The bulletin board behind my desk was supposed to be a working board, used like a visual journal. When I was using a laptop, I had materials and threads I was thinking about using, a color wheel, design ideas, other sources of inspiration, and work in progress pinned up there. But with my big double monitors and monster scanner-printer, it's too hard to get to it. So now I just have prints of some favorite painters' works tacked up.
My recliner and most of my library. I've had to offload lots of books to make room for art supplies and documentation of my work.
My bed is catercorner from my desk.
I do use this smaller board as a design board. Up there now are the silk handkerchief's Toni painted for me, while I think about how to use them. Also Dorothy's bead angels.
In this little cabinet next to my desk, which used to hold a printer, I have art supplies and printing supplies stored, including various fabric sheets for printing.
In this chest of drawers, two drawers are used for art and printing supplies. On the door at the right is my portable design board. It easily comes off the door.
Inside the bottom drawer of this chest of drawers are hoops, stretcher bars, and lots of odds and ends--parchment paper, Tyvek, Etal, cords and string, transfer crayons, and more. I have an inventory in my computer, but it is not up-to-date!
Here's the portable design board on the back of my door. I've been thinking about ways to work with the orange silk chiffon and the patches of fabrics for months.
The TV stand also houses art supplies in three drawers.
In this drawer are samples of silk fabrics and my mini-iron.
This drawer holds paints and Sculpey.
Under my bed is my fabric stash, in a drawer that easily rolls out.
It holds a LOT of fabrics. Unfortunately, not so easy to find what I want.
These are some very early experiments and practice cloths which live in a pillow case in my fabric stash.
Under the window is my thread stash, along with beads, sequins, and other adornments. On the left side of the shelf is my sewing machine. In the brown basket under it are lots of white threads and ribbons for a planned white-on-white block. I use that little basket to hold supplies I'm currently using or intending to use.
Thanks to Sharon Boggon, my threads are mostly organized by color now, in Art Bin storage boxes.
But I do have some yarns and novelty threads, ribbons, and other threads stashed in the plastic box behind my recliner. I need some more Art Bin boxes to get these threads organized.
Part of my goldwork stash.
More goldwork stash, in a tackle box..
My drawing supplies and drawing board, within easy reach.
Documentation in binders. I always document my work, and I keep binders of ideas, inspirational pictures of needlework or designs, stitch instructions, plans for projects, and journals of each project. I guess they could be called "visual journals." I like to slip practice cloths and other things into vinyl sheet protectors in these binders.
My Sit-On-It frame holder stays under my recliner when not in use.
Here's my work table. It has telescoping legs so that I can raise it to the level of my desktop and use it as an extension of my desk.
My sewing machine with the potholders I made last week, before I embroidered them. I can lift my sewing machine with two fingers. All it does is plain seams, but that's all I need it for.
My ironing board, which easily folds away.
More art supplies in the closet--Bubble Jet Set for preparing fabric for printing, a box full of dyeing equipment and dyes, and other stuff.
Using my desk chair, which rolls, I work at my floor stand in this corner, by natural light.
Work in progress last summer, with my Personal Library of Stitches binder open to a stitch I was trying out. I always have one or more practice cloths going when I'm working on a project, because I don't have the skills or experience to stitch on the project without trying out stitches and/or threads or practicing a technique. A practice cloth stands on the floor behind the stand.
Here I'm working on another practice cloth, trying out something I want to do on the crazy patchwork on the stretcher bar frame.
When it is too dark and gloomy to stitch by natural light, I just pull my chair and stand closer to the bedside light, which has a true-color bulb in it.
I work in my recliner, too, using the Sit-On-It frame holder.
With magnifying lenses over my glasses. Hope you enjoyed the tour.
