Sewing For Money

Beginning Inventory

If selling be sure to keep track of all base expenses...and then remember you are not FREE.

Decide how and what you are going to sell.  Open your excel or whatever you like to use, or even a small ledger book.  Write down all your expenses so you can subtract out the costs when you determine your price.  Add in gas and time to pick your supplies and then your time to make.  You wonder why things you buy premade costs so much?  One person is paid to order the supplies or pick them up and another is paid to make them, and then there is the third or more party selling them.  YOURS is a deal.

Easy no brainer.... etsy store of your own- will connect to quickbooks if you want.... will direct deposit

Spoonflower-design your own fabric..become a pro and get discounts and quick turn around... also will direct deposit

Have a dedicated website - buy a domain name and make your own simple website...for listing your inventory and a purchasing site such as paypal to send invoices or put a click and pay.

Look up fesitivals you can sign up for or craft shows or stores that will sell your wares.  Remember you have to start early to enter by being judged to get into the shows.

Shoes-Clutch-changes in Improvising...

  Well, I am not going to talk about this outfit anymore...

I was so tired when I got home from work.. I zonked... The plan was to wear this tomorrow... but

I finished parts and when I went to do the tear drop on the bottom of the underskirt there was not enough of the green netting to do the whole tear drop under... I did the skirt and the tear drop piece is huge...There was only enough to do one side...I can piece it strangely-do a different green on the bottom or do a white lace ( I have a big piece I could used... so maybe both

This is the last of mentions of this one except the last pics of finished products....

I did not have enough to cut two of these out on the fold for the 7 teardrops.... so... I have

The underdress is made of the netting... but the teardrop ran out.. I could use the beautiful burnout dark green chiffon with the satin leaves on it.... Ohhhhh I hate to just cut part...maybe try to do the whole skirt and tear drop out... or just the teardrops and then have enough for fancy blouse or dress insets in some othe fabric which is what it was bought for.... AHHHHH

I don't have enough of the chemise left over for the tear drop... or the bag of netting scraps..I could piece it ??? ewww... back to using my pretty fabric... Too many decisions.

Now, I have a clutch, shoes and embroidery and handwork to do on the shoes... and more decisions..

Here are the parts...???? I need to do it and be done.

NOW THE YOUNGER SET WOULD GO WITH THESE, BUT SINCE I HAVE A PULL IN MY SIDE FROM LOOSING MY BALANCE AND FLYING ACROSS THE ROOM 

AND CATCHING MYSELF.... I THINK I WON'T GO WITH THE WEDGES TONIGHT

Needles thread stabilizer and ideas for shoe espradrille tops

Ideas of making a medium wedge not flat into a comfort espradrille I can wear all day at work and be walking on air...?Layering the insole padding.

Faux stretch black leather look and faux neoprene stretch black suede and stretch faux suede in dark green.... so a wrap on top of some kind with these and embroider a butterfly or 3D a butterfly on the toes or on one of the shoes...???    andddd  don't forget the matching clutch... oh maybe not tomorrow...

Now I am too tired to do anything... BUT.. remember I have a very small space and everything is on my bed..so I have to do something or I can't go to bed....AHHHH

I WILL CUT THE TEARDROP OUT OF THE BEAUTIFUL BURNOUT AND CUT THE PIECES FOR THE COMFORT ESPRADRILLES SO I CAN HAND SEW THEM WHILE I WATCH A GOOFY NETFLIX...  MAYBE THE CLUTCH....EEEEE

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Chemise and Netting Underdress

 

I work and Shop at

GSTREETFABRICS.com

Usually I just do simple and quick

This crazy 'Butterfly Fairy' Outfit is dragging on

Here is the forest Green Netting Underdress that will go over the simple Georgette Chemise.   This is the design.... I have made the sleeves and I am cutting out the bodice and skirt and sewing the georgette cordings now, before I go out.

I am excited to think of wearing this, much less drawing it... LOL

So the underskirt is planned to land just under the teardrop of the dress and the sleeves peek out of the sleeves of the coat dress as in the orignial picture of the dress... The dress is made... and I have laid out the parts of the shoes-(which I am going to try to embroider the butterflies on the shoes) or maybe do the 3D ones as on the sleeves and flower

Forest Green Underdress will be poking out from under this coatdress and butterfly on leaves overlay will hang over the once shoulder like this,,,,,

I am thinking maybe three small butterflies on parts of sleeves but 3D like on the leaves.... maybe 1 small one on the back as the floral lace is also quilted on the back of the coatdress.

Here is the back.... 

 

When underdress is done it will be below the line of lace and teardrop bottom.

Every other tear at the bottom is overlayed with color lace and every other is overlayed with white lace... edging is venetian lace... that was expensive compared to the rest.... 

The top part in the back is overlayed but also quilted in the back diamond shapes... so  Since I am so overboard... might as well add a butterfly or two... small ones to the back or a teardrop...LOL... talk about overkill

DEFINITELY WORTHY OF 'THE BUTTERFLY FAIRY'

and of course her facemask....??? probably one of the yellow ones

but it is all in how the fairy feels the day she dons her uniform...

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I love this fabric... all are my real butterflies on fabric from my gardens when I had many flowers or kayaking butterflies

Today--Making Some Scarves-Earrings and Jewelry and maybe you will see a finished total outfit

 First let's talk about this last creation I have been embellishing on...

I love these Butterflies... The fabric has quite a few on it, so I am going to put a couple more on the top and sleeves....

Note the button is from https://gstreetfabrics.com/

It just buttons on the collar of the green underdress but hangs over the edge of the outfit.

I ripped some of the chiffon(georgette) into strips to make a green flower on a sleeve or edge for a butterfly to be attached to...(I know I go sooo overboard, fun for me)

some netting

tear some strips

cut a circle out of the netting and gather strip start sewing on circle on the outside and wind in as you sew

A flower for my shoulder

next I just need to make some butterflies to land on the flower

2 Butterflies one for top and one for bottom and craftex for this one...embroidery thread for machine edging and go for it!

I was helping someone on the button wall one day and found these beautiful gold buttons with green satin ribbon woven through them... That was what made me make this skirt and top into a coatdress because they just went so perfect.  YES, they were expensive... but I love the WOW effect on me when I button them and look at the full look in the mirror.

But butterflies are good to make earrings on a smaller scale... and it is fun to try all your stitches on your sewing machine.

I am going to add to this posting as I complete the items today.... Happy Sewing

Creative Paintworks

 

Face Masks

 wear them over your nose.... and the reason to  wear them is to make a barrier   so

don't stand in front of me with a big hole in your mask in the front..

Masks with Exhalation Valves or Vents

The purpose of masks is to keep respiratory droplets from reaching others to aid with source control. However, masks with one-way valves or vents allow air to be exhaled through a hole in the material, which can result in expelled respiratory droplets that can reach others.  This type of mask does not prevent the person wearing the mask from transmitting COVID-19 to others. Therefore, CDC does not recommend using masks for source control if they have an exhalation valve or vent.