Last week a very large package arrived for Janery. Things have been moving slowly with the shop since Christmas because I’ve been trying to make very rational and well-thought-out decisions for the business, as things are changing and growing this year.
One of these decisions was to purchase large quantities of fabric at a time, so that I can create more of each product in one fell swoop, and potentially get better prices on it in the process.
What do large quantities look like? Well, decor-weight fabric comes on long 50″ bolts. They’re a bit unwieldy, and are almost as wide as my sewing table.
These are only the first 4 of about a dozen. As soon as they arrived it hit home: My current fabric storage system, the BESTA from IKEA, is most definitely not equipped to store large bolts of fabric. 
This realization led to a few logistics talks with Ryan, and now we’re making a few changes to the Janery space as well as building a new fabric storage rack. Even though it’s causing a bit of upheaval, I think when the dust has settled I will finally have a solid, efficient setup that is optimized for productivity. More info coming soon. 🙂
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Wow, that’s a lot of fabric! Can’t wait to hear about all the business changes. I’ve thought about opening up my own small business for some time now… so I love reading about it. Maybe one day I’ll be brave enough to take the plunge.
Sounds exciting, Jane! I am trying to address some storage needs around here, too. When we moved, my big Ikea cabinet didn’t make it up the stairs – and, funny enough, storing all of my fabric on the floor isn’t working. 😉 I think the time you’ll put in will be well worth it!
This is so exciting!
I have to say, I’m constantly inspired by you. I’ve recently started my own sewing business and I feel like I learn so much from your blog posts about the Janery 😀
Fabric storage is just a big headache for me. Right now I have things folded on a small bookshelf, but it just doesn’t work very well. I can’t wait to see what you come up with to store those big rolls. 🙂
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