Gear up
The right tools are important when your livelihood relies on your ability to work efficiently. I could easily halve, or even quarter the number of craft and sewing tools I own and still work; the problem is that doing so would require more of my time to complete certain jobs. Beyond economizing time, you are [...]
Table filler
It’s the lower price point stuff that is meant to garner an opening sale. Table filler is the stuff that technically pretty much anyone can make (and does) and make fairly quickly from cheap materials. It’s cute and fills in the odd spaces hopefully without distracting from the more involved (and higher priced) items. I’ve [...]
Do you label?
If you work with fibers and fabrics in your at home business, you’ll need to pay attention to labeling requirements. The rules seem a bit arbitrary for instance you must label all clothing items, except for hats and socks, unless those fall under a different section of the labeling requirements (such as those from fur [...]
Finally moved into my sewing room
As I mentioned in a previous post, my home studio was displaced by my husband needing to move his art studio back into our home. Last night we actually finished the last of the major setup, and the husband was kind enough swap out the old electrical outlets for new and improved grounded electrical outlets [...]
I hate moving things around
I really do. My husband is moving his studio back to our house, which means that the abandoned space I’d taken over for my sewing and fiber arts studio has to be returned to it’s original owner. Now I know what England felt like when they lost the lease on Hong Kong. Totes, dress forms, [...]