Fabric Shopping In Chicago

Good thing I ate a good breakfast this morning because we went to the absolute most gigantic fabric store today to do some supply shopping.

When we first walked in I didn't realized how huge the place is and I kept finding more and more rooms of fabric. There were 3 floors with multiple rooms on each floor. Some rooms were completely filled with trims, it was overwhelming to say the least.

I found a big box of buttons that looked perfect for the my cuffs.

I dug through this bin of zippers for a very long time and found 68 of them that I couldn't live without. There were rows and rows of boxes full of zippers behind this bin.

I am totally in love with this place!

Rings for Renegade

Its less that two weeks until Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago and I've got about a billion projects going on. Here is a little preview of my new vintage buttons rings for the fair.

A Ring for Every Finger

I made kind of a fantastic score last week, 3 jars of vintage buttons at an antique mall.  On top of my massive collection of buttons, by default, I'm now collecting old jars.  Most of them are pretty cool though, just need to think of something to do with them. 

The, oh so important, de-stinkify process.  

Buttons as far as the eye can see.

My purty little rings all finished!

Cuffs and more cuffs

Yesterday was a triumphant day for me. I finished 167 cuffs! I spent pretty much all day Tuesday and half of Wednesday hunched over my sewing machine so when I finished I let out yelp of satisfaction and then cursed my back for not being able to take the abuse I'd put it through. I went to the mall yesterday afternoon with my mom and happened to spot those massaging chairs that are usually filled with men who have been dragged to the mall by their wives. I normally would not want to sit in one of those chairs in public but my back was so sore that I made my mom do it with me. It was delightful, aside from the intervals where the mechanism in the chair is kind of punching you in the back, which makes everything jiggle and there are adolescent boys near. I am not a mall frequenter but I think I'm hooked on those chairs, I'm already contemplating a weekend visit just for this reason.

Tres Cool

Made some cuffs this morning. I usually try to make 100 at a time but it gets really boring to do that so I just did 20 today. These puppies will be on their way to Dwelling Spaces tomorrow along with the new headbands. I was going to write a bunch of stuff but I'm too tired so here is a picture story of what I did today. Enjoy