this weekend

I'll be here selling fabrics and some hand made products.

wood panels

market prep

Getting ready for The Finders Keepers market on Friday!

This is what today looks like on my kitchen table. Not much space for breakfast bowls. There will be lots of sewing going on here, but with a beautiful sunny day starting I also think a trip to the beach is in order. 

finished quilt

The boy and his new quilt are united.

fluro

It is really hard to capture the intensity of this colour in a photograph. Let's just say it's highly visible. Last night I showed my boys the new 'winter nest' print in fluorescent orange on cream hemp/organic cotton and they loved it. Jack immediately asked me to make him something with it. We talked through the possibilities... a bear, a zip purse, a quilt. His eyes lit up at the thought of a quilt. 

So instead of sleeping, I stayed up late and watched a movie while cutting and sewing this for my boy. Today I will iron it and then put the backing on.

capelet

I can't tell you how hard it is to take a decent photo using a mirror and not getting the camera in the picture. The kids weren't at home to do the job, so here's my poor attempt at capturing the gorgeous capelet that Lisa gave to me last week. That girl is a talent with the crochet hook!

green

Getting ready for The Finders Keepers market this month in Melbourne. There's a LOT of sewing going on here. Some new green and grey 'Fang Monsters' zip purses and pencil cases. Even some orange FLURO winter nest. Yes, that's right. Fluro. I was born in the '70s, enjoyed my teens in the '80s and that means I saw (and wore) the trend first hand... the first time around. I usually don't like a trend when it hits again. But the fluro trend in homewares seems to hit the spot. Not all gaudy like my 'choose life' crop top.