projects....and new fabric

I've been neglecting the blog lately.....life sometimes does get in the way. I'm enjoying my new job....what person who sews wouldn't love working in a fabric shop! I do have some projects in the works. Custom order for place mats. Pink ones are done and the blue ones need topstitching. They will ship on Monday. Order for an apron, place mats and coasters to match. Coasters are done, place mats are cut and pinned and apron is being cut. Should ship on Monday also if all goes well. Need to topstitch a blanket yet that will also ship on Monday.

Now to the fabric piece I picked up yesterday. I can't get a good picture of it but maybe you can get an idea of the texture. It is a blue Persian Lamb velvet. I got this piece that is a little over 2 yards for $4.03!!!! It is sooooo soft. I have watched it hang there at work and finally said....it's going home with me. I'm thinking maybe a vest, maybe a neat bag, maybe a hat and scarf.......

What do you think?

My sewing workspace

...we'll save the office/modeling center for later!

Way back in February I posted about the sorry state that my sewing room was in. You can refer to the posting if you want but beware!!!! you could get lost in a pile of fabric! http://scottieacres.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-cant-stand-it-anymore.html Well I have made some changes and cleaned up a bit until I go on another fabric frenzy looking for just the right piece. Just follow the photos and you'll understand. First one is looking into the room from the door way. Outside the windows is a really lovely view with birds and flowers and trees. My main machine is right there in the middle of the windows. To the right is my trusty Singer and the Babyloc serger. I had to move the old Windsor treadle out as I needed room for the cutting table.And here is the cutting table! I have a custom baby quilt in process sitting on it. Room for bin storage (fabric ) underneath and it is on casters.
Yup....that is the guest bed. As soon as a guest leaves I wind up using it for projects in process.

This is the left side of the closet that runs the length of the wall. Six bins of cottons and flannels and chenille, quilt batting and pillow forms and some rolls of double knit fabrics I just couldn't resist. (they have Scotties on them) That garbage bag just in front is full of vintage chenille spreads that I just got to cut up for projects.

Right side of the closet with more cottons and flannels. In the space between the two (behind the wall the black forest cuckoo clock is hanging on) are bins with corduroy and Christmas fabrics.

Now where are all the rest of the fabrics and projects you ask? I had to hide them somewhere... This bin is Christmas...

Hubby's end of the walk in closet. Those two huge tubs are full of Scottie fleece.

My end of the closet...these are full of drapery type fabrics and suede.

In the guest bathroom shower/tub is another big bin of Scottie fleece

In my office shower that we never use....It has become storage for bins of fabrics and other projects and stuff that we just want handy but out of the way like the toilet paper and Kleenex.

Okay....so I have lots of fabric....most of it with Scotties on it. You just need to know where to look for it.

It's a switchplate day

I have lotsa neat little things that I make. Just because I feel like it. Ya know.....when you get into a rut doing the same thing all the time. Awhile back I did some switch plates with fabric and decoupage. Today I loaded some into my etsy store http://scottieacres.etsy.com/ I sold them at a Scottie collectors luncheon. Nice touch for bathrooms, kids rooms or wherever. They make a neat addition to a basket for a shower gift or add it to the package as a decoration along with a ribbon. These are just a sampling. I can do any variety of designs.