First Time At Fox Markets

My first time at Fox Studios was a lovely sunny day with a great space to set up in. I'm finding each market a different experience with the best product sales of the day being different every time. Cushions and dolls have always been popular, but selling my first lampshade was definitely a thrill - beautiful japanese print of french style Alice in Wonderland, a favourite of mine.

Fox best product of the day was my new range of felt cards with hand stitching details.

Doody St Market, Alexandria

My first time at Doody St was a good learning experience. The weather didn't bring too many people out, but i met a lot of lovely stall holders who had great advice for me. Lots of interest and more names for my mailing list.

Apologies to anyone who feels they have been left off the mailing list, there were a couple of email addresses that were a little difficult to read and didn't make it through, sorry.

Vintage Find in Binda

On a relaxing weekend in the country i found a hidden treasure at a garage sale in Binda, which is near Crookwell, which is half an hour from Goulburn NSW. Great cotton Bias Binding from the 60's, 70's and 80's if i had to guess. Made in Australia too! Can't wait to use these, probably on lampshades.

Fell in love with the cotton Ric Rac too, made in Japan and was labelled at the bargain price of 12cents. Originally bought at Downes Department store.

Most of it was still in it's original wrapping!

Mathilda's Market a Success

Sunday 5th July at Mathilda's Market in Lane Cove was a great first market experience. It was very reassuring to have some other first timers around me. Once the doors opened it wasn't long before i made my first sale of a Softy Toy Owl and it kept steadily going from there.

The Softy Toys were a big success. I'll definitely need more for next time

The old wooden ladder i found worked out perfectly for displaying the quilts

New Shots for Mathilda's Market

I took some new shots of my range, some of  which will be featured on the Mathilda's Markets website to advertise my stall. Thanks to brad and his expertise in photoshop they came up really well - 

Working with the bamboo batting is so easy when putting the quilts together.

This little doll comes from Kristen Doran Design, i'll post some pics of other cute ones from Saffron Craig soon. Love the simplicity of the design and easy to sew together.

Hand stitching the felt shapes on minimises the use of glue, a couple of well placed stitches feels right with my hand crafted style.

Mixing Japanese fabric and German felt dots.

I bought some beautiful stamps from Japan on Etsy, and they are so fun to use. I can't resist overseas design, but so happy i found the Recycled Card (post consumer waste) just up the road. 

1st market in july

I've got my first market coming up on Sunday 5th july, from 9am to 1pm at Mathilda's Market, St Ignatius College Riverview, Tambourine Bay Rd, Lane Cove. Here's some photos of what i'll be selling - handmade kid's quilts, cushions in super cute fabrics from Japan, handsewn lampshades with gorgeous felt applique from Germany, lovely softie dolls from Saffron Craig and Kristen Doran designs and handprinted gift cards. 

The hand stitching detail is small, but a fun addition to a cute design.