I need without having to dig through all those piles.

So, while the mess is somewhat under control I thought I'd show what my sewing room looks like today.



My teeny tiny sewing table, cleared of thread clippings and pins. I would like to have a larger table because sewing large projects on this table is definitely a problem. I usually pull in a kitchen chair to drape things over if I need to. I found a little collapsible table at WalMart that I put to the side for some extra space.

The green thing under the foot pedal is a piece of rubber or plastic that I use to keep the pedal from sliding around on the floor. It's the same material that is sold as cabinet liners by the roll.


My childhood kitchen table is my cutting table. It's a great size, but unfortunately it's really too low. My husband is working on an idea for raising it a few inches. The legs slant out at a slight angle, so raising it with PVC piping didn't work.

As you can see I share my sewing space with lots of books. David Copperfield is there, along with Huckleberry Finn, Sherlock Holmes, Elizabeth Bennet, Hercule Poirot, and many others. They make good company when I am sewing.

One of the nice things about this room is the light. The windows face northwest; it's very pleasant to sit in there sewing in the afternoons.

I hope everyone has a great fourth of July!