My work table has been a hive of activity.
Now that I know I have at least one stall to stock over the christmas period (yay!) I’ve been making lots of little bags to hold my brooches.
But instead of making one little bag from start to finish and then beginning the next one, I sort of made them all, all at once.
Making lots of the same thing is not about cutting corners or rushing things though. Its about finding more efficient ways to work.
Its a challenge I enjoy.
Cutting out means folding the fabric to cut several pieces at once. Oversewing the edges is done like chain piecing.
The production line approach means you get better, as well as quicker.
In the end, it took hardly any longer to make this whole batch than it did to finish my first one!
Funny, I was reflecting on this very thing yesterday as I floated round the workshop doing a bit of this and a bit of that…. A little planning would go a long way, I suspect! And I *love* your little bags – except that it reminds me of what I need to do too!
I would like a little brooch in a bag, could you save me one please ?
Be glad to! I’ll put up some more photos, so you can tell me which one you would like x
Love those bags – so pretty! Could I also put in a request for a birdy brooch? I kind of fell in love with them!
Wow! Yes, of course!
I will post a picture of all the designs I have currently in tomorrow’s blog post. You can choose the one you would like and I can set up a custom listing in my Etsy shop.
I have more brooch settings on order, but they will be a paler wood.
Oooh – that would be lovely. Thanks!
They’re wonderful! And I agree, this way of working is faster (and somehow maybe even more rewarding – at the end of the line you have accomplished so much!).
You are so right!
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They look lovely all lined up like that. I bet people won’t be able to resist!