My Sewing/Craft Room Makeover - Great Tips for a More Organized and Enjoyable Sewing Room

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Let me walk you through my sewing/craft room organization makeover. I show before and after shots and give you some great tips for a more organized and enjoyable sewing room.
For all you crafters and sewers, having a space to create is important, and if you can make the space a place you enjoy being in, that’s even better.
There are a lot of things you can do to improve the functionality and aesthetics of your crafting room. I hope you find some things in this tutorial helpful and inspiring.
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@MsSherrydarling 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Sewing comfortably is so important! My only suggestion to make crafting easier, would be to sort your space into zones, like sewing, wrapping, crafting, etc., and put all things for each hobby in it's zone. That way you don't have to search for sewing things mixed in with art supplies. It works wonders on your productivity🤗. Cheers and happy crafting.

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip! Thanks for sharing.

@1naturaljourney971 2 күн бұрын

That was a well-done makeover and it looks great. Love your channel.

@lisalebeau2684 2 жыл бұрын

I really like how all your supplies are in drawers and cabinets and not on display. Thread, fabric yarn all go bad in the air. Thx for showing.

@lalagamma4452 2 жыл бұрын

What an exquisite Studio!! The white walls make it bright, clean looking, and and cheery!! Namaste ✌️🥰🐞🤗

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Namaste Lala

@abundantlyinspired 2 жыл бұрын

Looks so marvelous!!! I absolutely love working in a clutter free organized space. :)

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Me too!

@karenraabis5296 2 жыл бұрын

I love the cabinet for the fabric. It is awesome to be able to see what you have

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@dbenteu5843 2 жыл бұрын

You have a wonderful craft room, and now even better, it is alot like mine with the big 60" cutting mat on table in center. It just so happens that I've been organizing my sewing room since the end of August, its so much better but may need another month to hopefully finnish so I can sew again. I dont know how it gets so messy that I can't even sew. Gonna really try to stay on it and do things different from now on. I have so much beautiful fabric that I feel a little (a lot) guilty for buying, but it's not so bad when I have all I need and rarely need to run to the store for something, and I think the stuff I have is a better quality that what is out there now and much more affordable too. Can I get a whitness! 😄😎

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

I hear you girl. I love fabric and used to feel guilty having so much, but sometimes it does payoff. Last winter making face masks and when you couldn't get fabric, I did have my stash to rely on. :). I got this from my grandmother who loved fabric too. Have fun organizing and sewing!

@elizabethsawyer5906 2 жыл бұрын

The white paint made such a difference! Love the way it is looking now. Well done because I know it takes a lot of thought energy and physical energy to do this. I love the ruler storage idea and I have the peg boards and love them. 💕

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@cynthiapalace5932 2 жыл бұрын

I love your space. I am in a one bedroom townhouse and try so hard to get organized. I have been influenced to try harder to get some space and organize. I look forward to getting my crocheting patterns, hooks yarn, drawing supplies and sewing stuff organized. Right now I have bits and pieces all over the place. I am looking forward to something new. Thanks for the ideas.

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! It's always nice to get things organized and change things out a bit. Good luck and have fun with your organizing endeavor!

@favoredone4774 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice update to your sewing/craft room! Thank you for sharing.

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@dianecrews6130 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your beautiful sewing space

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@user-xg2ge3eb1u 6 ай бұрын

I just love these small spaces tours. It gives me inspirational ideas to do with my small space of happiness. Thank you for your video. 😊

@JanHowell 6 ай бұрын

You are so welcome

@sherrybane343 2 жыл бұрын

I started organizing g my sewing g space last winter and it made such an improvement. Next is painting the walls. And then building a cutting a cutting table using our old kitchen cabinets. Going thru drawers and boxes took time but I was also able to throw out or donate what I knew I didn't or wouldn't use. Thank you for your inspiration

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and you are so welcome.

@bcvahsfam Жыл бұрын

I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! You did a great job! Thanks for showing us what you did.

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

Thank you. You are so welcome

@lucilledaub5991 4 ай бұрын

I’d love a big craft room like yours.So great!

@JanHowell 4 ай бұрын

Perhaps you will some day. I didn't always have this space.

@portialanden6353 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jan, I love the changes you made to your sewing and craft room. I'm excited for you! I, like you have a lot of stuff....it really helps to be organized and makes creating a lot more fun! Thanks for sharing!!!

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much and you are so welcome.

@jenniferfarsh675 2 жыл бұрын

This is very inspirational. Thank you for sharing!

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@ag6787 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jan, this is really great and helpful! Love what you’ve done ✅

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@teresalynn5629 Жыл бұрын

Love your craft room

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

Thanks. You are so kind

@skiyogagirl 2 жыл бұрын

I love the white walls!! Your space looks amazing! It takes quite a while to organize but it so worth it!!

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Why thank you!

@juliebeck3497 2 жыл бұрын

Love this, thank you for sharing

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@pamelafowler4406 4 ай бұрын

Your room is amazing! So many great tips! Thank you

@JanHowell 3 ай бұрын

Thanks and you are so welcome

@missgoodie222ify 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jan I really enjoyed everything the tour and ikea one of my favorite places to shop.☺️💃.

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Mine too!

@ourcreativebeehive 2 жыл бұрын

I bought the Ikea Malm desk for my sewing machine and serger. I love how I can turn from sewing and run a project through my serger.

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!!

@nuvoclassic 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video - love how you store the bias tapes in that clear divided bin - tfs - I subbed!

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing. Hope you find other tutorials helpful.

@Sandra-jx2nh 9 ай бұрын

Your convenient, organized studio is awesome! Hopefully you've upgraded your chair since you filmed it. I LOVE my spinny office chair for sewing! My ironing station is the same height behind me, so i sew spin press spin sew!

@JanHowell 9 ай бұрын

That is nice your ironing station is the same height.

@janeoliver1570 Жыл бұрын

Awesome area for crafting. Fantastic ideas, my room is a quarter of this so storage is tight. Oh i am in England and we don't have basements

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

Yes, basements can be nice. I live basically in the desert. :)

@paulabildson157 9 ай бұрын

I love your sewing room. It looks awesome. I finally solved my storage issue in my small sewing space ( I use the smallest of the bedrooms in our house as my sewing room). I went with the Ivar system from IKEA, and instead of spending extra on doors or drawers, I'm keeping it simple and will use bins on the shelving, and eventually will close it off with some nice handmade curtains. I'm so excited to reorganize my space, and to get my fabric organized. I hope I can find your video on how to organize fabric.

@JanHowell 9 ай бұрын

That's a great idea. Here is the link to the fabric organization video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f82DZ8uAtK_VfYU.htmlsi=44uEEmJp-lkF-2uu

@petmomful2260 6 ай бұрын

I like the curtain idea. It sounds nice! I am working on my sewing room, too, and it is fun!

@joanneking1204 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your reply. I need a sturdy table similar to yours at that height. Difficult to find!

@JanHowell 8 ай бұрын

Keep your eyes peeled at thrift stores and ikea always has some nice tables

@vickiemarie5314 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very nice sewing craft room. I liked your vibe and I subscribed. Btw, your haircut is adorable. I'm Vickie from NY. Wife , mom and grandma ....secondarily Artist/sewer/crafter and more apparently like you. Good job. Your room is gorgeous.

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you! So nice you followed Vickie, hope you can find some things here that you enjoy!

@tyrandyb4103 Жыл бұрын

I have an old Sucrets tin with needles in it too! 😅

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

They are so handy for so many things :)

@ThiNguyen-yc8fr 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for showing your sewing room’s project makeover. It’s so excited that I want to change mine too. The lower table’s really making sense. I would like to know what’s the name of black table you bought at IKEA, did you buy the table’s legs separately and how long are they ? Thankyou, Tina Nguyen

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tina, the table I got from Ikea has been discontinued. That's why I bought it a couple of years ago because they had it marked down. It's a good basic table and the legs came with it. It has a leaf so you can extend it. I have a bigger table similar in my dining room, but it's bigger. I don't think they carry it anymore either. You'll have to take a look at their website. They have a pretty good selection, better yet, check online for used ikea tables.

@mcfaulcj Ай бұрын

Hi Jan, would you mind sharing the black table information, please? I have an IKEA 15 minutes away and would like that table, yoo!

@silverfox7081 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Jan. I really like your letter "J" on the wall. Did you make that? If you did, would love a tutorial. Along the same lines, it would be nice to make some letter pillows for kids.

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I did not make the letter J. It's a cardboard form covered with fabric. You can get them at craft and fabric stores.

@chansofancy 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been looking for the perfect sewing/cutting table! I love yours! Where is it from? Do u have a link?

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

I got it at Ikea. They discontinued it :(. You may try looking online for used ikea furniture.

@cnlbrett 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a link to the Cutting Mat? Your updates are very nice. I LOVE IKEA!

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Lori, here is the link to the cutting mat. I'm getting ready to do a tutorial on mats and cutters here in the near future, so watch for that. www.etsy.com/shop/BIGROTARYCUTTINGMAT2?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=886278791

@charlottemccutchen5255 Жыл бұрын

Hi Jan… you have a beautiful sewing room… ??? Where did you get those cases that house your bobbins. Thanks

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

I got them here. Some fabric stores carry them as well. geni.us/AavomB

@annajean-nanaarbogast2487 2 жыл бұрын

What type of patterns are you putting in the manilla envelopes? I like that look!. I lack cabinets with drawers. I have a hodgepodge of gifted old furniture, grateful, but i need to get organized too. So many heavy totes of material that are stacked and so hard to move around all the time. Only been in this home (my first ever home) since Nov. 2019 and it has been SO hard to get it organized!! I need someone like you to come in and do a "keep, donate or trash" organization and REORGANIZE so i can be successful!

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Annajean, I store my patterns in manilla envelopes. Most of them are digital patterns that I have printed out. I do have a video tutorial with some suggestions here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLaeZsh40d_Le3U.html As far as your crafting/sewing space, start with one area at a time. Do it in chunks so you don't get overwhelmed. We have an older home and have remodeled the whole thing a little at a time. NOTHING WOULD HAVE EVER GOTTEN DONE, if I waited for my husband to be on board with it. That's the first thing I did was start ripping out carpets. He would come home from work and find a roll of carpet in the driveway, or a hole knocked in the wall. I'm not saying go against your husbands wishes, however, sometimes that's what has to be done to get things done. Life is too short to live in space that doesn't' feel good. Do what you can and work with your husband. Maybe he doesn't know how important it is to you. A little at a time my friend. You may be interested in some of the content on my blog. youmakeitsimple.com/ Enjoy your day and keep smiling.

@anitamoody26 10 ай бұрын

Very helpful video. Heading to IKEA soon. Where did you get your ribbon holder?

@JanHowell 8 ай бұрын

I think at Joann years ago

@utubebeena 7 ай бұрын

You have a nice, sizeable rotary cutting board. Did you custom-made it?

@JanHowell 7 ай бұрын

No I ordered it on Etsy.

@McCreaFamilyHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

In the middle of watching but I had to stop and ask where did you get the round bobbin holders?. Also ima new subscriber. Thanks to KZfaq for suggesting you to me.

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

You can get them here. geni.us/5GnoQ3G

@paulaneu8303 2 жыл бұрын

What size is your sewing/craft room? We are planning to build a room onto our house for my sewing and a futon for our grandkids when they visit. I've been looking at Ikea for storage and shelving ideas. Love your videos and look forward to how you store fabric.

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

My sewing room measures 15 1/2 x 12 ft. If I were building a new house, it would be even bigger. LOL. I would like to have a space to do my watercolor and leave it out as well. (TOO MANY INTERESTS). :)

@paulaneu8303 2 жыл бұрын

@@JanHowell thanks for your reply. I enjoy many hobbies also but it would be too large of a room. I've enjoyed your tutorials a lot.

@lisaturner7506 2 жыл бұрын

Loved your video. I was wondering what are the dimensions of your room?

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the slow reply. My sewing room measures 15 1/2 x 12 ft.

@lisaturner7506 2 жыл бұрын

@@JanHowell thank you!

@joanneking1204 11 ай бұрын

What is the table you put in for lower sewing height? Your two sewing machines are on it? Is it Ikea?

@JanHowell 11 ай бұрын

Yes it’s an ikea table. However I don’t think they stock that one anymore

@rhondadefoor2713 3 ай бұрын

Where did you get the holder for your cutting rulers?!

@JanHowell 3 ай бұрын

I got it at Ikea. It is for haning file folders.

@peggymacmichael9788 Жыл бұрын

Where did you purchase your white cutting mat?

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

I got it on Etsy. Here is a link to the blog post where I give some more details about mats and cutters. youmakeitsimple.com/2022/01/08/a-beginners-guide-to-rotary-cutting-helpful-tips-and-tricks/ www.etsy.com/shop/BIGROTARYCUTTINGMAT2?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=880129411

@shelley3376 2 жыл бұрын

Could you please share the link for your cutting mat?

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

You can find the link in this tutorial kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrOqY9qX1LG2e4k.html

@annajean-nanaarbogast2487 2 жыл бұрын

Also, I can NOT get hubby convinced to pull out the 1984 carpet and just do tile or linoleum, anything! It is a basement, he is concerned it will be cold, plus $$$$ but man i hate carpet when in sewing area!

@vasquk Жыл бұрын

what IKEA cabinet did you use?

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

This is a "billy" cabinet

@sola321 2 жыл бұрын

Curious what you use the jute thread for?

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Wrapping gifts, all kinds of crafts, in the garden, bows on gifts bags……

@lisalebeau2684 2 жыл бұрын

I use it to gather fabric, tie project pieces together to make piping as well. Between sewing and gardening I use up alot. I like that huge spool!

@isabelmoffitt2540 Жыл бұрын

What size table is the black table you have.

@isabelmoffitt2540 Жыл бұрын

What type of table is it?

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

It is from Ikea, I don't think they carry it anymore. It measures 37" x 80".

@connieacree4006 Жыл бұрын

Instead of throwing all that in the trash, you should donate it. I'm all for keeping things out of the landfill if possible. Either donate or sell.😊❤

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

I agree. However, there are times when thins are just not reuseable.

@teresalynn5629 Жыл бұрын

😮 you should have gave to your local thrift store, than throw away in your trash can!

@JanHowell Жыл бұрын

I take a ton of stuff to the thrift store, but some things are too far gone for the thrift store.

@gamadebdegamadebde 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Just two comments. I noticed an electrical bar right behind your sink faucet. Please at least raise it up several inches to hang on wall. That is an electrical disaster waiting to happen. Second thing, I think of you as the recycle queen and was disappointed to see you throw out a trash can full of things you took from the drawers of big cabinet. Tell me it was not usable to a donate center? Otherwise it was fun to see where you create so many great items.

@JanHowell 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and suggestions. Yes, I did donate and gave a bunch of stuff away to the thrift store. The stuff that went in the trash was not useable or damaged. Thanks for your concern :)