Since we had to move almost everything out of the 3 bedrooms while we replaced the flooring in the room and the hallway, my sewing room, (which was a nightmare) had to be emptied. I determined that I was going to sort and clean as I put things in and was NOT going to have such a cluttered mess. As part of my cleaning and re-organizing, I moved the old tv/bookcase (the one my parents got when I was in elementary school and I gutted a few years ago when it started showing signs of dying) into the room and decided to put an ironing pad on time. After researching a few possibilities, I came across a Leah Day (a well known quilter) you tube video on how to make a pressing board.
The next day I had to go to Raleigh for a few things, and JoAnns was having a sale, so of course I had to stop and get the batting and canvas fabric to try it. On the way home I stopped at Home Depot to get the plywood (my leftovers from the chicken house wasn't thick enough) and though I had to wait a while, they did cut it to the exact size I needed. So that night/next morning when Bobby's trying to sleep, between the hours of 1am and 2am, I put everything on the kitchen table and went to work. I'm sure he appreciated the hammering of the staples that the nail gun didn't get all the way into the board. My corners aren't as neat as the video, but overall I was pleased with how it turned out and look forward to using it. And since the bookcase underneath the cabinet was the not the ideal size for many books, it works way better at storing my project containers.
Hopefully next week everything will be back in its place and I can take pictures of the sewing room. I don't think I took a before picture, but I'm quite pleased with how things are turning out now. I'm still appalled at how much stuff I have in there, and my goal for the next two years is to downsize things in there considerably.
I'm still just amazed that I actually have a project that was conceived, started, AND completed in 24 hrs!
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