New Quilting Studio and Already Sewing!

Super happy with our new house and the decision to make the living room the quilting studio!  We made the dining room the living room and put the kitchen table in the kitchen.  We use every inch of this house and it is cozy and organized.  Took me about ten days to get everything where I wanted it...lots of naps involved and I had to rest a lot more than I would have liked, but it got done and now my reward is sewing!

We had to trash the old ironing board set up, but I liked it so much we bought the same shelves and oriented them a little differently for our space.  Here is a picture of it in progress.

 There are two built in bookshelves on each side of an unusable fireplace so I have quilting stuff on the one side and my keeper books and books to read the future grandbabies on the other side.  Not much really fits underneath in the cabinets as they are not very deep but I used it the best I could.

 Hung all the rulers behind where I sit on the wall.

 This is above the fireplace.  I have my year round sewing tree up.

 The front door has a little alcove with another door and I hung all of my metal quilts (gifted to me by my godson Koi and his mom Tara) FINALLY.  They were not hung at the old house as I had no walls left.

Kathy sits across from me when she is in here.  We each have our own U shaped space.  We bought (and she assembled) two shelves on wheels with drawers and a cabinet.  Each is under our window and helps since we lost the built ins from our old house.

 I put a bulletin board on the back of the Ikea shelf and stuck some stuff on it.  Works for me.

 This is the view from where I sit.  We put quilts in the large cabinet there and stacked more on top.  The quilts to be gifted are in the office along with the seasonal quilts to change out.  They will not all fit in here.  The top drawer has strings and the bottom drawer has tops and backs.

 My daughter is in her third trimester--YAY.  I gave her an eye spy quilt and then I made this one (she picked it from all the Patch Pals patterns.)  This was fun to make but like a puzzle to lay out!

 My friend Barb (in AZ) embroidered the cutest little animals for me to make a quilt from for the baby.  They all have fuzzy minky fabric in them and are soft and super detailed.  This picture does not do it justice, I need to get some close ups.  She gifted me 12 blocks and I decided to use a mystery pattern from a long time ago and it needed 13.  Barb whipped me up a kangaroo and it is in the mail on the way here now.

 I quilted and bound my second Scrappy Tulip quilt (from Mystery Quilts Anonymous fb group) a few days ago.  The first one I gifted to my ex chair at Basha, Marisol and this one I am not sure goes to who.  I like it enough to keep it but I have so many!

 I started the Jelly Snowflake Mystery quilt that Pat Sloan mentioned on her blog.  Info is on   A Quilting Life here.  Some are doing it in Christmas fabric, but I used the only jelly roll I have which is Moon Shine by Tula Pink.  Second clue comes out tomorrow.

 I also quilted three of my Rock Candy tabletoppers that have been done and waiting for that and binding for a long time.  They are in the gift me pile.

 Bonnie Hunter started her new leader and ender Easy Breezy.  I decided to use up a bunch of patriotic scraps and make a quilt of valor.  I kitted up 30 blocks to start in the six inch size.  They are cute!

 I am also still making a house a day. I have 106 so far.  I need to get them up on my design wall (finally redid it, the first one I put up nothing stuck to!) soon so I can get a picture of them all.  Still social distancing and being super careful.

The Quilting Studio Pics and a Binding Done!

Here are the quilting studio pictures at long last! I have been working hard on this and have been getting in some sewing too! This first pic is as you face out of the room which is a loft. To the left is a small hall and a bathroom! Down the hallway you see the door to our bedroom and just past that the door to CJ's future bedroom.
Here is facing inward into the quilting studio. You can see Rachel's "Outside the Box Quilt" on the wall yet. I put up an inspiration buletin board with cool stuff on it including Bonnie's "Boxy Stars" quilt pattern that I am foolishly thinking about joining in for the Quiltville July sew in! The pic on the left is by an artist who lived in Chippewa Falls who I love! I need to get either a cushion for the chair or a new ergo friendly chair soon!
This is facing outward, over and below the railing is the living room so I can hear the TV from the loft if I am interested..can see it if I am just so too. Though the loft has a cable jack if I really want a TV in there I can add it later on. The drawers have my stash sorted by color and the large drawer (I bought today) has my strips Bonnie style sorted in them and the bottom drawer has orphan blocks I plan to do something with eventually. The old microwave cart has kits inside it and Katmandu fabric on the shelf since it is inspiring in itself!

Tonight we watched "Becoming Jane" which I enjoyed though Kathy lost interest within ten minutes...lol. I finished up the binding on this NYE Mystery of hers and sewed her doggie label on it at the same time. This one is for her brother Rick in MA. She sewed the label on the one for her sister JoAnn in MA so we have two gifts to bring or send out there soon!