The preorder fabric is finally starting to arrive, so it's time to move stuff onto the active list! I signed up to do a local show at the end of September, so I'm really hoping to squeeze in some good 'fall' type things, and maybe even get my Christmas stuff out early! Somehow last week flew by, and everything took much longer than I planned...I really hope I'm not getting the cold my daughter caught from school!
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| Teeny journal, so cute! |
I always forget how quickly the Brandt's Boulevard wallet from ChrisW Designs comes together, and how nicely everything fits!
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| Pretty wallet, looks a little basic? |
I'm slowing getting in a few more orders, but most of them are for small items, which should be pretty fast to make, if I can get focused! I really need to take a little time to work on organizing and cleaning after that last event, the craft room looks even more like a tornado disaster aftermath than usual!
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| Perhaps a Barb-omb went off in my sewing studio? |
I'm really loving the fast patterns for testing, like this fun Workman's Wallet from ChrisW Designs! It's a raw edge project, meaning it has to be made with something that won't fray, like cork, leather or vinyl. I have a LOT of vinyl (and some cork), so I should probably make a few more of these!
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| Oh look, a cute simple wallet... |
With the show coming up this weekend, it's a really good time to go through my inventory and see what I need to focus on replacing (finger puppets, snap tabs, doodles), clearing out (so many hooded towels, purses, and blankets that take up a LOT of storage space), and new things I want to make (stockings, zipper bags, new embroidery designs, Mav packs). I really need to go through the tubs because there is a growing collection of random, 1-off things I made and stopped putting out, so they have been living in the tubs for years now...or things that got banged up and need a little tlc.
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| About half of the new ones I finally finished...late night pic so the colors aren't true |
Sometimes you just need a giant simple bag, in a fun fabric. The Siren Tote from XOXO by Lauren definitely fits that bill!
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| Totally fun and colorful fabric! |
I've been having fun with pattern testing lately! This time it was a cute Tiffin Double Compartment lunch bag from RLR Creations.
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| Decided to do it in a fun fabric from the stash... |
We have less than 2 weeks until school starts (and the weekend before that is Idea Con at our library), so the summer is almost over! That's my signal to start preparing costume pieces to ship out quickly (or I should, but I never seem to get around to it...), and start preparing for the fall show(s) and Christmas orders! I'd love to be at least a little ahead of the game on things that seem to get ordered a lot, but I always talk myself out of it because I don't think the same things will be popular...
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| The pink ones are actually much more PINK, but it washed them out for some reason... |
