Happy New Year! I squeezed one more start and finish in yesterday for 2016. This sweet little pineapple mini quilt will be joining my mini quilt gallery in my sewing room. There were several block swaps for this on Instagram and I admired them all, so I dug into my yellow and green scrap bins to come up with this. I love to crosshatch quilt and this came out perfectly!
I received some quilty goodies for Christmas including this Frivols Strawberry Fields. I love these smaller quilt designs!
My mom and dad also got me Lori Holt's Scrappy Project Planner.
I am not sure if I will actually use the planning portion, but I loved the stash organization tips and already bought some new bins to try to organize some fabrics using Lori's methods. I also can't wait to make some of these scrappy designs.
My sister and her family gifted me two Olive's Flower Market Charm Packs and this sweet pattern. I see an adorable baby quilt in my future.
My sister also gifted me these goodies for a table runner.
All of these new goodies have inspired me to do some reorganization in my sewing room. I use the Iris Scrapbooking 12 inch bins for my WIPs/UFOs and I ordered a dozen more from Amazon last night which means I need to clean out my armoire to make room for them. I have my label maker ready, sheet protectors to put my patterns into the right binders, and some new glass cracker jars for leftover bindings and selvages.
This old cabinet has been in our garage since we moved in--it holds some old towels and sheets and light bulbs that can be easily relocated. It is 36 inches high, almost 17 inches deep, and 54 inches long. I think it will make a perfect ironing station. If I move my hope chest into the guest room, I think it will fit in that spot. My hubby has agreed to paint it for me and help me make the ironing board top. I just have to decide on the color. I am thinking aqua, but will I get sick of it? I want something cheerful and light white or gray? I am hoping this is the first of several of my sewing room furniture pieces he will be painting for me--I am tired of all the different wood...
I am going to spend the last day of the regular NFL season organizing my sewing room and hand stitching some more saltbox houses for Slow Sunday Stitching
I actually have to work tomorrow, but it is just meetings without kids--I will be daydreaming about sewing room organization for sure!
Happy happy new year Tonya!! I'd go with the aqua! It's such a neutral but happy color!
ReplyDeleteI just love your pineapple mini! I've been wanting to make one, too. Looks like you have plenty of projects to keep busy with for the new year! Have fun with your reorganization project too!
ReplyDeleteGreat organizational ideas. Next time I redo my ironing board I am making a big rectangular one!
ReplyDeleteLove the pineapple mini. I saw it on IG and just knew you would have another finish before 2016 ended.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your sewing room reorg.
Your family did really well on your gifts this year. Looking forward to seeing all the projects. Good luck with the sewing room reorg. Sounds like you've got some very nice plans to improve your work flow.
ReplyDeleteYour sewing room reorg looks promising. I like the ironing surface plan. And you're recycling some furniture to do it. I should get some more Iris scrapbook cases, too, but I don't have a good place to store them. What I should really do is finish the projects so I wouldn't need the cases (ha-ha). Happy New Year. Looking forward to your new projects.
ReplyDeleteYou scored some awesome gifts for some fun sewing! I need to do a major sewing room makeover also. I said that last January too, but maybe this year I'll actually do it--haha!
ReplyDeleteYou can't go wrong with a Saltbox house design.
ReplyDeleteLots of positive vibes coming from your sewing studio.
ReplyDeleteWhat a bunch of great fun things! Love the little mini pineapple! Yes, that cabinet would be a perfect ironing station...and the storage!
ReplyDeleteThat would be a perfect ironing station!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful collection of quilty gifts!
Love the pineapple! I have one of those on my to-do list!
ReplyDeletePineapples taste the best in January. On the ironing station - it will be fantastic! Go with the color you love and you won't get tired of it.
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