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How to organize your sewing

I’m going to apologize ahead of time, I just took some DayQuil the daytime sniffling-sneezing-coughing-achy-stuffy-head-what-in-the-heck-did-I-just-write-on-my-blog medicine. With seamsters, once a reasonable workspace is found, sorted out and declared a sovereign nation the big obstacle is organization. A well organized craft room means that there’s no stopping a project for twenty minutes in order to search [...]

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 [...]

I hate moving things around

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, [...]