More Studio Ideas!
The Winter 2009/2010 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors Studios features 20 artists who have got it all together! Some have large studios, some have small ones. Organization tips help maximize the space and add color and beauty to their work/fun place! ‘Get a copy when you are in the shop next time.
‘Since undertaking writing the Thimble Pleasures Blog, I have purchased a new laptop and ink jet printer for printing quilt labels. I initially kept the computer and printer in another room, but found I wanted to use both while I was sewing, so I moved everything to my studio. I now keep my digital camera in my studio, too, so I can easily take pictures of what I am doing and upload them to the laptop (one of my New Year resolutions). I also purchased Adobe Photoshop Elements – an awesome program for editing my photos and preparing them for web posting, not to mention building electronic photo albums. Notice, all this sits on my sewing table for now, BUT…..positioning it behind my Bernina keeps it out of my sewing space, unless I am machine quilting – when I have to clear the entire table top – hence, the laptop and not a desk top computer.
Wireless internet allows me to read emails, look at quilting websites, and to take online quilt classes (more on that coming to the Blog). I have created a Facebook page and I post photos of my quilts there, so my friends can see them. Fun, fun, fun! Santa Chris brought me EQ6 software for Christmas, so now I can design quilts electronically in my studio and blog about it (more on EQ6 to come, too!).
I don’t have the HDTV yet, so I can watch Food network while I quilt, but it’s in the planing stages…. I still have to go to the kitchen for coffee and snacks, but maybe that is a good thing, otherwise I might never leave the studio!
Barbara
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Hi Barbara,
This is Karen in Charlotte. I “met” you the other night on the chat for Annie Smith’s class. I thought I would check out your blog and I LOVE it. I have already bookmarked several things I want to read more about and subscribed to the blog in my Google Reader. I can’t wait to make a trip up from Charlotte and check out the shop.