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February 23, 2008

One of the exciting things about our upcoming move (read more here) is that I will be getting my own craft space! Even if it is taking over the dining room again. But I'm working on a plan to make it more usable for me (right now I'm spread out all over our weird L shaped dining room/front room and using the actual dining room table). So far I think I *only* need a table for cutting fabric and a bookshelf (which I may have depending on how the rest of the furniture shakes out in the new house).

And in seemingly unrelated news, my first large zipper order arrived from my wholesale distributor. I now have about 120 zippers in various colors and two sizes. How in the world to organize these? Go google "zipper rack" or "zipper display" or any other possible word combination. There isn't anything! ("Zipper organization" shows every type of zip top bag ever made.) This is where I'm reminded that sewing isn't really as popular as it is in my head. Or maybe people just toss their zippers in a drawer or plastic bin and call it good.

I found this:

I actually found it pretty early in my search but figured there had to be something else out there. There isn't. And now I'm the proud owner of a metal vintage zipper display. (Well as soon as the eBay seller ships it to me.) I'm probably going to be bad and take out the paper inserts and paint the whole thing. My inner Antique Roadshow appraiser is cringing but hey, I'm not really going with an antique distressed look to my craft room. More of a "mismatched, heavy IKEA influence" theme. With lots and lots of blue.

Katie at 9:51 AM

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