I'm back sewing at last!!

Hello,
Well we put our house on the market in late Novemebr and I also started a new part-time job then too. Anyway we had to "declutter" the house and all of my sewing things had to go into storage. I was too bust cleaning everything just in case some buyer turned up.
We took our house of the market after 4 months on and had a break we now go live again with another agent in another company on Monday. This time I have refused to remove everything.
I have been busy building my stocks to get back to the craft fairs and I have attached some photos of my current projects.

Te Awamutu Craft market

I've attended my first annual craft market today. It was a great day meeting lots of wonderful people and seeing what everything else are up to. I finished a bag late last night and it turned out much nicer than I expected and it sold first. Yippee.
I was able to share then stall with another lady called Julie who makes wonderful hand embroidered cushions, canvas and door stops etc.

I don't think that I will ever make any money as I'm too much of a pushover in the price market.

More Christmas happieness

I've taken some more photos of the Christmas things I've made.

All things Christmas

I've been thinking about Christmas and sewing for it since July now and I'm a bit flat about it. I have enjoyed sewing gift bags and stars for my stall. I have been trying to also get some table centerpieces and placemats done but they seem not to excite me like the stars.

Craftmad stall

Well I've got myself organised enough to get enough sewing together to have a wee stall at the market. I never seem to have enough time to do everything and now I'm looking for a part-time job. Silly girl!!!

Here are a few photo of items I've made for the market and of the stall and of a new dress for my little girl.

Well today I've finally got around to posting photos of my sewing. Only took how many months????

The first photo is of some cute cord shoes for my little girl. The next is a blanket I made my Mother-in-law with some of the scraps of fabric she saved from her sewing her clothes. My mum cut and pieced the top and I backed it with fleece and finished it off. It's certainly not my cup of tea but seeing the fabrics were all her choices she loved it!

The mauve blanket is something I made a friend who feels the cold. I make a two sided blanket as it soo much warmer and I put all these Yo-yo's on it as she was going into hospital for a short stay and I thought she might appreciate the colours in the bland environment! These blankets are easily washed.

The last two photos are of a little flower bag I made from a book I can remember right now but have listed it previously. These are so easy to make and look great.

Books

The last books I am in love with currently are the Japanese books from http://www.quiltbooks.co.nz/
I bought Joyful time and it's got great diagrams with dimensions and lots of photos. Certianly not for a beginner but great for someone who can work out what they mean and improvise.
They certianly use muted colours in a much different way to us it has really inspired me!