I am lucky to have the old family room downstairs next to the laundry room. It is huge, tiled floor and ugly paneling. It has very few large walls as it has shelves everywhere including a very old German shrunk on the largest wall. I sew, iron, do alterations, decorative painting and scrapbooking in this room. I have a TV atop a high dresser so I watch TV from any angle in the room. Also have computer desk in this room. My plan is to one day soon, paint the shrunk, (it is black and blonde now) and all the unmatched furniture so it actually looks like it belongs together. My sewing machine sits on an old wooden Army desk and the drawers are crammed with notions. I have an old kitchen table for laying out fabric and cutting fabric. I have another old wooden table as a computer table/desk. I have another table-huge but low that I do my scrapbooking on. Plus all the fabric cabinet and other misc. furniture used for storage. I just want it to all look good together.

I love these ideas! Great article and I'm sure many of us will use these ideas for a lot of things!!!!

Wow, I'd love to have that book. I'm always trying to adjust patterns to get the perfect fit. This book might be a timesaver for me. Love the magazine and website!!!

I have done paper piecing for years. I had no idea they had software for paper piecing. I will be looking into that. It looks like it would be fantastic for miniature quilts!