Category: craft fairs
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New Design
New chenille warp, new scarf design And that’s as much as I’m going to share of that one. 🙂 After months of feeling as though I was in the creative doldrums, I now have two solid new designs that I’m going to be putting into production. Both are rayon chenille, and both will – hopefully…
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The Joy of Being a Home-Based Business II
This is the current state of my living room. Yes, that’s one of my spinning wheels, squashed in behind the pile. We would have left all of this in the van for the 3 days in between the two craft fairs, but the tires and rims need to be installed on the van on Wednesday…
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Booth Pictures
Left hand side of boothRight hand side of booth These pictures aren’t great – they were taken with my Blackberry, and the light coming from behind is kind of washing things out. Not to mention the reflection from my mirror. The set up is U shaped with the scarf rack in the middle of the…
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The Joy of Being A Home-Based Business…
…or why I need a new kitchen floor…. This is a partial view of my kitchen this afternoon. We use the kitchen, dining room and living room as a staging area when it is time to do a show. Boxes get set on the floor and dragged around and over the years the lino has…
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Collapse Scarves
First two collapse scarves Well, I’m not satisfied with the white one, but the black one turned out exactly as I hoped. The white one was woven with a 12/2 mercerized cotton and has a much stiffer hand than the black one which was woven with Bambu 12. So, I’ll try a 20/2 mercerized cotton…
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Another Year, Another Fair…
…is history. Given the economy the fair did okay. Sales were down overall for everyone, not just me. The up side to that is that I have plenty of inventory for the rest of the current show season. 🙂 What I need to do, however, is come up with some new product. I really haven’t…
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Seattle Weavers Guild Sale
October 22-24 is the annual Seattle Weavers Guild sale. If you are in the Seattle area, this is a fantastic opportunity to see some amazing textiles. The Seattle guild has over 300 members from the area. Talent and inspiration abounds. Not to mention great buys. The hall is set up like a huge department store…
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Craft Fair
This is how the booth looked at the craft fair at the University of Northern BC over the weekend. The picture is dark because of taking the photo into the light coming through the windows. The advantage of the booth location was that there was lots of natural light. Doug built the booth structure, and…