My Fabric Stash

I finished folding the last of the fabric. Most of it was already folded so I kinda cheated. I emptied two buckets(one of fabric and one of yarn)and emptied a Rubbermaid. Yes, I am getting rid of a trash bag full of fabric. I will never get to it(chiffon, silk,etc) and it is the type of fabric I don't care to sew with.
Now don't laugh. I don't really have a fabric stash. It is a sad one compared to others but for me it is a little too much already so don't expect me to go out and fill in the stuff used or even shop for anymore fabric this year. Unless it is for a custom skirt for a customer.

 Here's my collection of Halloween, Skulls(Pirate,Gothic,etc) and Super Hero Fabric. I had this organized already but rearranged it a bit. No, its not super duper neat like those stashes you see but I have many other things to do besides fold flippin fabric.

 This was the fabric folded in those buckets.( I still have 3 buckets left-one has old 30's n 40's patterns that I will sell in the future, 1 bucket has all the fabric for pillowcases for my etsy store and the last one has my stash for my belly dance costumes).

 I put this fabric here so I can start on my Gothic Lolita Steampunk Skirts soon.

 More fabric for my Lolita skirts.

 Found my Scooby Doo flannel. This is for my boys pj pants for Xmas. Shh, don't tell them.

 Here's the rest of my random cotton fabric but most of it is brocade. I love brocade and started collecting them and well, it is time to use it. I figured I put the fabric out to see since I bought  it for that reason in the first place.
In back of my brocade is all the lace( not too much)fabric for the bottoms of skirts I make.

 This is all the yarn I have. Don't laugh, I know it isn't much and no, I'm not replacing what I use. Going to use this all up before buying anymore. I actually used up all my cotton yarn for wash cloths(wait , I have one to go) and all of my wool for soakers.

 I pulled out my green fabric for a customer whom I am making a 10 yd skirt. Wanted to show her some of it.

So my cleaning of my fabric is done. I've actually done cleaning up everything that I wanted(got rid of skirts, jewelry, patterns, fabric, shoes,etc) and I have about 10 trash bags ready to go to Goodwill. I am glad to get rid of all this as it is such a pain in the ass trying to keep up with all this stuff. Why keep it if your not going to use it. Now if I could only get my family to cooperate.

Sewing Room Inspiration

I tried posting this an hour ago and it disappeared. I'll try again. I thought this would inspire us sewers/crafters to redo our sewing rooms. All of these photos have links to the original person's photos and blogs. I encourage you to click on the links and take a look an drool.

Sew Many Ways-has many photos.

From Lily's Lace -here

Heather Bailey's sewing room   More photos on her site

Photos of her room

From All Sorts -lots of awesome photos especially on flickr of her studio.

Mod Kid Boutique sewing room

From Olabelhe Studios-here

Beautiful

From JoJo and Eloise here

From Rosy Little Things-here

From Pink Chalk Studio's here

Fabric Stashes

I've been wanting to reorganize my fabrics for awhile. I have them sort of organized by color but I need to redo it all again and see what is staying and what is going(usually the fabric that people seem to give you so they don't have to deal with it and you won't use). I have one Rubbermaid of fabric and 3 small white buckets of fabric. Oh, and there's a few fabrics folded under the sewing machines. I am going to refold it all this weekend and make it look better. So I thought I put up a few photos of inspiration.

There's a whole group on flickr called Stash Happy Group. Here's a few of the photos there.

From the The Domestic Diva

 

 

Love your Presser Foot-here

 

 

From the Little Green Bean-Here- shows you how to fold it

From Homework here how to make a Swatch Book of all your fabric

Ways to Organize your Fabric.
From Turning Turning

Find out how to fold fabric into this extremely organized art work.
Good luck in cleaning up your stashes.

Sewing and Crafting Again

 Here's a picture of a whole lot items done -from headbands, bracelets, cuffs, etc.

 More items done like corsets, washcloths,etc.

 Another view.

 Here's some of my skirts that are totally done now. Gothic lolita skirt and the blue is a 15 yd patchwork skirt.

 More skirts. This is the Key Lolita Steampunk skirt.

 Another. This is before I put the bottom tier of Geisha's Dancing fabric.

This is the hem to the elf/gnome skirt. I have it already done.

Organizing My Jewelry

 This is what it looked like after. I can actually see what I have.

Someone got all this.

I finally had a chance to do this. I had way too much and I just needed to get rid of the pieces I didn't wear or loved. I don't work in retail(Thank God) anymore so I don't need all this. It all went to a new home. Of course -I am going to go through my closet of clothes and shoes soon too.

Here are some ways to Organize your Jewelry DIY style

From the Budget Babe
http://www.thebudgetbabe.com/archives/995-Cheap-Ways-to-Organize-Your-Jewelry.html

From Nest Egg
http://nestegg.typepad.com/nest-egg/2009/03/ways-to-organize-jewelry.html

She has a lot more ideas too.

From Flights of Whimsy
More ideas on there too.
http://myflightsofwhimsy.blogspot.com/2011/04/organize-your-jewelry-diy-style.html

Updating the UFOs List

Since I posted last week my UFOs and PHDs list for both home and biz projects, I have finished quite a bit.
I wanted to redo my list since over half of the biz list is done.(The home one -well, I got one thing done on that list). I will post newer photos later but for now , here it is.

1. Item

Patchwork skirt(A Geisha's Dance)
How long waiting?
2 months
Plan:Plan to have it done before the end of August.
Update:Sewed up hem and sewed up two tiers.Need one more tier to finish.
DONE

2. Item:

Patchwork Skirt(No name for it yet).
How Long Waiting?
2 months.
Plan:To have it done before the end of August.

3. Item:

Crochet Skirt
How long waiting?Just started it.
Plan :To have it done by the end of next week. I'm having fun doing this.
Update: The crochet part is done. Now I have to make the under skirt.
DONE

4.Item:

Crochet Diaper cover
How Long waiting?
1 month
Plan: Its a at work project while in the van or waiting for the van so maybe a couple of weeks and it will be done.
DONE

5. Item:

Three Tassel Belts
How long waiting?
1 month
Plan: To finish them by the middle of Sep.

6. Item

Patchwork Skirt of elves(No name for this skirt yet).
How long waiting?
2 years -at least
Plan: To have it done by the end of Sept.
Update: Finished another tier One tier to go and the hem. Bought and cut fabric to finish hem.
DONE

7. Item

One bracelet needs shink it charms redone.
How Long Waiting.?
A little over a month.
Plan: To have it done this week. 


Okay, that is it for now. New pics coming soon.

Some Finished Former UFO's

Here's a look at some of the finished UFO's.