Assembly Line
One of the big perks of working at an elementary school (other than enriching the lives of kids, of course) is that I have an awesome schedule. This week, I'm on spring break.
Of course, I'm not really on break. Craft show season is fast approaching, and I have my first show of the year in less than a month. I get really excited and twitchy about shows. Current thoughts are as follows:
Will I have enough items?
When the heck am I going to make all of my items?
Holy crap, I have nothing made.
So today, I turned my sewing room into an assembly line.
I had five tree pouches ready to finish, and three others made with fabric from Superbuzzy. It made me feel like I was accomplishing all this work today, but in reality I've been working on the tree pouches for the past two days now.
I really believe that a system works for me. Put the zippers and lining in first, then sew in the tag. Next bag. Seeing them in a pile makes me believe I'm getting somewhere.
The last step is always to sew the sides and the bottoms, and at this point, I feel like I'm racing to the finish. My brain shuts off, and I feel like I can do this step with my eyes closed (knowing well that sewing with my eyes closed would be a bad idea...I'm extremely clumsy). Several hours of sewing done for the day, and now I'm eight pouches further away from having a nervous, twitchy breakdown.