W.I.P. workroom

Today I spent an hour or so getting my new workroom in a reasonable semblance of order.  I'm waiting to get some shelves before it can really be organized, but now, at least, I can find my chair again.

I had to use a wide angle to get the whole room in so it looks a little funny.  My iron isn't really bigger than my sewing machine.  The shelves will go where the orange box thing is currently sitting.  I plan on putting fabric bins like the green one next to the desk (under the ironing board) on the shelves to hold my fabrics.  I currently have a pile of them under the ironing board.

You might notice the low chest of drawers on the right of the photo (or not, it's hard to see) and the tall, light green dresser on the left.  They are mine and my son's respectively.  When we rearranged the rooms we didn't have enough space for these so they ended up in my workroom, which was supposed to be my husbands office too.  But he's still out in the livingroom with his desk and computer and my space does double duty as a dressing room too.  At least I can easily press any clothes that need ironing!

I just strung up the WIP area.  It makes a big difference.  I feel like I have an idea of where I'm at with all my little projects when I can see them and I feel like I know what I need to do next.

It's interesting to see what stands out to me in the photo vs what I notice in person.  Just looking at this photo makes me so excited.  I'm actually getting close to finishing my name tag quilt for the next AMQG (Austin Modern Quilt Guild) meeting and I feel like I finally know what I'm doing with the one on the right, which is the first one I started.

Here is the back - that's right, the back, not the front! - of my name tag quilt as I'm cutting and laying out the pieces.  It's mostly just to prove to myself that I can actually cut straight lines and do a 'normal' patchwork piece.  We'll see how the sewing goes.  The front is a scrappy, artsy little piece with lots of stuff hanging off of it.  I'm toying with the idea of putting my name on both sides so I can have a reversible name tag.