How to Decorate a Sewing Room
Decorate your sewing room with items that inspire your creativity. Whether it's a color, theme or your particular craft in general, find a way to incorporate it. How you decorate might also depend on what you sew. For instance, quilters need a flannel design wall, but someone who sews clothing may need a dress form instead. Make a list of the items you use for your sewing projects to ensure you don't leave out necessities. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Cleaning supplies
- Fabric scraps
- Scissors
- 3 pieces of medium-weight cardboard, 8 by 10 inches
- Spray craft adhesive
- Masking tape
- Wall-mounting adhesive tabs
- Wall clock
- 1 fat quarter
- Glue stick
- Vinyl stick-on numbers 12, 3, 6 and 9
- Clip-art images -- scissors, thread spool, sewing needle
- Black card stock or construction paper
Instructions
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Preparation
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Clean the room, using your favorite cleaning supplies. Sweep and mop or vacuum the floor.
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Remove items hanging on walls. If you plan to paint, this is the time to do it.
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List all the items you use in your sewing. Consider how you'll place these items in the available space in the sewing room.
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Move the necessities back into your clean sewing room.
Art
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Cut fabric scraps into various shapes, some larger than others to create visual interest.
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Spray one of the 8-by-10-inch cardboard panels with craft adhesive and glue larger pieces on first to cover the sides and pull to the back.Secure these pieces to the back side of the panel with masking tape. Fill the rest of the panel with smaller fabric pieces. Repeat with other two panels.
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Hang the easy fabric wall hangings with wall mount adhesive tabs. Hang on different walls or all together for a bold look.
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Enlarge the clip art images of the scissors, spool and sewing needle to be 8 by 10 inches or larger to fit the size of your construction paper.
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Cut out the clip-art images.
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Trace each clip-art image on a piece of construction paper. Cut out the design.
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Decorate your walls with the construction paper silhouettes using adhesive wall-mounting tabs to hold in place.
Clock
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Remove the batteries from the wall clock.
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Remove the back from the wall clock.
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Trace the back of the wall clock onto the nonprinted side of your fabric fat quarter.
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Cut the shape from the fabric.
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Fold the fabric in half horizontally and cut along the fold, making two separate pieces.
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Place one piece of fabric on top of the clock's backing and cut a small slit to allow the hands to fit through.
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Rub the glue stick around the edges of the clock's backing and in the area beneath the fabric. Press fabric down to adhere.
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Place the other piece of fabric on the uncovered part of the clock's backing and cut a small slit to allow the hands to fit through.
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Rub the glue stick around the edges of the clock's backing and in the area beneath the fabric. Press fabric down to adhere.
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Snip any excess fabric around the base of the clock hands to be flush with the clock backing.
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Place vinyl stickers in proper areas on the fabric to mark the 12, 3, 6 and 9 positions on the clock.
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Return the backing piece to the clock and position it in place.
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Hang the clock with adhesive wall mount tabs or your own chosen method.
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Tips & Warnings
Select fabric you like and make your own curtain for the sewing room.
Hang a few vintage sewing items on the wall to decorate the sewing room.
Search through old magazines for sewing advertisements or patterns. Frame for wall art in your sewing room.
Use caution when lifting and moving large objects.
Pay careful attention to the location of electrical outlets.Place necessary items that must plug in near the outlets to avoid tripping situations.
Use spray adhesive in a well-ventilated area.
References
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