I've needed care labels for some time, so I decided to do something that would work for both new and old quilts alike. I've ordered a yard of quilt-weight cotton to be printed at spoonflower.com with this repeat:

Now with care labels
by domesticat.
['Now with care labels']

I thought the QR code was a nice touch. It includes extra information, like my email address and URL. That way the care label side can be a care label and nothing else. For older quilts, the ones I can get my hands on, I'll just turn the edges of the care label under and do a quick appliqué to the back of the quilt. For newer ones, I can make the care label into a hanging tag attached to the binding of the quilt.

The old couch and loveseat in the reading room vanished this weekend, thanks to Freecycle, and it left the room much more empty than before.

Couches gone, planning begins
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['Couches gone, planning begins']

Once the couches were gone, the next step in turning this room into a sewing room was to paint at least the top portion of the walls a neutral color, to better facilitate accurate color-matching. It took three coats to cover the green, and I focused on the side of the room that would first get new shelving, so I could hang some larger shelves and get some things up and out of the way.

I had help, of course.

Thanks, Tenzing
by domesticat.
['Thanks, Tenzing']

It is very strange to see some of these items getting actually put away on shelves. My knitting needles, reunited and tucked away cleanly; my books sorted by hobby; and plenty of clear storage tubs left over for uses yet unimagined. Oh, and Danielle, do you recognize all those fabric sample books?

The storage begins
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['The storage begins']

I need to finish painting before I can do much more. We're supposed to have thunderstorms tonight, and the paint fumes gave me a wicked headache, so I'm not sure I'll tackle more painting tonight if I can't open the windows. There are PLENTY of things to be put away on the first round of shelves, though!

I'm intensely excited about this space. I feel like I'm stealing the only true double window in the house, and stealing it for crafting purposes -- natural light, hooray! I'll put my old favorite chair in the corner, and finally have tables and a design wall and room for my fabric near where I work and and and and and...

Yeah, yeah, excitable. I know.