My Stitching Corner of the World

Over the past couple of months, I've made some changes to my stitching area so I thought I'd share.  I used to sit on the end of the sofa with all my stitchy stuff spread out.  Now, I've moved to this:

The chair is a recliner and SO comfortable

and doesn't take up much room. 

(I have a small living room)

The lamp I use for stitching is a daylight lamp that I got at Shopko on clearnace several years ago.  It also came with a table top version that works really well, too.  (I took it with me for the first time to the stitching GTG last week)  The cord is long enough that I can move it to either side of my chair... convenient with I'm stitching two-handed with the lapstands.

To the right of my chair, I use a collapsible music stand to hold my magnet board, working copy of my chart, and a highlighter.

On the left is the cabinet I recently upscaled (not pictured).  On it, I have my scissors, needlebook, an ort bag/pincushion, floss, and usually a beverage.  In the cabinet, I keep the "glove" and Mag Eyes...  mentioned in my stitching must haves post.

My stash collection is in various rooms of the house, but mostly concentrated in the spare bedroom/craft room and 4-season room.

In my 4-season room, I have a 5-shelf unit that contains cross stitch books, binders of freebies and tutorials, older magazines, some charts, and other stitchy odds/ends.  A photo of the partial shelf can be seen HERE. The photo is older -- the top shelf of reference books has been replaced with xs ones, lol. There is a huge plastic bin of Pine Mountain kits/pillows that I won from a blog giveaway last year. In the same room is an antique "library desk" (That's what my Dad always called it) that I used to do my homework as a kid when I still lived at home. On top and underneath are boxes of fabric, kits, and charts that I haven't put away yet. There's also a huge box that I throw stash in that I eventually get listed on my FSOT blog. I really need to clean and organize that room! Thank goodness, I can close the French doors so no one can see in there.

In my living room, I have two small baskets that hold stash that I want to do. Remember the storage ottoman I re-upolstered a while back? I keep my current WIPs in there. It's really big enough to store a lot more stuff, but let's not go there, ok?

In the spare bedroom, I have my stash armoire that I picked up at a thrift store. It pretty much looks the same as in THIS blog entry that explains what stash is where, with the exception of the bottom drawer... it's full. On top of the armoire, I have self-made storage boxes that I store my various types of fabrics and ready-to-stitch items (towels, coasters, afghans, etc). In the closet, I built shelving on the left side to store my sewing machine, charts in smaller bins, and beading supplies.

There are also two medium sized bins... one for charts and one for magazines (mostly UK ones).

I probably have enough to open a small LNS... LOL... but it's nice not having to go to the store every time I need something.