Thought I'd share the reason for my renewed quilting activity. I decided to take the plunge and get a longarm machine. My shop had a warehouse area that was 10 x 50 with no heat/air and had serious shelving and not even drywall on the walls. Since I retired it had become a storage for anything we didn't know what else to do with and it was a horrible, filthy mess. It had a rollup door at one end for deliveries so an interior wall had to be added with an exterior door so any heat and air added would not just escape around the rollup door. A month of removing shelves, getting rid of tons of stuff and relocating other stuff and then construction, painting, carpeting and I have a finished room. Might admit I went somewhat over my intended budget for the project but it turned out great. I bought some furniture at yard sales and refinished, made a giant ironing table and a curtain to cover up the heat and air unit. Happy with the results...am busy practicing on my quilting machine.
The finished room is 10 x 40. Made a strip with clips on it to hang up quilts. I currently have some old quilts on the wall but hopefully soon it will be ones that I've quilted. Here are views from both ends of the room. The door at one end leads to a 10 x 10 room with the rollup door and is set up for storage. You can't see the door on the other wall that leads to the rest of my shop.
Jealous! I'm just starting my search for my long arm... What kind did you get? In the picture it looks almost like a Fusion but my screen could be deceiving me. Happy quilting!
ReplyDeleteIt is a Handiquilter Avante. I am very happy with it. Not having as much trouble as I imagined I would. Getting lots of practice doing some baby quilts for charity for our guild.
ReplyDeleteI am setting up a new studio. Can you tell me more about the quilt hanging strip that you made? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLaurene Farley
Peacock Quilting
lfarley@peacockquilting.com