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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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, [...]