July's Must Have Tool? Ott Light

The Ott Light, natural light for your tasks! I love having this when I am trying t
to match fabrics, and when I embroider or do beading work.

June's Must Have Tool~ A Stash

Collecting has had a bad rap of late, with several shows on the air
 telling of people who have allowed their need to collect and shop
become deadly or at least unhealthy.

However, I pose a different story, I am a costumer, or I am a Semptress,
what we would know as a seamstress today.  I create things from my
imagination.  Sometimes I copy awesome things from Stage or Screen.
I research my the periods in time that interest me, and I strive to be as accurate
as I feel I need to be.  This means I need to have things on hand such as;

• Buttons
• Fabrics
• Trims
• Ribbons
• Threads
• Needles
• Beads
• Pearls

And much much more, why? Well during my experience with fabrics which
now spands more than 25 years, one year?  Something will be in and it
will be gone the very next year. So I purchase, when I can afford it,
and then place in a storage bin for when I need that specific fabric. 
I do use clear storage bins. I label each of the bins as well.
I place a nice smelling potpurri bag of goodness in each to keep out
vermin such as moths (ick).  I do go through the fabrics, and if I find
I pass over a piece for more than 4 years? Then I deem it okay to donate
to someone else or sell or make something to give to someone else.