Local manufacturers of home goods, personal accessories and organic baby toys and accessories

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1 Local manufacturers of home goods, personal accessories and organic baby toys and accessories

2 The Team Jennifer Owner / Designer / Sewer / Daughter Barbara Production Manager / Sewer / Mom Ray Cutter / Napkin Machine Operator / Tube Turner / Head of Daycare / Papa Dorothy Sewer / Mother-in-law Elva Quilt Maker / Designer / Friend Hello! Thank you for taking the time to learn about our process and products. My name is Jennifer Robinson and I am the owner of The Blue Peony. Each product that we sell is designed and made right here in Southwest Florida. As you will see in the following photos I have a small team of friends and family that help make this possible. Thank you for taking the time to learn about us!

3 How We Buy Fabric Every year we go to the New York City Garment District and to Quilt Market in Houston, Texas to find the best quality and the newest and freshest fabric designs available. All of the cotton we use is purchased directly from the manufacturers by the bolt. Most of the fabric we purchase in NYC is through jobbers that sell the end runs/leftovers of designer fabrics. These pieces go into our fun accessories like scarves, bags, and even our line of beach cover-ups.

4 The Design Process Each product we make is designed by us. Mostly myself but my mom (Barbara) helps with some and Elva is fantastic with quilts I may have an idea but she makes them reality. Here are a few pictures to show the process: The fabric arrives Apron combinations are laid out on a story board Notes are made for cutting and inventory

5 The Design Process Picking a border color Background layout for Beach Balls Quilt Finished quilt design

6 Cutting Papa cuts everything for us, making sure all the patterns are cut with the grain line and all pieces match together. Being a retired engineer means he is very precise and all of our products are as well. Fabric and patterns for beach cover-ups Patterns for the baby line Cutting multiple layers of fabric

7 Sewing Product Label location for Shoe Bags Pattern check for Purse on a String Mini Wallets Label location and batting for sunglass case

8 Sewing Product Making our own piping Zippered Totes Sewing laminate bags Toy prototypes

9 Organic dresses for kids Sewing Product Burp bib layout and hand stitching placement Sewing organic towels Organic stacking blocks Organic onesie designs

10 Sewing Product Tote bag steps Quilting on the long arm machine

11 Ironing fabric for bias tape Sewing Product Making our own bias tape Cutting our own bias tape Vienna bibs waiting for their skirts Auditioning trim options for our Vienna style aprons

12 Straps waiting for the aprons Sewing Product A pile of pockets waiting to be sewn onto aprons Papa turning tubes for straps Beach cover-ups waiting for hand-sewing Vienna style aprons finished

13 Booth Set-up The professionalism of our display is as important to us as the professionalism of our products. In these pictures you will see various layouts for our booth design and product display.

14 Booth Set-up

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17 Thank You For Your Interest