So long Sunday, I didnt notice you had been.

I have very sore fingers, and what is feeling like the beginnings of strain in my arm, perhaps a sign that I type, text and sew too much!in the past 3 days I have hand stitched 11 t-shirt designs, all of them needing to look as neat as the last, I still have 9 to go, plus several toys and tote bags for this Saturdays craft fair, which incidentally is....

 

I have also got around to making my own Fox T-shirt! which I will wear to all my craft fairs from now on :-)

it still needs to be stitched on, but I love the way the colours come through against the grey. and finally, the truth about crafting.....its a VERY messy business, and I am often living surrounded by piles of fabric, thread, cushion inserts, ribbons, pins and needles, and so next week I will HAVE to take a day off to tackle this mountain I have created because I have actually buried half my wardrobe under it!

No Batman, just Robin

I always like to do a few 'pocket money' things for craft fairs, and although I'm definitely moving into baby clothing, and next year will be all about trade shows, I cant help making little things...so for the next few months I will have an on going supply of Robins, Foxes Reindeer and Owls being made from all manner of odds and ends.

 

This little fella are 15cm and 10cm, just the right size to hang on a Christmas tree or above a fireplace.

 

 

A ghostly pumpkin?

hello Blog world! the past few days have been boring but busy, lots of admin, lots of chasing up fabric and orders and LOTS of non sewing!in fact I seem to be allergic to the very idea of sewing right now, and find I'm doing much more creative stuff just to get out of doing any work, so this week I have mostly been...

1.using my stamp set to stamp all my tags for my tees,

2.thinking out side the box in terms of presentation for my next craft fair

3.drawing! lots a lots of scribbles and doodles

4.making fox motifs for tote bags

5. toying with the idea of fox bibs.....

so a busy few days, but non of it helpful in terms of getting through the back log of sewing I have. Oh well as with every craft fair Iv done I  will leave it to the last minute and be sewing until 3am the day before!

now Halloween is on my radar, Iv been so wrapped up about Christmas stock I over looked the spookiest day of all, so today I will be messing around with bits of off cut fabric trying to make little hanging decorations, since I dont seem to own a scrap of orange fabric Mr pumpkin may have to be yellow, or pink....hmmmm....

 

 

Slightly Sodden Sunday

Here is a rough version of a new design, I seem to be very in to pairs of animals this season, Spring was all about Foxes and Squirrels, well Winter is all about Mice, Deer and Robins keeping each other company.... 

 

 

Urghh! the weather has finally decided to give up any hope of a summer and it seems to of totally by passed Autumn and jumped in to winter, I usually love Autumn, being an October baby I get to have a birthday, Halloween and Guy Fawkes night all in the space of a few weeks, but this was before I moved to the countryside!and its a shock to the system, its bloody FREEZING! I'm getting some serious sewing time too as I have no reason to want to go out side, So count down to Birthdays, and Christams has begun!

Just checking in....

 

 

I should be sewing....I should be cutting up fabric and drawing designs, but instead I'm wrapping my head round things like VAT, Tax, Limited companies, creating a folksy shop, working on launching a website with a brother that happens to live 1000's of miles away on Shanghai!keeping on top of the ever present chores, remembering to feed, clothe and talk to my son.....I have a lot to do!everything is a learning curve, and Iv worked and sacrificed to get my business off the ground, to its time to power on, now...where did I put my pinking shears!

 

 

From now till Christmas.....

So, it look like I wont be seeing much day light between now and Christmas, I'm suddenly very very very busy! (I'm not complaining) but true to form I am yet again chasing deadline rather then kicking back and relaxing safe in the knowledge I'm ahead! My son starting nursery was meant to be an opportunity for me to have some office hours, where I could dive in to a pile of fabric for a few hours and be productive, instead I have watched many episodes of 'Teen Mom' on MTV (something I have never even watched before) and clock watched until I have to pick him up, not only am I now looking at a fabric explosion in my craft corner, BUT I am also fully booked up until Christmas with Craft fairs AND stocking for retailers, not to mention my stupidly ambitious idea of trying to pitch at a baby trade show next spring....I am a one woman sweat shop.So If I suvive the next few weeks....

You can catch me selling my hard made wares at the following events.....

SATURDAYS
OCT 6th
NOV 3rd
DEC 1st
 https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/pages/Vintage-Tea-Party-and-Gift-Fair-first-Saturday-of-every-month/188067171224344

 

 

 

 

SUNDAYS
OCT 28th
(possibley more to follow)
https://www.facebook.com/TheAbbeyMarket


AND you can BUY my stock from October onwards at in ST ALBANS at.....

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/RaindropsOnRosesStAlbans

woo hoo its a Thursday post!

Hi! Just a quick post of a new design,

This one was a real tough one, as I already designed a cushion with this motif a few months back that I loved, and the pink/green combo worked well on the clean simple white drill cotton backing, so finding a tee in the right colour was hard, and I took a bit of a gamble with blue, but I like it, I may try a green tee with a mauve circle background or even go back to white  what do you think? ...but for now I'm cutting out teeny tiny felt robins to to turn into Xmas decorations...my pile of unfinished work just keeps getting longer!

 

 

 

Its a Super stitching Sunday!

Morning!, So I found myself up past midnight last night finishing off two of my A/W designs, once I get something in my head its impossible to stop until I see it translated into something real, I have two more designs to finish up then its all about stitching up a load of tees ready for retail!

what do you think?

 

 

New designs!

 

 

Two posts in one day?! what on Earth is going on with me, Im in a very productive mood....so, Introducing one of 4 limited run A/W designs! age 3-4 (also 5-6 & 7-8) £12.50 plus P&P hand stitched, no two are the same.

for purchasing please comment/email me via my Facebook page- www.facebook.com/JustSinead or leave a comment below.

 

 

Sunny September

 

Good Morning Blog world! There has been a flurry of fabric activity this morning, with all this lovely lot being dropped through the letter box! It may be sunny and warm outside but I'm designing, cutting and stitching for Xmas! I love this time of year, the Autumnal colours, crisp air and a lot of crafting! I have so much stock to make, its all very exciting, but daunting at the same time, I just home come Christmas I have the use of my hands still.

 

The top fabrics are destined to be made into Ellie toys, The middle fabrics are all for Kids Tees and the bottom lot are just for me, I'm working on a quilt for my bed in girlie colours, I live in a house where I'm totally outnumbered by boys, so I'm holding on to my right to have pretty things in the house.

 

 

 

The quilting adventure

 

So, my first quilt is nearly finished, its going to a good home, and I'm really pleased with how its shaping up, have to bind the edges and neaten it up, but for a first go I think it works. I now understand why people love to quilt, its so satisfying, and its a useful item to have when its all done.Now to try my hand at a wall hanging quilt for my rather drab bedroom..... what do you reckon?

 

 

 

Eekkk Im making a quilt!

working on a quilt! Im very happy with it so far......

its made with Riley Blake material and some super soft cotton I had left from another project, what do you think?