the kloset workshop

I thought it would be fun to give you a little tour of the Emily Ann’s Kloset workshop today.

Come on in and SEW awhile ….
Once upon a time there was a lonely dining room that was hardly ever used. Maybe for a birthday party or two or a Thanksgiving dinner… but let’s be honest…. the formal dining room in a home barely gets used. Atleast ours didn’t.

We have an eat in kitchen with a farm style table so the time we spend together during meals is usually at that table.

As Emily Ann’s Kloset grew over the years, I outgrew the small space I made for myself in the playroom and really needed to be somewhere in the house where I could see everything that was going on. And hear “mommy i need a snack”, right when I step on the sewing machine pedal.

That is how the dining room remix happened. The workshop is really the first thing you see when you come through my front door. #helloprettyfabrics

Helpful tip: Creating a work space for yourself doesn’t need to be expensive….I used things from around the house & a few new purchases to create this space. You might be surprised what you have already. #shopatyourownhouse

My cutting table is a folding table from Home Depot {with the legs folded up} and sits on top of 2 short dressers that were in our garage. I covered it with quilt batting & fabric so it also doubles as a huge ironing table. Bonus: dresser drawers = more storage space

I made my own gingham curtains, chalk painted my china cabinet, brought in a wicker chair from outside, and added some old bar stools so there’s somewhere to sit at the cutting table.

And to organize fabric I usually seperate by designer and/or holiday & keep on shelves, in cute baskets or stored in containers. Some is color coded, some scraps are stored in plastic containers, some are on bolts, & some is just sitting wherever it wants because I have no idea where to put it yet.

I don’t use a fancy sewing machine or a long arm quilting machine….though I still have dreams of owning a Juki. I handmake everything on my own, RIGHT HERE in what used to be our dining room.

I’m not a super hero but I sometimes wear Lily’s cape and mask. I make mistakes. I’m a mom & a maker just like you …. that makes pretty things from our home.

I stay up late and sometimes my laundry piles up. I don’t love emptying the dishwasher. I sew with a kitten next to me and i move things so that my pictures are pretty. I drink way too much diet coke. I teach myself how to do mostly everything. I have a furniture rearranging compulsion that started at a very young age. I have a very active toddler, a special needs child and a teenage daughter here at home that take my parenting skills to an entirely new level.

But I love to share what I do here, because I hope it INSPIRES YOU to do more of what you love. When you can.

I hope you liked your little tour of my workshop where quilts are made, fabric is cut, patterns are written & happy mail is wrapped.

Toodles, from Emily Ann’s Kloset…..