Where I Create...





Welcome to the Where Bloggers Create party, hosted by Karen Valentine at My Desert Cottage. Thank you Karen!
I am starting my studio tour with some of my ribbon collection, in a nod to the name of my blog. I love collecting ribbon and wrapping paper and obviously, gift wrapping. I do, however consider myself primarily a Quilter.



So here we go touring around my sewing/craft studio. This is a furniture piece I had made custom to fit over my bins of fabric. It's quite high and since I am tall, it's a nice work surface for me.



A couple months ago, we re-carpeted all our upstairs rooms, including my sewing room. This forced me to remove everything from the room, so when I put things back I was able to throw away or give away things I didn't need. It was really the best thing that could have happened. Now, my room is clean and clear and organized better than ever before. When I did my big re-do , I finally got all my fabric tidy and organized. Now I can actually see all the pieces I have at a glance and it's easy to keep it that way.

A lot of my quilting buddies have their fabric folded on shelves, but I prefer to have mine in drawers.

Moving around the room now, I have another smaller work space and more storage. This room used to be our master bedroom before we remodeled, and the shelf you see used to be above our bed.  Now I use it for "bits and  bobs"(forgive me: I watch way too many British shows) that make me happy.

Here's a closer look at a few of them. The large Fairie was a special souvenir I found in "The Fairie Shop" in Bath, England several years ago. The Bavarian candle holder is also some thing I love. I also love all things Scandinavian, Tyrolean and French. I think I was meant to be European :-)

This table comes in handy for smaller projects, but I admit I still go to the dining room table for cutting out quilts.

My little corner where I sew, sew, sew. I have a small ironing board that fits over a tray table hidden behind the sewing machine. It is very handy to have there and my dog Molly loves to curl up there while sew.

Still moving clockwise around the room, this is a cute little table I found at a thrift shop. I keep bias tape and zippers and little notions in the drawers.

This is a large and heavy bookcase unit that I have had for years. I mention the heaviness, because my husband has forbidden me to ever move it again!  I wouldn't want to - it holds lots and lots of stuff!

This is the wall opposite my sewing machine. You can see my acrylic paint holder on the dresser. The door you see leads to our old master bathroom. That is where I keep my large ironing board and the shower holds my pillow forms and fiberfill - seems logical to me!

This is Milicent. She has apparently borrowed one of my necklaces. Her sister Marjorie is in a closet. On the wall you can see the very simple project I did to dress up a $10.00 white clock (a frame from Goodwill, painted white and a piece of scrapbook paper).

We all know that glitter improves just about anything. A tour of my studio wouldn't be complete without a glimpse of my collection.

This is just a small sampling.

This was a closet and the center built-in was already there. Obviously I have added as many plastic bins as I could fit in. This is the least attractive part of the room, but in the spirit of full disclosure, I have included it.

One last shot of a couple of my fairies and my Ice Skating ornament collection. I do hope you've enjoyed the tour. I really appreciate you stopping by and hope you will visit again soon. -Derrith