Where I Sew – Melody Miller

on Jul 2, 2013 in Where I Sew | 92 comments

Melody Miller has been designing the Ruby Star fabric lines for Kokka since 2010, with her sixth collection, Ruby Star Polka Dot, arriving in stores this summer. Her book Ruby Star Wrapping is a complete guide to creative, resourceful, and reusable gift packaging.

Melody lives in Atlanta, in picturesque and historic Grant Park with her husband and two children. She and her husband both work from their home, so they have to be very creative about their use of space. Melody’s sewing space is tucked into her dining room. She loves vintage design, flea markets, her converse sneaks and margaritas. Most times, in moderation.

Melody’s Links: Blog, Instagram + Twitter: missletterm, Fabric at Pink Chalk Fabrics

Where I Sew is a month long celebration of the spaces we create in. Leave a comment and be entered to win one of 50 $20 Pink Chalk Fabrics Gift Certificates. Add your sewing room to the tour!

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  1. In complete and total love with the sofa! It looks so good.

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    Claire

    July 2, 2013

  2. How smart to have a sofa in a sewing space, is there another room full of fabric?

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    mary

    July 2, 2013

  3. What a lovely space. I wouldn’t be brave enough or neat enough to have my sewing area in my dining room.

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    Deb H.

    July 2, 2013

  4. Her sewing space is lovely, just like her designs. I use my dining room as my sewing space.

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    Norma

    July 2, 2013

  5. I love the colors. It is fun to see where people work.

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    Anya

    July 2, 2013

  8. So tidy and uncluttered! Love that scissor holder coffee can!

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    jm

    July 2, 2013

  10. Love the orange and turquoise! And the fact this space is so tidy…but what I really want to know is where to find that fantastic plastic/orange upholstered chair! Wonderfully creative space.

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    Fran

    July 2, 2013

  11. Love how you made use of a small space. I am constantly trying to reorganize my space.

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    margaret Schindler

    July 2, 2013

  12. Great colors! These posts definitely inspire me to decorate my sewing space more.

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    Colleen

    July 2, 2013

  13. Very inviting. I also really like the dress form.

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    Lisa E

    July 2, 2013

  14. So beautifully coordinated! I use my dining room for sewing, too – but I don’t leave anything out. It’s a bummer to schlep everything out and put it all away…sigh.

    But back to Melody and her genius…fab!

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    Elizabeth W.

    July 2, 2013

  17. That couch!!!! Too cool. Love love love all the gorgeous color in the room. My dining room isn’t nearly so fun 😉

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    Brooke

    July 2, 2013

  20. Very cool, just like Melody! Glad she’s a fellow “Atlantan”!

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    Ellen Ban

    July 2, 2013

  21. I sew in the dining room but it doesn’t look like THAT!!

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    Cheryl

    July 2, 2013

  23. I love Melody’s couch upholstered with her fabric. So pretty.

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    Tamie

    July 2, 2013

  24. What a nice little sewing corner! Love the dressform there, too.

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    Marjory W.

    July 2, 2013

  27. It’s impressive that so much creativity is “tucked in her dining room.” I imagined Melody Miller having some large studio, and this somehow seems more fitting.

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    Erin

    July 2, 2013

  28. What a quirky space! For some reason I always figured people who designed fabric somehow had plenty of room. I feel guilty I’m about to move into a new place where I don’t have to make my sewing space part of a multi purpose room.

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    Ali M

    July 2, 2013

  32. OK, the arrows really deserve an explanation.

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    Diane W

    July 3, 2013

  33. That sofa!! Love it. How nice it must be to have her sewing machine sit where she can see out the window and take advantage of natural light.

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    Gina

    July 3, 2013

  35. What a lovely uncluttered space to sew in! Love that couch!

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    elsa

    July 3, 2013

  38. I also so in my dinning room. However, my space is no where as neat and tidy. Love the vintage yet contemporary look of the room.

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    Elizabeth

    July 3, 2013

  39. What a cute space. I love how it looks like such a happy space.

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    Cherie

    July 3, 2013

  41. I love the colours – what an inspiring space!

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    Gill

    July 4, 2013

  42. love that couch and the pompoms on the sewing table cover are gorgeous 🙂

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    leanne

    July 4, 2013

  43. Oh, my goodness, how lovely and modern. And tidy. I’m a little bit jealous about the tidy part.

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    MistyBee

    July 4, 2013

  49. How encouraging to see that she gets so much done in her dining room!

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    Joy Kendall

    July 7, 2013

  50. What a colorful inspiration of a room! LOVE IT!

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    Sue Staum

    July 7, 2013

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