Monday 5 March 2012

the last three weeks

the last three weeks

whoopsy. i really had no intention of disappearing for three weeks (in fact, at the end of january i was considering doing a blog-post-a-day challenge for february - laughable) and the time has slid by in a rush. my mom was here, visiting from canada, and we took a mini-holiday to rye with the kids, spent a day at a petting zoo style farm (which mae adored and sophie surprisingly HATED), splashed at many bayside beaches, visited the botanic gardens, scienceworks, playgrounds, enjoyed some kid-free shopping.

i applied for and was accepted to finders keepers' next melbourne market in april - super exciting news and only mildly panic inducing as it means i have much pattern development and product sewing ahead of me.

i snuck away to craft camp and thoroughly enjoyed another luxurious weekend of amazing cooking, great company and hours to sew and design (thank you suzie, maria, alison, ellen, anna, jodie and niki - and my mom for not minding). i mostly concentrated on market stock development but i did manage to sew together a hat for mae, using the free oliver & s pattern and some pinwale corduroy that i printed with my seedpod design in lightish pink (the pattern is reversible and the inside is cotton drill i printed in a dusty lavender with white spots). i'm pretty happy with the way it turned out but next time i will use interfacing as the pattern suggests, this one is just a wee bit too floppy but still totally usable (and even got a nice comment from the new kinder teacher - bonus).

mae's new hat

mae's new hat

i have some new things in the shop and some more new things about to go into the shop but i will save that for it's own post... later... or tomorrow... definitely not three weeks from now.

6 comments:

  1. Congrats on Finders Keepers! Will definitely have to come along and say hello...

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  2. oh i just love the hat! i made two up for the kids last summer. gosh now i am getting excited for summer though we are just approaching spring.
    glad you got a weekend away. craft camp sounds fun

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  3. oh, and just put up a little post with a shout out to you and your lovely fabrics!

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  4. Sounds like you had a great time with your mum. Good luck with all the stock development. Juliex

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  5. Oooh I've just moved to Oz and am in VIC will def try to catch that market. Is your craft camp an open group or just friends that meet up? I'm hoping to find a craft group to join over here

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  6. charlotte, welcome to aus!! craft camp is a group of friends, put together by the very wonderful suzie (you can find the link to her blog in the post above) - get to know suzie and i may see you there! but i definitely hope to see you at finders keepers, please introduce yourself if you do make it. i'll keep an eye on your blog to see how you're settling in. x

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