Crafting/sewing room thread

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>>9279644

I just bought a ton of patterns but I have no idea how to organize them or where to keep them. Any suggestions?

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>>9279649
and this is the end of my dump

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>>9279648
I put mine in file boxes like these and the patterns are organized by garment type (e.g. shirts, outerwear, pants)

>>9279648
I cut all of the paterns in muslin add in the printed notions such as darts, cuts, placements, and the piece number. and put them all in a ziploc bag with the pattern envelope and directions. and i just store them in those cheap ass sterile stackable drawers

>>9279628
This has to be a store not someone's craft room right?

>>9279664
http://www.thepapermint.com/single-post/2015/04/17/My-Field-of-Dreams-A-Phototour-of-The-PaperMint-Crafting-Studio

Nope. It's a craft room.

>>9279756

Oops, I'm wrong...ish? I guess it's a craft room/home business set up. But it's not retail as far as I can tell.

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nothing special

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I love this room. Too bad I'll never have this much space.

>>9279782
I like it. The industrial looking sewing machine makes it look severe, like some serious work gets done there.

>I apologize in advance if this belongs more in the feels thread.

I'm gearing up to finally stop sewing for another designer and open my own studio, but my biggest struggle right now is settling on a cohesive style that has some saleable value. My current/previous personal designs have been way too eclectic and I've spent the last several weeks having some kind of existential crisis over this.

This thread is making me all the more desperate to get my shit into gear so that I can get my pretty, organized studio.

>>9279905
There is a great interview on Mekas.jp with fashion journalist Takeji Hirakawa. He talks about how designers basically consider designing collections in three parts: what a designer wants to make, what a designer wants to sell, and what a designer thinks will sell well. Obviously the ratios of each portion are different for every designer (Comme Des Garcons is like 80/20/0, while Undercover by Jun Takahashi is more like 10/30/60). My boss was telling me a few years ago how having even a few "aspirational"/more creative pieces in a collection will be able to push the sales of more basic pieces. Even though lolita doesn't really prescribe to the traditional fashion system it might be something you could consider. Best of luck with your work!

>>9279765
As far as I can tell she doesn't even have a home business based around it. There are some small businesses by the same name online, but all have different owners. Her blog isn't monetized, and her youtube is dead. Not even using affiliate links when she recommends shit ffs.

Not trying to be argumentative, just jelly at her awesome set up. She seemed to have friends with skills to help and she hired professionals for custom storage solutions too.

http://www.thepapermint.com/single-post/2015/04/17/The-PaperMint-Studio-Lessons-Learned

>>9279905
I'm rooting for you anon, but if you're feeling a lot of anxiety would it be possible to dip your toes in the water before jumping in? Have you sold clothes on a smaller scale before? If you don't have a strong social media presence, maybe build one up before quitting using peices you make for yourself and OOTD pics, and you can see what people respond to the most.

These looks beautiful but it seems like most of them rely on natural light. I know most of my crafting gets done late at night, so I want as much light as humanly possible.

Working on sewing patches on a jacket, but my sewing kit is absolute chinese dogshit. Are there decent sewing kits with quality materials, or should I make one myself piece by piece. And if so, what's a good resource for finding what I would need?

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>>9282725

I've never bought a kit, so I have no recommendations.

I built my kit from scratch and have added things as I needed them. I usually buy things on sale or with a coupon.

One thing I keep in my kit is doll sculpting needles. They're huge, but they work well when I need to sew something thick.

>>9282733
Alright, i'll just start buying good quality basics.

>>9282725
anon i'm not sure why you're surprised that a cheapo $5 sewing kit is going to be crap. it should be intuitive that cheap + a lot of items = it's all going to be awful.

>>9280655
Get a couple of decent lights, halogens or something targeted to artists would be good. Also decent bulbs in existing light fixtures.

>>9282725
kits are always garbage. wth They aren't even good enough to sew on a button which is what 99% of them are intended for.

>>9279648
I use something like this (this isn't the exact one but it's really similar). It fits my patterns perfectly

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WHOOPS dropped photo

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Have any prominent cosplayers shared their workspace? I wish Kamui Cosplay would do a workspace tour video.

>>9288180
I don't know about prominent, but >>9279846 is Cowbutt Crunchies' craft room.

>>9288180
I'd love to have a wall of props like that, that's such a nice way to store bulky pieces.

>>9279846
I feel that. I used to rent out a house, I had a huge kitchen table + a giant old desk (at least 4ft x 8ft) to work on. Now I just live in a shitty one bedroom apartment, and have the tiniest sewing table known to mankind. It's awful.

>tfw seeing all theses cute desks and work spaces with all i have is the dinning room table and a shelf
we all start somewhere i guess

>>9288454
Getting a good craft space is my main motivation for moving out. (also a cute kitchen)