My new "studio"

Sounds wonderful. Doing a happy dance with you.

woohoo!!! congrats on your new space!

I'm sure it will be fun to go through everything and rediscover the books, patterns and fabrics that you've long forgotten! (at least if you're like me!)

Be sure to post pictures once you've got it all organized!

Dancing in the moonlight for ya, and eagerly waiting the pictures! I still have such fond memories of getting my own sewing room. There's just nothing quite like it. : )

Karen, Queen of Squishies _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ music is all around us, all you have to do is listen

Good for you Lenore! Do let us know about your new storage system. We all seem to enjoy learning exactly where ... uh, I mean HOW ... the fabric is stored.

I am starting to re-do my own quilting studio, and am eager to do it in a more efficient way. I want to be able to find my stuff when I need it. Right now it is a mess and I have to search high and low for what I want, which tends to make it even more messy! I guess there is a lesson here ... be sure to organize your things sensibly.

Pat in Virginia

May I nag? Well, sure. Lenore - think about how much electrical stuff you're planning to load. We have one of the outlets in my lair (how I do love that word) sharing with the dining room and another one sharing with the laundry room as well as the one the sewing room already had. That keeps me from running the SM or computer on an over-loaded circuit. I barely know what I'm talking about but methinks it could be harmful to your tools or maybe even hazardous. You might want to get some electrician help to spread the joy around. Just nagging. Polly

Chances are that is she overloads a circuit she will just trip a breaker or blow a fuse. Generally it is not all that hazardous to the tools or sewing machines, just make sure they are off before replacing the fuse or turning the breaker back on so they don't get surged. If you have breakers and you trip one you might want to keep in mind that while it is easy to just go in and turn it back on, those convienient little switches are only good for so many breaks. I think it is somewhere around 15-20 and they are technically supposed to be replaced.

Speaking of sewing rooms.... I finally got my own (out of the unfinished basement) when we moved to our new house in September. It took me a while to get set up because I had to build a new storage unit, redesign my thread rack and paint my old table (the shelves underneath) and put a new top on it. It had to look a little prettier than it did in our old basement because it is now in the Very front room of our new home. A 20'x13' room which on the floorplan is designated as the living room/ dining room is now my sewing room which also has a small space for the little ones to play. In a few years when the kids are old enough to play outside in the backyard without mommy's help I will move to the basement (it will be finished this time) where I can watch them out the back window since this basement is a walkout and we can figure out another use for the 'livingroom/diningroom'. We already have an eatin kitchen and a family room so it was sort of redundant at this time to use the space as it was designated. So it worked out well for mommy and I have a nice bright big window looking out onto the street and the sea of mud and muck that is a new subdivision!

You lucky, lucky thing!! Well, probably not so much "lucky" - I'll bet you

Happy dancin' for you in Florida!! :)

-- Connie :)

That sounds wonderful, Lenore! Have fun! :)

Imagine what beautiful quilts are going to come out of your lair oops studio.

Naturally, there will be pics of this project when finished????

Di In extremely hot Crib Point where it is blowing a bl**dy hot Northerly wind which is turning the temperature up too far. Vic Australia

I guess I didn't exlain that very well. It's so hard for me to get my extensive technical expertise down to your level. (Bwaaa-ha-ha-ha). The concern wasn't tripping a breaker. The concern was expecting a computer or SM to operate on less than sufficient power. My Berninas really don't use a lot of electricity - the iron, however, packs quite a wallop. Polly

Thanks, I think I would make quite a good Eskimo.

I guess that was sort of my point, nothing will run on less than sufficient power, it doesn't really work like that. A computer or an iron will suck as much power as it needs regardless of how much is there and if it goes over the amount that is available then it will trip the breaker. That breaker or fuse can only handle so much of a load. (Sometimes people actually put higher amp fuses in to get around blowing them, put a 20AMP in a 15AMP socket for example, but that is when you end up hearing about house fires ;( ) So I guess I was trying to say that there really is no need to worry about just plugging stuff in wherever, at first, then if you find that you are tripping breakers or blowing fuses you might want to try shifting stuff around.