Sewing Room set up begins!

After getting my sewing machine for Christmas, I decided to upgrade from the kitchen dining table, to move all my stuff upstairs to the loft bedroom.

I have moved up there to sew alone to my heart's content:

An antique gate leg table from my nan Florence's house
My sewing machine
Lady Mary the dress form
A big gold mirror
All my patterns on a top of a book shelf
Fabric (currently in piles on the bed. Hmmm)
A dining chair stolen from the kitchen! Will have to get a proper one soon to keep up there.
I also bought a nice little walnut digital radio for listening to Radio 4 all day
Claude the naughty white cat has taken to sitting next to my fabric stash!

I love it up there! It's so quiet and the view over the roof tops is very calming.

Note my Sew A Little Happiness cushion on the bed, purchased from Next. They have a bobbin lamp I really want too but it's £50. Ill wait and see if it goes on sale at some point.

New sewing machine

I hope you have had a happy new year's. I went up to Manchester to see my family and some school friends.

I got a new sewing machine for Christmas from my husband Matt.
Good bye £100 Toyota 14 stitch machine from Argos. Hello amazing Singer Curvy! It has 255 stitches, 7 buttonhole types, and stitch number 11 is just like an over locker! Woo hoo. I think Singer Curvy sounds a bit like a plus size sewing machine, no? Any way it isn't. I've already put it to use, to finish off the purple wool Colette Peony which had gone quite wrong in the fact that the bodice and skirt were really baggy! A separate post on that later!

Where do you sew?

I am thinking of setting up a sewing room, now that I am amassing quite a hoard of fabric, patterns, and my lovely dress form- Lady Mary.

We have a spare room up in the loft, which would make a brilliant sewing and storage space. However I quite like being in the kitchen/diner, fabric laid out on the large kitchen table, mini tv on, kettle about 3 metres away. Would I be cold upstairs?

Kitchen Pros:

Warmer
Kitchen table is large enough to be a good cutting table
Kettle nearby!
Near the phone/door/Internet to keep disruptions down
Sewing machine sits nicely on the bookcase with patterns and fabric

Loft pros:

Could have all sewing furniture up there and get some nice new shelves
Could decorate walls and have all accessories and fabrics better stored
If my collection grows, kitchen shelves will be too small
Machine could be out permanently
Chance to design awesome sewing room like the ones on Pinterest

Will have to think over the Christmas 2 week holiday starting next Friday!