It shouldn't surprise me that we are almost through January and that 2025 is already flying by! I think I've been getting things done, but it doesn't feel like it... We've hit that weird time of the year when it's all snowy/cold and nobody wants to do anything. Or maybe that's just me. Naps sound amazing and all I want to do is snuggle on the couch with my dogs and read books. It's a bit of a struggle to make myself sew and restock my inventory!
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| A few orders going out today! |
I love a quick sew, and ChrisW has hit it out of the park with another fun and fast wallet! Someday I will get out my Scan N Cut for these, which I'm sure will speed up the process about 100%, but for now, hand cutting doesn't take that long and still works! The Edgy Essence Wallet is a prettier raw edge style, with fun swoopy details.
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| A simple wallet, with a fun finish |
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| and you open it up, BAM! Card slots galore! |
The end of last year got a bit...hectic, so I didn't update my blog for a while! I need to make new plans for the new year, but I'm sure a lot of them will be recycled ones from last year. I really hope to get a bunch of destashing and organizing done in 2025, plus take in more orders! Last year they slowed down a bit, which was actually a good thing because I had a bunch of other things going on with the family that needed more attention. This year I want to work on building the business back up, and maybe offering more ready to ship things like smaller wallets and simple purses, while still making the more complex and fun ones!
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| New blanket design! |
I got to play with some of the new fabric from Knitorious that is open for preorder for just a few more days! The Anime round has a bunch of fun designs, and so many bases! I haven't watched Berserk, but according to my local experts, this fabric is pretty great. This was my first time using nylon repel, but I can definitely see myself using it again! It was a little slippery, but the thicker backing on it meant that I could skip one layer of interfacing and save a little time. I decided that this fabric needed a bold design to show it off, and found the Carter Messenger from Swoon!
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| I played around with my photo editor to try to get a better background than my new lightbox |
Sometimes the hardest part of testing a pattern is picking a fabric! I have so many different ones in my collection, but for this one I felt like the purse needed to be pretty AND fun, so I pulled out my hoarded Tula Pink fabrics. The Celestial Curve from ChrisW Designs is such a quick and cute bag, with great shaping and minimal hardware!
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| I think the slightly limp plants give it a 'walking with dinosaurs' feel |
I blinked, and we're already into December? I did get set up in a new boutique - Sweet Radiance Boutique in Florence, CO, so that's a new adventure for me! I've never had my items in a store before, so there will be a learning curve while I figure out which of my products to put out for sale. I left a bunch of blankets, all my mini notebooks and my Moondance journals there, mostly to force myself to make new stuff and use up my supplies. I'd love to clear out more room in my craft studio (and storage), so I'll be doing another fabric destash sometime this month and trying to get more things sewn up. It's getting down to the wire to finish up all the remaining orders, but I think I can finally focus on them and get everything done. Hopefully.
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| Fun new ornament coming soon at SB Stitching! |
The Summit Sling from Cloudsplitter designs is a bag that looks complicated, especially while cutting all the pieces, but actually comes together very nice! Unless you reverse a piece...which I did NOT do this time!
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| Not the best pic, but apparently the only full front one I grabbed! |
