Making Space to Quilt, cont.
-- Get some cardboard file boxes from an office supply store. They have little cut outs to carry them and they are easy to lift and move about as you need them. Label the lid with a large marker.
-- Take advantage of built in closet shelving or cabinet space. Use the long shelves for large flat folds. When the door is shut it keeps out light and dust.
-- Use under-the-bed boxes in cardboard or plastic to store flat folds, seasonal prints, or extra notions.
-- Make your work area by laying a wooden door across a pair of kitchen cabinet frames. The door is cheaper than a laminated counter, and you can sometimes find the cabinets on clearance in home/hardware stores. The cabinets then become additional places to store your supplies.
Pat sends this sucess story:
I took over the guest room. I purchased a folding cutting table, which when all sides are down, rolls right into my guestroom closet against the wall. I purchased a small rectangular 2 ft x 4 ft folding table from an office supply company for less than $35 on which I have plenty of room to keep my sewing machine and my ironing pad and iron. I also purchased a plastic rolling cart with deep drawers that holds my miscellaneous supplies that rolls right under the table. This has worked out well. When company comes, I can take the table down and slide it under the bed. The sewing machine and rolling cart roll right into the closet as well. I have most of my fabric neatly folded and fanned upright in a couple of wide baskets and they are beautiful almost as decorations. (I have a small stash of fabric compared to most quilters. I've only just begun...to steal a Carpenters' phrase!) For lighting, I have one swing arm lamp on my sewing table and I need to purchase another one for the center panel of the cutting table. I keep my quilting hoop in the living room by my chair near the television. This always has some sort of hand quilting project in it and it never fails to get comments from guests. Maybe if we buy a bigger house, I'll have an "official" sewing room, but this has worked out beautifully.
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