new fabric!
January 22, 2009
All the fabric I ordered finally came in that I ordered from fabric.com and equilter (neither of which sent me the aformentioned wonky fat quarters). After new years, they both had really good sales on their designer fabric, so I kindof went crazy. I got some Michael Miller, Denyse Schmidt Katie Jump Rope – yay!, Kaffe Fassett, Amy Butler, Heather Ross and some other random things. I haven’t yet really accumulated a stash, so this was my beginning. I have random fabrics left over from projects, but I wanted to have more of a variety so I can do things more on the fly, giving me more options and room to experiment. Until now, I have worked by deciding a project, picking out the fabric specifically for the project, then making it. But I think I like having the freedom of having options right there when the mood strikes me to start something.
I got quite a lot of “cute” fabrics because I will start making some baby quilts soon. I’ve been drafting some patterns for some baby quilts I am really excited about and I think will be a good start to my etsy store. I have so much to do before I can open it, but at least things are moving forward. I’ve been reading the book Craft, Inc and it has been really inspirational as far as giving a lot of insight and direction on how to organize a hobby business. So right now I’m in the process of picking out and having made fabric labels, creating a logo and banners with help from my amazingly talented friend Christine, making business cards, tags…and I’m sure there is something I am forgetting.
I guess I am just a perfectionist at heart, and I have been considering opening this shop for a while. So I am committing to doing it “right” – whatever my definition of that is. And I want to have all of that ready and done before I open the store, because for me that is the best way to do it.