One of the conversations that I had at The Expo was with Shams, Myrna, Sue and Sarah B., about sewing rooms. Yes, that's right we were sitting around a table discussing sewing rooms. But Myrna had just taken a class with Diane Erickson about sewing rooms and they shared something that really stuck with me.
Diane said that your sewing room should be one part of your past, one part of the present and one part of your future. Then I spent Sunday in Gaylen's amazing sewing room and it made me think about how I view my own sewing space.
I've called mine a sewing room and a sewing studio but favor sewing cave. However, if I'm honest I truly think of it as a well stocked workroom. I came to that conclusion after reading an interview by Koos where he talked about being a journeyman who sewed. So here are some pics of his workroom:
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It made me realize that those lovely pinterest sewing rooms are not what I aspire to. I want and thrive in a well stocked workroom. The rooms that remind me of my garment district roots.
Why did I bring this up? Because I had a request to share what items I stock so that I can sew anytime. It would have been easy to put together a list and bullet point it here. However, I thought that explaining the backstory was just as important.
BTW, this Koos quote sums up my feelings exactly:
Lastly, here are some pictures of my workroom as it appears when I sit down to sew ...
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...all those pretty clean sewing rooms are nice but I'd rather see where people really create. So tell me...where do you sew? In a beautifully well-appointed sewing room, a sewing studio, or just in a portion of your bedroom, dining room or family room?
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Diane said that your sewing room should be one part of your past, one part of the present and one part of your future. Then I spent Sunday in Gaylen's amazing sewing room and it made me think about how I view my own sewing space.
I've called mine a sewing room and a sewing studio but favor sewing cave. However, if I'm honest I truly think of it as a well stocked workroom. I came to that conclusion after reading an interview by Koos where he talked about being a journeyman who sewed. So here are some pics of his workroom:
It made me realize that those lovely pinterest sewing rooms are not what I aspire to. I want and thrive in a well stocked workroom. The rooms that remind me of my garment district roots.
Why did I bring this up? Because I had a request to share what items I stock so that I can sew anytime. It would have been easy to put together a list and bullet point it here. However, I thought that explaining the backstory was just as important.
BTW, this Koos quote sums up my feelings exactly:
"I think of myself as very basic. I am a craftsperson and I sew like that. I sew beautiful clothes. I am nothing more than a worker sitting behind a sewing machine. That's where I feel most comfortable, that's where I am the best. That's what I do the best and it is very basic."As a craftsperson I need to have supplies on hand to create. Those supplies are:
- Thread
- Lining Fabric
- Silk Organza
- Zippers
- Buttons
- Elastics
- Trimmings
- Piping
- Rayon Seam Binding
- Seam bindings
- Interfacing
- Tracing Paper
Lastly, here are some pictures of my workroom as it appears when I sit down to sew ...
...all those pretty clean sewing rooms are nice but I'd rather see where people really create. So tell me...where do you sew? In a beautifully well-appointed sewing room, a sewing studio, or just in a portion of your bedroom, dining room or family room?
