in the making.

christmas stocking for the babe.

baby quilt for a friend.

fabric wreath for the home.

magnetic letters to distract babe during cooking time.

progress

My sewing work station is slowly, but surely coming together. I still have to find a storage solution for all my fabric, batting, and other bigger sewing tools. But here's what's been done thus far:

The first project was to turn our $20 beat-up kitchen table from craigslist into a work table. Steve, with the help of a friend, cut the table in half so that it's more narrow and looks more like a desk than a kitchen table. Then he sanded the top and put polyurethane on it to make it look better. Lastly, I painted the legs and underneath the top an off-white. I wish I had a before picture of the table - you wouldn't even know it's the same table anymore!

I found the chair at a local antique store for $10. I still need to make a cushion for it, as the seat isn't that comfortable after sitting in it a while.

My next find was the pinkish jewelry box on etsy that I'll use to store all my needles, thimbles, and other small sewing tools.

The mason jar shelf that I found on the internet is also coming together. My dad had some molding left over, which I painted the same off-white color from the table. After gathering some old mason jars and miniature milk bottles at various antique stores, we screwed them on the molding using hose clamps. Now all that's left is to find one more mason jar for the other one I'm making and then hang them both up on the wall! I'll use these to store scissors, pens/pencils, ribbon, measuring tap, rulers, etc.

a place to work.

There are small projects going on in our house right now. The storage bench I posted about is still in the plan, but we are working on a sewing area for me to help organize all my stuff and mainly to have a place in the house where I can go to 'work'.

Browsing the internet has helped tremendously with finding some really great ideas on what I want my sewing area to look like and how to organize and store different things. Here are just a few pictures that have inspired me and I hope to use:

next project

One downside of our current house is that we do not have enough storage space. We only have 2 closets in the entire house, which are located in each bedroom. There is no linen closet or place to put our vacuum, stroller, bike, etc. My sewing stuff is laid out in our living room and stuffed under both couches. It stresses me out seeing all of our stuff just out and not in a proper place. And so I've been thinking of creative ways to store some of these things in our house to make it look a bit more tidy.

Another issue is that we need more seats in our living room. We have people over quite frequently and always have to pull in chairs from the dining room, which aren't always that comfortable. So my latest idea is to make a storage bench! That way I have a place to put all my sewing stuff AND have more comfortable seating for guests!

Here are a few pictures that incorporate some things that I like. Instead of buying something though, Steve and I are going to tackle making our own. It definitely comes in handy when your dad is a woodworker and your mom is a sewer. They don't know this yet, but we're volunteering them to help us with this next project of ours!

I like the slats on the front, but looks too outdoorsy for a family room

I don't know how I feel about the baskets, but like the idea of having pillows on top

My fav so far - simple, with slats and a combo of baskets and cabinets

Or I really like this one and this one, but would have to put a cushion on the top.

Pic sources are from Pottery Barn, styleathome, and furniturecreations