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Re: Excited!

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:07 pm
by nonnato4
This is going to be glorious crafting room for you & mavellous to have room exactly as you wish it. Sure you must be so very excited, I would love it & be dancing up & down with exciting this news. :whoop: :whoop:

Will celebrate your good fortune with others from forum. Do you often have GFP (Global Forum Parties) ?

Re: Excited!

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:19 pm
by rcperryls
wendywombat wrote::whoop: :whoop: Who needs a dining room anyway!! :lol:

I do remember your Rainbow Tower...Double rainbows are even more lucky!!
Serinde wrote:
Allyn wrote: :whoop: Stitching party at Mabel's! :applesauce:

:airplane: :driving:
I wish I was leaving Friday for the UK! Will figure something out because I want to be at that stitching party!!!!! in that awesome craft room!!! :whoop:

Carole
:dance:

Re: Excited!

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:41 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
Uhm, you do know it's only 2 by 3 metres, right :-) ? And unlike the Stash & Grab it's not infinitely expandable! Never mind, we'll see how many we can squeeze in once all the craft stuff is in place!

Re: Excited!

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:14 pm
by poppy
This is really exciting! :whoop:

We do what you did : Clear the dining room table when people come to dinner. Afterwards, when we put things back, I always find something missing! :tantrum: It will be so lovely for you to have all your things in one place and leave your project as it is and come back to it later.

Let's have a party in the Stash & Grab! :whoop:

Re: Excited!

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 6:38 pm
by nannyrainbow
this will be fablous when finished. Have you decided on an official opening day day? also will your 2 sons stretch a ribbon across the door so you can cut it? Party sounds great.

Re: Excited!

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:47 am
by Squirrel
Were you amazed at how much 'stuff' you actually have now that you can see almost all of it together? I think that is why I have dithered around about clearing and sorting out my craft cupboard - don't really want to know what is in there. :)

Re: Excited!

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:27 am
by kingfisher68(2)
This is looking lovely & spacious for your needs. It will be great when finished & I am sure you will get lots more ideas from your peaceful surroundings in this room. Look forward to seeing more Mabel's Mini Marvels :D

Re: Excited!

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:28 am
by Mabel Figworthy
Sally, I did know pretty well what and how much I have - what I didn't realise is how spacious an old-fashioned chest of drawers is! It definitely takes a lot of shelves/small drawers to equal that.

Another thing I will probably do is make a curtain for the new bookcases, to shield the boxes of threads from light. It's not absolutely necessary as the room's only window is north-east facing and the bookcases are on the north-facing wall so not much direct sunlight if any, and whenever I'm not there the curtains are kept closed, but just to be on the safe side - not a priority though.

It'll be lovely to be able to leave the lightbox out, ready to do a quick bit of transferring, and possibly leave the sewing machine out as well, as an incentive to start learning to use the ruddy thing!

As I said I won't be doing much actual stitching there, I prefer to do that in the sitting room with DH, but it's nice to know I do have a place to do any work that needs a lot of concentration. And it's got a view of the garden to boot :-)

Re: Excited!

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:50 am
by kingfisher68(2)
I like the tranquil picture on your dining room wall Mabel. It must be very relaxing to look at - giving the room a good ambience for dining :)

Re: Excited!

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:38 am
by Mabel Figworthy
I brought it with me from the Netherlands, Izzi - I grew up not far from the sea (not exactly next door to it, but within easy public transport reach) and bought this picture when I was a penniless student and really couldn't afford it. It's my reminder of Scheveningen beach, even though that is not actually the one pictured.

Re: Excited!

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 5:42 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
The second storage tower has arrived! Now to transfer the clutter from the floor to the drawers....

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Re: Excited!

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:42 pm
by poppy
Fabulous! :whoop: Will you label the drawers? Have you decided what will go where, in the Rainbow towers? It is exciting, Mabel! :D

Re: Excited!

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:14 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
poppy wrote:Will you label the drawers?
Good heaven, that sounds much to organised :lol:

Re: Excited!

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:09 am
by Squirrel
At the very least you will get plenty of exercise bending down and lifting up but please do be careful how you do the bending and straightening up. :)

Re: Excited!

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:19 am
by Mabel Figworthy
Done :whoop: :whoop: ! (Except for one curtain, which is really a sarong. Don't ask.)

Pics soon I hope!

Re: Excited!

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:53 pm
by rcperryls
Mabel Figworthy wrote:Done :whoop: :whoop: ! (Except for one curtain, which is really a sarong. Don't ask.)

Pics soon I hope!
:whoop: for your craft room. and of course I need to ask about the sarong????

Carole
:dance:

Re: Excited!

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:58 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
I was given two by a friend from Kenya, and had never worn them (DH does wear sarongs sometimes, and has now claimed the one with batik elephants) - but when I was looking for fabric to turn into a small curtain across one of the bookcases, I remembered them and they turned out to be almost exactly the right size, and pre-hemmed :-)

Re: Excited!

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:17 pm
by wendywombat
I had 2 sarongs from Bali or Thailand. Never wore them as such, but used the fabric to make waistcoats for my grand daughters.
Those rainbow units are so bright and cheerful. I wouldn't label the drawers.... much nicer to open each one and find all those treasures held within. Great for inspiration when you 'need' to stich but have no ideas to hand :wink:

Re: Excited!

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:20 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
The contents are a bit eclectic, but I suppose they could inspire :-)

Two pictures to whet your appetite - The Den/Clutter Room as it was, and Lexi inspecting the new version:

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Re: Excited!

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:46 pm
by helbel
That's looking lovely! So nice to have a dedicated space for crafts.