Kim Lippy holds up the quilt she made for her Dad's 85th birthday. Isn't it awesome? 

Here's another t-shirt quilt--my first and an experiment. :) 

Tiny Stitchers

Here's the shelf over the "fabric closet" These tiny stitchers are all toy sewing machines. I bought them for decorating my studio. They are old and fun--but none of them are in good enough shape or rare enough to be collector's items. I am thrilled with them anyway!

Book Reviews& digital photo for fabric

If you are into printing your own photo fabric--this photo of a Japanese tulip tree that I took in the spring might make a nice design. Fun for an experiment. :)
Here is a link to my book reviews on Amazon. There are a few other reviews mixed in --but the bulk of reviews are quilting books. :)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AX6UN10IG8ONQ/ref=cm_cr_auth/002-3304859-8589604?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Accidental Quilter cleans studio! (the good, the bad)

My studio has been a disaster zone for years, and I broke down and have begun reorganizing and moving furniture the last few weeks. I keep learning what works and what doesn't--this is my daughter's old bedroom and it is small . I'll list the "goodies" and the "badies" I've found while organizing.
Good ideas: Place your sewing machines and serger near the computer so that you only have to have one comfy office chair on rollers in the room. Leave enough room to roll back and forth.
Put your quilting machine on your quilting cabinet and your piecing or embrodiery machine on your regular cabinet. (My Bernina 180 is being tuned up now--but it will sit where the Elna Grasshopper is sitting now. I put it there because it was such a nice photo opportunity to set it right below its own little quilt. :)
Bad idea: See the thread holder sitting on the white cabinet? I'll probably end up moving the stuff on the wall so it can be mounted on the wall behind the embrodiery machine.

Hey--I can twirl in here now--no more boxes to the ceiling!

Good ideas: Cutting/layout table is situated so that I can walk around it and rotary cut from both sides. Ruler organizer is on the end of the table. Book cart revolves and has storage for book display on three sides and plastic tubs to hold more notions or patterns on the third side. Wood floors are easy on legs and easy to sweep or vacuum threads. :)
Bad ideas: The last studio (my son's old room) had tile flooring--leg killers and difficult to clean. Poor use of wall space. I need to move decorative pictures and isolated thread holders to the other walls and open up the wall to the left to be a design wall.
More photos and tips coming soon!
Q.
Dear Miz Quilts, Okay, Miz Smartypants--where is your fabric? I don't see any in the photos! What did you do with that--hang it from the ceiling?

A. Dear Kind Quilter, Please look at the closed closet door to the walk-in closet. LOL. Shelves, baskets, hanging nets--an incredible amount of fat quarters and bolts can be stored in a small walk in closet--just remember to leave a space to "walk in." :)