I spent a period of my life doing production sewing for local companies. I learned a lot during that phase and until someone asked me about it, I hadn't realized how much "production" had rubbed off on how I get piles of things made.
Factories use mass production to get a lot of product made in a short period of time because time is money. Production sewing gets a lot of things made in a short period of time... even when it seems like we don't have enough hours in a day!
With so many of us taking on second jobs and never having enough hours in a day, production sewing is a great way to make Christmas gifts and things to donate to the places that are close to your heart.

• How to Mass Produce Sewing Projects

I found a book that is going to make a number of Christmas gifts on my list this year. Now all I have to do is find the perfect fabric... cars or trains for the preschoolers' art tote... I have a great quilt print for the quilter's on my list... and now I have an excuse to buy some of the stripes and prints that coordinate for the scrapbooker's. To think I couldn't think of a use for the yarn print fabric I saw. Now I know it would make a great knitter's tote, but where did I see it?

• Book Review -- take-along totes by Marilynn Bilyeu