Here are some photographs of my studio after one of my cut-a-thons.
This is my work table where all the pinning and cutting happens. It features a most excellent, stainless steel table with an adustable height shelf underneath for my supplies. It fits a nook between two closets, with set of big windows that look out across the woods. My kitties like to lay on the fleece (back left corner of the shelf) and watch the birds come to the feeder. The feeder is only a few inches from the window, so both the kitties and I get a good look at the woodpeckers and other birds.
The other important station in my studio is the sewing and pressing table. This is not ideal space, as it's a little crowded and underlit. And there is nothing really to look at but the material that I'm working on. Maybe I need to put a mural on the wall. Or some mirrors. ... Or maybe I just need to concentrate on making straight seams. :-)
BTW, that's just an ordinary Brother i6000 sewing machine. It has about 60 different stitches, but I hardly ever use more than three of them.
So here I am basically designing eight monster backpacks at once -- an heroic feat which has not ever been attempted before. By me.
Aren't these fun colors?
Every monster needs a colorful fleece skin, and a coordinating lining. Most of these will have some sort of funkadelic cotton lining. At this point, I am already starting to think of names and personalities to give to each bag.
In addition to the skin and the lining, I also need to cut the feet and arms and straps. There is about ten feet of strap for each bag. Here are all the straps, cut to length, but not finished. When I set down to sew them, it will be a few hours of ironing and sewing. And a lot of thread. A lot. I'll probably have to replace the bobbin on my sewing machine three or four times.
Don't the straps look like guts? Mwah ha ha ha.
To see some finished monster backpacks, please visit my store at ArtsiBitsi.etsy.com
No comments:
Post a Comment