So here are some tips from my small space. It's not super chic or anything. Flintcity Handmade does blog posts where they feature an artist, their workspace, and do a giveway. So I'm stealing the idea, I think it's a nice way to introduce myself.
I set up next to the slider, the light is best there. The small table has leaves that drop down. One chair holds my kit, I usually stash a shoebox under it to hold scraps. It cleans up quick, everything goes right into the closet.
I use a wet wipes container to hold my pincushion/small scissors/extra pins/seam ripper/lint brush/chalk. Super convenient to have it all in one container. I can close it and put it in the bottom of my kit. A small drinking glass hangs out behind it for catching all the small scraps and threads I snip.
My buddy Sarah made me a wrist pincushion out of an old milk cap!! Tutorial here.
This is a piece of masonite board leftover from a project. It's my super cheap table-on-the-floor. Lucy uses it to draw on, I use it to cut patterns and pin.
This is a small closetmaid cupboard. A friend gave it to me when she was moving, I think they're $20-30? I should google it. Notions, scraps, felt, sketchbooks, t-shirts and jersey fabric.
Drawer number one holds embroidery kits and stuff. That's a wet wipes container with finished barrettes in it. It smells poppin fresh.
Drawer number two holds patterns. Once they're printed off or cut up they go in manilla envelopes and get labeled. You like that vintage tiered skirt? Totally rocked that when I was 12! Some of Lucy's coloring pages are in there too.
It closes up and looks neat enough. Yes, my daughter was eating lunch. No, I didn't clean up before I took these pictures. My main fabric storage is in an 18 gallon rubbermaid tote in our walk-in bedroom closet. I'm proud to say I've worked through a majority of my large stash in the last few months, so I'm running kind of low on fabric. It's nothing to see.
And that's it!
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