Consignment

A couple of weeks ago I posted that I am now consigning some items to a new local shop - Sweet Salvage Shoppe.  In the first couple of weeks I had a few sales - and I took more items over on Saturday to create a larger display of my items. 

One idea that I had, is Father's Day is coming up soon - so I took a selection of my 'manly' box pouches over and she was going to do a sign and gather a few other items to put with them. 

She is also working on a more cohesive display of my items - I meant to stop by this afternoon to see what she's changed, but I forgot.  So this is a picture from last week - several of my purses are on top of the stack of luggage.

I'm pretty excited about this venture - when I first started my business I rented space in a craft mall - it didn't work out very well, and that particular shop ended up closing not too long after I got out of it. 

I was a little leary of going down this path again, but this is a local shop (about 3 miles from my house) and the owner is a person that I've known for a while, and consider a friend.   So for her, and myself, here's hoping that business booms!

Along with my purses and accessories, I also have some pillows and window treatments that will be there. 

And I'm thinking about Halloween and Christmas - maybe this year will be the one where I use up the stash of holiday fabric I've been accumulating!

Happy Sewing!

Susan

Completed Box Cushions

Another completed project.  This is the stack of the three box cushions that I just completed for the interior decorator.

The fabric was a lovely textured stripe - some of the blue stripes were a little like velour - very soft!

It was an upholstery weight, so the multiple layers were interesting to work with (ok, difficult), mainly where the welt ends overlapped.

Really, the hardest part of making this kind of cushion is getting the padded foam in correctly.

If box cushions are something you are interested in, feel free to contact me.

Happy Sewing!

Susan

More Decorator Projects

I think in my last post I said along with the box cushions (which are done except for putting the foam inserts in the covers - I'll get to that and take photos later this week), I also had some pillows to work on.

Just ignore the ugly purple chair in the background.  What a fun print!

Happy Sewing!

Susan

How Much?

As you may know, I do some sewing for a local interior decorator.  This week she brought me supplies for a set of three box cushions, 2-3 pillows (depends on the fabric) and I have a lamp shade to cover also.

She was most interested in the box cushions, so this morning I started cutting, and cutting.  I've made more than this, but not in a while - 13.5 yards of welt for the edges of the cushions.

It's a great fabric!

Happy Sewing!

Susan