At Last

This is the very quick sketch I gave DH to work with:

And now I have this:



I have achieved sewing room bliss!

DH dragged the pieces into my sewing room last night and reassembled it (inside the room this time). The top from my old cutting table is actually just laying on top of this one with my cutting mat on top of that. We had planned to use construction adhesive to attach the old table top to the new base but once the top was in place, it didn't move and so I didn't see any point to gluing it down.

I've still got some more reorganizing to do (because of course this has started a domino effect throughout the room), but I've already started loading 'er up. On the upper shelf is the stuff I use for altering and cutting out patterns. Things such as pens, chalks, scissors & rotary cutters, pattern weights, tape dispenser, and a few other odds & ends that now live here too. The bottom shelf holds the on-deck fabrics & projects and things I don't want to put away yet because they're reminding me of something or are inspiration. In the middle of that bottom shelf is also one of the pillows Dani can't leave alone, still waiting for me to sew up the corner. Even though the shelves look full from this angle, there's still a lot of room left. At least for a little while longer.



I hammered some high-tech nails ;-) into the side of the table to hold my rulers, squares and curves. A few more that I don't use often are hanging off the back side of the table. Still accessible and near the others but not in the way of the favorites.



Having this table and its shelves means that my ironing board surface should now remain free and clear. Right?? I still need to do something about organizing/hanging the pressing tools which are now in a plastic bin under the board and/or on the shelf to its left. I think I want a slatboard or pegboard on the wall. And I keep meaning to make myself a nicer cover for the board. One of these days …



Once again, a BIG thank you to Melody for making her table first and inspiring me & DH! It took a little longer than planned because of DH's limited weekend time to work on it but it was well worth the wait. I am SO trying it out tomorrow!