I have been busy preparing for my fourth Hilary's Hope show. This one will be held at a friend's apartment from church. She is in her final year at Clemson. Here's hoping for lots of college students who are interested in art shows! Joining me will be Lily from Lily's Pottery and April from Willow Mill Pottery. So far I've raised about $2500.00 from making and selling handbags. It really has been a lot of fun, but also a lot of work! Sometimes the amount of time I have put into it isn't worth the profit...but I do love to sew! This time around I have even made a bag for myself!

Living in a 1000 square foot house and having my husband working out of our closet and my sewing in our bedroom has been a crazy adventure! But recently I have upgraded my storage for fabric (since I love to buy it!). I found this neat shelf at Lowes and then my husband made some great bins to organize the fabric in! He worked really hard to make them and then I spray painted them black to match the shelf. Here is a picture of my old, sad shelf.


Then the new and improved shelf! As well as some of the bags I've been working on.


I have been considering doing an Etsy shop after this show. I do not have any other shows lined up at this time. Truthfully, I will be glad to have some time to make some things I've been wanting to sew. Like an apron pattern my husband bought me. And possibly a futon cover??!! We'll see. I am a bit nervous to do such a large project. I've also thought of doing some wall art with fabrics. So I was thinking if I had an Etsy shop it would take a LONG time for anyone to find me and then I could post stuff as I have it to sell. Then maybe I won't have pressure on me to do projects to sell all the time and I can do other fun stuff that comes along. We'll see.