tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post791217722371071692..comments2024-02-15T02:13:25.912-08:00Comments on Michele Bilyeu Creates With Heart and Hands: Sewing Rooms and Quilting StudiosMichele Bilyeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15979296861999606692noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-2988756086525332612013-07-06T04:51:28.952-07:002013-07-06T04:51:28.952-07:00Totally agree! If I lived alone the sofa and tv wo...Totally agree! If I lived alone the sofa and tv would be replaced by my quilting frame. Way better light in the living room. Who needs tv?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126815774149730531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-15692067242546814422013-07-06T04:47:06.718-07:002013-07-06T04:47:06.718-07:00Love your quilting space! I took over a spare bedr...Love your quilting space! I took over a spare bedroom when I retired in March and am living my dream of actually having time to quilt and a space to do it. I call it my quilting retreat because now, everyday is like a holiday! Thanks for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126815774149730531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-36484792247036701732013-06-27T21:28:16.924-07:002013-06-27T21:28:16.924-07:00Michele, I love the hand for your lists. How cleve...Michele, I love the hand for your lists. How clever!<br /><br />I refer to mine as sewing/quilting studio or sewing room. I guess it depends on what my frame of mind is at the time. But the reality is, it's my creative space. The place I go to where I can shut everything else out. My own world. I have spent many hours there, putting a piece of myself in each and everything I've created for someone else. <br /><br />I know I've been absent from the world of blogs for a couple of years, but I hope to get back into it. I've missed everyone.Denahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365392212281698499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-9657973591055028092013-06-23T19:38:52.226-07:002013-06-23T19:38:52.226-07:00I call mine the sewing room but DH calls it the Ca...I call mine the sewing room but DH calls it the Cave because it is in the basement. The only thing I really miss in the cave is a window to see out. Paula, the quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17662592713610165406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-56746131422265087972013-06-22T06:21:47.320-07:002013-06-22T06:21:47.320-07:00Love it Pepa! Any place we can find is just for u...Love it Pepa! Any place we can find is just for us and becomes our own. I love that you have room for magazines to be sorted and stored! Michele Bilyeu@ With Heart and Handshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09970101962661800705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-46676009351990950932013-06-22T06:19:59.186-07:002013-06-22T06:19:59.186-07:00Wonderful Joyce! I think re-purposing our childre...Wonderful Joyce! I think re-purposing our children's bedrooms is always hard at first because of all of the meaning and memories, but it ends up being absolutely wonderful because of all of the love we have for them! Having personal space of any kind is so amazing and so wonderful and yes, my space makes me super happy, too! Don't you love it! Sometimes I just go in and sit and don't even sew. I am just so grateful to have time and space just for me!Michele Bilyeu@ With Heart and Handshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09970101962661800705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-78742411324688817942013-06-22T04:50:13.124-07:002013-06-22T04:50:13.124-07:00
I use a room next to the garage. Here I have the ...<br />I use a room next to the garage. Here I have the pc, printer, etc in a table.<br />In another large table is where short my fabrics. magazines., all sorted in boxes, magazines.<br />No place is spacious and comfortable<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pepa (Lamica)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13077947428408973734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-22130352981505691172013-06-21T19:07:23.746-07:002013-06-21T19:07:23.746-07:00Hi Michele. Thanks for sharing your sewing space. ...Hi Michele. Thanks for sharing your sewing space. I like looking at sewing areas and getting ideas on ways to improve mine. When my daughter married, I took her room to use as my sewing room. I really love it. It is my personal space and no one bothers me when I am in there. I have different areas for different things so everything has its own place. I love to sew. Being in my sewing room makes me very happy.Joyce Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829029971224353550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-77997365994751498962013-06-21T18:01:10.280-07:002013-06-21T18:01:10.280-07:00Google says from Maritza "Michel's nice a...Google says from Maritza "Michel's nice and tidy you have your sewing corner!!. All your works are wonderful. A kiss" <br /><br />I love how Europeans always send kisses..so sweet!<br /><br />I wrote and translated back to her: Gracias Maritza! Me encanta lo generoso que está con sus amables comentarios y cómo usted es un estimado visitante tal, aquí!<br /><br />I'm hoping I said: Thank you Maritza! I love how generous you are with your nice comments and how you are such a dear visitor, here!<br /><br />Michele Bilyeuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979296861999606692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-89749720826373806692013-06-21T17:42:02.684-07:002013-06-21T17:42:02.684-07:00That's exactly how I use to sew! It took me 40...That's exactly how I use to sew! It took me 40 years to take over the house but now that I've done it, only an act of Congress could get me to change..and we know how slow they work :)Michele Bilyeuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979296861999606692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-49028213941296191792013-06-21T17:40:21.560-07:002013-06-21T17:40:21.560-07:00Love it, Annie! Deep down inside, a lot of us wou...Love it, Annie! Deep down inside, a lot of us would be more than happy to live just that way! One big sewing space with no one criticizing us to noticing, our stuff..ever ;)Michele Bilyeuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979296861999606692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-39592728078038617142013-06-21T13:39:59.920-07:002013-06-21T13:39:59.920-07:00I use a guest bedroom as my primary sewing space. ...I use a guest bedroom as my primary sewing space. I have a large fold-up cutting table that is put up most of the time and I use the kitchen island for cutting from smaller yardages. The height is right and the lighting is great, but it certainly irritates my hubby! Thanks for giving us a peek at your space.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763395622211185863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-50019806035365198372013-06-21T12:00:26.723-07:002013-06-21T12:00:26.723-07:00I live, work, and craft in a 1-br condo. Kind of ...I live, work, and craft in a 1-br condo. Kind of always looks like I'm in the middle of a hurricane. Totally disorganized, but seems to work for me. I envy the organized, compartmentalized types. Luckily (or unluckily, depending on your viewpoint), I live alone and no one nags me ! ;-)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03509728430110361806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-28101352957524344532013-06-21T11:42:16.599-07:002013-06-21T11:42:16.599-07:00Michel qué bonito y ordenado tienes tu rincón de c...Michel qué bonito y ordenado tienes tu rincón de costura!!!!. Todos tus trabajos son una maravilla. Un besoMaritzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934455903984272881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-69517568296265025532013-06-21T09:55:06.339-07:002013-06-21T09:55:06.339-07:00Caught! My name is Michele and I have taken over t...Caught! My name is Michele and I have taken over the house. I am a take over the house-a-holic. And that is not including all of the quilted surfaces!!!!! My husband is such a good sport. The kids are all grown but they still sigh every time they visit and see how the house has been taken over by an alien textile collector.Michele Bilyeuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979296861999606692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-29773286502660693812013-06-21T09:51:51.550-07:002013-06-21T09:51:51.550-07:00Hi Michele - I get the sense that the entire house...Hi Michele - I get the sense that the entire house is your sewing room! Mine too...well except for the kitchen but it was my sewing room when my daughter still lived at home! I love the old wooden Coke crate with the threads and the roll top thread holder. I feel inspired to tidy up my sewing room - or maybe just to sew! Karen Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166374693095867682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-15528892850965097302013-06-21T09:51:28.703-07:002013-06-21T09:51:28.703-07:00Mine has been 'sew' many guest rooms..and ...Mine has been 'sew' many guest rooms..and it is wonderful that we have the space to share with others!!! And I agree...moving our spaces is hard. We just get it how we like it and then back to starting over!!!Michele Bilyeuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979296861999606692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-68264835195171853552013-06-21T09:50:21.477-07:002013-06-21T09:50:21.477-07:00Love it, Brandi! All ideas that others can relate ...Love it, Brandi! All ideas that others can relate to are fabulous. Depending on where we are in our lives...it changes constantly! I started out in a corner of a bedroom, then I got a bedroom for sewing, then back under the stairs when another little one needed the bedroom, then into a closet/storage room..my nook now...and then I finally inherited the entire loft! More than 50 years to get to this point ;)Michele Bilyeuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979296861999606692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-5772076880240638562013-06-21T09:40:04.442-07:002013-06-21T09:40:04.442-07:00I have a corner of my bedroom since my roommate wo...I have a corner of my bedroom since my roommate won't let me have the living room, although you wouldn't guess that with the way I have fabric scattered across the apartment right now. I'll put up a post when I get home tonight and take pictures: peekaboo2011.blogspot.comBrandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845709000127646131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-70661383412582177552013-06-21T09:18:48.219-07:002013-06-21T09:18:48.219-07:00Mine is a sewing room and I loved it when I set it...Mine is a sewing room and I loved it when I set it up in the guest room. I planned the space and was using it efficiently. His brother needed a place to stay for 3 weeks, then 6 weeks then 3 months so I moved to the room next door and have never recovered. I tried earlier this year and my health acted up, so I am still not comfortable. I want to put a Murphy bed in that room, like in the guest room and then I will have more space. It is may plan, but I am a little frustrated.<br /> stitchinpennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06341867288910993051noreply@blogger.com