Maladignia

What does your craft space look like?

The felting I do takes place on the counter top in the kitchen, on which I always have to make room. It's conveniently close to the kettle and the surface is waterproof.
However, we have a very nice crafting room in the attic with a desk for 2 sewing machines, a desk where my boyfriend can do soldering projects, and a desk for paper crafts like making greeting cards or beading work. And lots of storage space. It's a room for both me and my boyfriend. He's just as good at sewing as I am and he makes his own winter coat and costumes for live roleplay.

I've included some pictures, here's what you see on them. (number 1 is the least interesting)
1 - Above the radiator, just behind the door, we have a big whiteboard for jotting down ideas, making calculations etc.
2 - A corner desk gives me a place to work on greeting cards, jewelry making and other small projects. It's flanked by two stacked dressers which are full of crafting supplies, really close at hand.
3 - A place for my boyfriend where he can solder his own little projects. It's a bit cluttered since he tends to collect all kinds of 'could be useful'-s but doesn't get around to tidying up very often. ;-) The mural of the cats on the fence was done by me.
4 - The Wall of Fabric, with in the front the new winter coat of my boyfriend; work in progress. There's fabric in nearly all of those boxes. There's one box with 'to do' stuff, a box of feathers and pieces of rabbit fur (out of reach of our cats) and a box with sewing patterns. Some haberdashery and yarn in the smaller boxes. Nothing is labeled, but I have a pretty good idea where to find stuff.
5 - Another view of the Wall of Fabric. And a better look at the second mural I did there. Took me about 3 full time days to finish this one. The style is Rosina Wachtmeister and the coloring of the cats is based on our two cats.
6 - The sewing desk. In the photo my boyfriend is disassembling one of the sewing machines to replace a broken part. Behind him you can barely see our quirky locker. There's two blocks with drawers under and next to the table for storing all kinds of haberdashery and a three-shelf (ugly) thing for works in progress.

I am very happy with all the light we get in the attic, after we had two dormers placed. And when it's dark outside both dormers each have 2 TL lamps that can be turned on separately. There's a lot of outlets along the bottom of the walls so nearly everywhere in the room you can get power. A lot of thought went into the furnishing of this room and we are very happy that it all worked out so well. We kept the floor as free as possible so we can work with large pieces of fabric.

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Which tool or craft supply do you use the most?

Pencil and paper, for sketching or jotting down ideas. Nearly all projects start there. Aside from that: the sewing machine and wool roving.

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What do you craft along to?

I usually do my crafting without any background noise. There's no tv in our craft room or kitchen and I don't care much for radio. Sometimes I do my crocheting on the couch during the commercial breaks of a show I'm watching, but that does not occur very often. When I'm crafting I'm usually completely focused.