Piece n Patch

I always wonder how to set an area for any work in such a way, so that best of the place can be utilized. I wanted to work in smooth and comfortable manner. I wanted to work fast, more in less time.

I wanted to have my things ready whenever I had time for my sewing hobby.

In the first and foremost days when my boys were young and I had a medium home I had little choice. I had my cutting area on a huge aluminium quilt box. I had to adjust height by adding bricks under it. It was kept in the veranda. I had my sewing machine by the bedside as no other place was feasible. Then came storage, I had my stuff in the ironing box, in my dress closet, under my bed and in a closet by my bed.

I had to store my completed stuff behind a long sofa of the formal drawing room. So in a way I had a scattered sewing room all around the house. I used to stitch in the bed room and show quilts to my clients in the drawing room. But most of the time I was busy cleaning sorting wrapping and setting the house back in place after each sewing or showing session.

For basting of quilts I had to move sofas and tables to spread the fabric for cutting foam sheets etc. I had to clear my dining table, and set it back for dinner.

In this way more than half of my time was consumed in setting and shifting, still I could make a lot of quilted items. But it was always very tiring, especially picking threads and rages from the carpet and storing things under the bed.

I had to keep my quilts books with cooking books in the kitchen, and tools with boy’s stationery.

I always wanted a sewing studio of my own, go, work, leave as it is and return whenever I have time, all things in one place within my reach.

So when we moved to Lahore, Pakistan I had a mind set for a home with a sewing room. I had no mood to compromise on this issue.

I started making the blue print of the house with my craft room idea clearly in mind. What’s the worry, we have huge piece of land, ample amount to spend, willingness to make dreams come true. We can and will do.

Next time I will narrate the other half of the dream.