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When my husband offered to repaint my studio it set quite a few changes in motion. While everything was out of the room, I culled out A LOT of stuff and then organized it all much better when I stored it anew. Then, I got improved lighting as my Christmas present. It now looks and functions SO much better!

Here’s a video to prove it.

This is just one of several free videos on my website. Check ’em out here.

What’s the most useful thing in your studio, not counting scissors and fabric? I think mine is my design wall.

Ellen Lindner

Do you have a bunch of show ribbons on display? I did, but they all had to come down when I recently painted my studio. I probably had about 25 displayed and another 25 in a box waiting to be added to the wall.

One corner

My husband asked if I intended to put them back up. Of course I did! He reminded me that many of them were quite old and gently asked why they were still important to me. Well, gee. The only answer I could think of was “To feed my ego,” and that seemed rather lame. He commented that my studio had always had too much stuff on the walls for his liking. Hmm, that got me thinking. I DO like a more minimalist look in the rest of my home. Why should the studio be any different? Would I like it better with fewer things on the wall?

Eventually, I decided that yes, I would. And this is what happened.

What camp are you in? Do you like LOTS of things on your studio walls or do you like them more streamlined?

I’m still adjusting to the latter and am adding things back slowly. That editing is hard!

Ellen Lindner

I thought you might like to see a little bit of my studio (which I did NOT clean up for your visit.)

This is my secondary design wall.  I seldom use it for creating.  Instead, it holds other things that need my attention, like these quilts waiting to be sprayed with UV protectant and photographed.

My primary design wall is on the left and my working table is on the right.  When using the table I sit on the far right.

Let’s take a little tour.  This small quilt is one of the samples for my Floral Improv class.  It’s for the live class.  The online one has a much larger project (coming soon.)

Since I’m working in a series with repeating motifs, I’m saving some of the patterns.

And also precut shapes.

These little fabric strips were in a project that I decided to discontinue.  Again, I’m saving them, since this color scheme will be used again.

The top left corner isn’t too exciting.  Just a computer sketch for a recent quilt.

But, if you follow that brown line upward you’ll see my decoration.  Yep, a hornet’s nest.

I actually paid money for this nest and I love it.  My husband thinks I’m nuts!

As I was taking details shots, I discovered a pleasant surprise: an interesting composition.

That has potential, don’t you think?  I’m excited to work with this idea.

So, there you have it: a mini tour of one corner of my studio.  I hope you’ll visit again sometime.  (But, I still won’t promise to clean it.)

Ellen Lindner