You said, "I am a obsessive finisher, 10 was as big as I could let the stack get."

(whispering: 72!)

"Inconceivable!"

Actually new sewing room will be pretty similar to the current one, only slightly larger. I am pretty happy with this set up.  

Awesome!  I love the look of your latest.  I'm proud of your determination to  get them quilted before you take off on more tops.  I should try that.

"I am pretty happy with this set up." 

Except for the shifting around I have to do in order to do the quilting on my longarm .... 

My thinking is, why not shoot for the moon (think big) when you have the chance?

I understand your point, but we are also trying to keep the square footage (and $$$) below a certain threshold.  It only takes about 10 minutes to shift - not really a big deal but not something I'd want to do back and forth repeatedly.  I prefer the production line kind of method, to do things in chunks.  And I can still press when the machine is loaded, I move one of the pressing boards to my large cutting area, then an extra cutting mat either on half of the pressing surface or on my sewing surface.  I know not as ideal as a dedicated surface but I really do enjoy being able to do the tshirt fusing on that loooong table on my LA.  I use that table for storage underneath and for pulling fabrics too - it gets a lot of use every day.    

Your beautiful quilt is starting to get some texture. 

Dee in TX (DBRADFOR3) said:

we are also trying to keep the square footage (and $$$) below a certain threshold

What?  Trying to be sensible about your forever home? 

DH and I more or less went "whole hog" on our place and were confined only by the lot restrictions (set-back from the street and from other lots, etc.) so I imagined that you could go bananas with your acreage. But then you plug in the sensible thing like budget and prick my balloon ... sigh.

I am an accountant - always sensible.    I had actually hoped to "downsize" some but DH insists both kids need to keep their own rooms and several realtors have told us to please at least put in 3 bedrooms for resale.  So 3 bedrooms plus a large studio/guest room it is.  The overall size is only going down slightly, but we are losing the separate dining and family rooms.  And I am getting my dream kitchen, walk in pantry and laundry room with outside door to bring in muddy dogs.  And a large porch with a view and a fire pit near the house.  We're trying to keep it less than 3000 but it keeps creeping up there.

you tease!