Once again...

I have once again underestimated time to get things going.  I have changed my mind about how I want the inner bags to be constructed so there's another delay while waiting for fabric to arrive.  But that's it!  No more changes are allowed or I won't have a single bag ready!

All of my time is going into prepping for the show so updates to the shop have been virtually nonexistent.  I had been hoping to have a few d20s up by now as well as the new large d12s but the show takes priority.  The show is over July 12th so regular updates will begin again shortly after.

I am preparing the shop for the new items.  The large d12s that are listed have been moved to the Beta section and reduced in price.  Trying to clear out the older models to make room for the new!

And now it's back to the embroidery!

New lining!

The new lining came in and it's much more vibrant!

The fabric isn't as easy to sew and I do prefer to work with cotton but this has the color that I want.  I have this bag half sewn and it's looking good so far.  I've placed another order to get the last of the samples in to make sure all the colors are going to print the way I want (monitor colors don't always match up to reality) and then I can place the big order.  All the work recently has been on preparation and I'm excited to move on to construction this week.  It'll be so nice to see the bags start to line up rather than just having a lot of digital files and piles of fabric.

Lining partial fail

The fabric for the linings came in and one was a complete failure.  Looks terrible and needs to be redone.  Another was pretty bad but might be usable once it's actually sewn up.  The other three were usable but they lack the vibrancy that I was looking for.  I thought it would be okay but needed to ponder for awhile and worked on a different bag.  As I was working on the bag, I saw the differences between it and the new linings and decided they just wouldn't work.  Too faded and old looking.  So I've put in another order with a few tweaks to see how that turns out.  

I really hope this one turns out because I'm spending this week designing the rest of the linings.  If the printing doesn't work, then all the work I'm doing this week doesn't help the bags at all and I'll need to spend a lot of time shopping again.  I really like the linings that I've come up with so fingers are crossed!

First bags for SDCC started!

The first set of bags are embroidered and waiting for the linings to arrive!

And I received notification that the linings for these have shipped, 3 days earlier than expected!  Now to get the next set going.

Crazy grain.

And I may have discovered the main reason I hate buying small pieces of fabric...

The lines printed on the fabric are printed on grain.  When it was wound on the bolt, the grain was so skewed that this looked like a straight cut at the store.  Good thing I use small pieces and can still make this work.  I've had some pretty crazy cuts before but I'm more used to working with large pieces of fabric and there's more wiggle room when dealing with five, or more, yards rather than a quarter yard.

Fabric shopping

Last week, I went to LA to do a bit of shopping.  I had finished the designs for the bags and it was time to find all the fabrics I need.  My goal was to find a different fabric for each bag so that each bag was unique beyond just the thread color and numbers.  I went through what I had on hand first and found 22 out of the 66 I needed.  66?  Yup, I needed 66 unique fabrics in total.  And I thought shopping for Six was bad.

After shopping for several hours during what might have been the hottest day I have ever spent in LA (my car claims it hit 100 and I believe it), I came home with 41 pieces!

A few of the 41 were unplanned but so perfect I had to get them so I'm still missing a few pieces but I got pretty close.  If I get all of these done, then I'll worry about the missing few.