16 Sewing Room Design Ideas

Convert a spare bedroom, unused home office or even a closet space into a craft haven with these sewing room design ideas. Grab your favorite sewing room design ideas for an inspiration board complete with quick tips, inspiring photos, fabric swatches and DIY projects. Use these sewing room design ideas to fit within your own space and budget constraints.

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Sewing Room Design Ideas: Accents

Sewing Room Design Ideas: Baskets

Sewing Room Design Ideas: Boards

Sewing Room Design Ideas: Pincushions

Sewing Room Design Ideas: Accents

1. Screen Fabric Panels- Use fabric panels as sewing room design ideas when you want to offset a sewing corner or nook from the rest of a room. These panels transform a wood screen into a pretty room divider.
    
2. Striped Chair Pad- Make your sewing chair a comfortable one with this blue and white striped crochet chair pad, accented with crochet daisies.
    
3. Simply Reversible Window Valence- Tie your sewing room design ideas together with a simple window valance. You can use the same fabric for a skirt around your cutting and/or tables.
    
4. Decoupage Sewing Storage Box- Use paper sewing patterns to cover a plain wood box and turn it into decorative storage for fabric and sewing patterns.

Sewing Room Design Ideas: Baskets

1. 2-Strand Fold Basket- Crochet your own storage baskets for fabric and other supplies for fun sewing room design ideas.
    
2. Chicken Wire Baskets- Make your own baskets in a rustic, country style with inexpensive chicken wire.
   
   
3. Crochet Stash Baskets- Use this free beginner crochet pattern to create these handy baskets that can be used to store any number of sewing essentials.
   
   
4. Fabric Basket- You can adapt this Easter basket project into handy sewing room storage

Sewing Room Design Ideas: Boards

1. DIY Inspiration Board- Inspiration boards made with coordinating fabrics are the perfect addition to your sewing room design ideas.
    
2. Magnet Board with Matching Magnets- Create an embellished magnet board with matching magnets, made with the scrapbook paper of your choice. 
    
3. Wine Cork Board- Turn old wine corks into a fabulous, rustic-looking cork board.
    
4. Window Frame Blackboard- Use an old window frame to create an organization or inspiration board with three different elements: a blackboard, a chicken wire section for hanging and a magnet board.

Sewing Room Design Ideas: Pincushions

1. Egg Cup Pincushion- These little egg cup pin cushions are a cute way to add color and whimsy to your sewing room design ideas. These pin cushions also use up tiny scraps of fabric. Give as gifts to your sewing friends.
    
2. Felt Donut Pin Cushion- Celebrate a sweet tooth with this fun donut pin cushion made with pink felt. You can even add sugar cookie or cake batter fragrance to the stuffing for extra fun. Use the blanket stitch to complete with pin cushion.
    
3. Mini Cupcake Pin Cushions- Use bottle caps and scrap fabric to create these adorable little cupcake pin cushions. Arrange a collection on a cake stand for a fun and functional sewing room decoration.
    
4. Canning Jar Pin Cushion or Treasure Jar- Turn a large mouth glass jar into a double-duty item for your sewing room. The top of the jar becomes a pin cushion which screws off to reveal your sewing supplies.

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