Kraftbomb

 When I got home from the Auckland Art and Craft Fair yesterday I felt inspired to make some more brooches, so I rustled up these ones.  They're made with the embroidery from an old linen cloth I bought a while ago from a great op shop in Putaruru.  It had seen better days but had been lovingly mended in places, and was lovely and soft.

 

 I brought them along to Kraftbomb and here they are with my huia brooches:

And here's the stall:

 

There were lots of clever display ideas at Kraftbomb, and at the Auckland Art and Craft Fair, and I spent a bit of time today dreaming up ideas for displaying my wares better.  I'm thinking of making some kind of shelving unit for my prints, maybe out of the vintage spice racks that seem to be accumulating in my car.  Now that could be an excuse for an op shopping excursion!

My creative space: huia pouch

The other night I sewed up my first pouch from my huia printed fabric and, after fixing an upside-down huia accident, here it is!

 This one's got a spotty dotty lining and some of the others are going to have red and white starry linings.

 And there are plenty more to make!

I'll be bringing some of these to the Auckland Art and Craft Fair and Kraftbomb, I'd better get back to the sewing machine!

Joining in with "My Creative Space" today over here.

Happy Thursday to you!

Making a weekend of it

The Auckland Art and Craft Fair is nearly here it's time for some late night sewing!  There's an interview with yours truly over at the Auckland Art and Craft Fair blog over here. 

The Fair is next Saturday, the 29th of June, at the Aotea Centre.

It's going to be a market-filled weekend for me, on Sunday the 30th I'm going to be at  Kraftbomb!   That's at the Grey Lynn community centre on Richmond Road. 

Might see you at a market or two next weekend?

As you can see Loulu has been helping me with my work.  I got a pretty ferocious bite after this photoshoot!

Kraftbomb

 The lovely Kraftbomb was my last market of the year - time to replenish some stock, put my feet up and play the ukulele to the cat.  Here's the stall, gradually growing taller now that I've got my new Millicent Crow sign!
After the market we spotted a tree full of teddy bears:

 Now that's my kind of Xmas tree...

...and a moa peeking out of the bushes!

Xmas Kraftbomb this Sunday

My final market of the year is the Xmas Kraftbomb this Sunday, 23rd of December at the Grey Lynn community centre.  I'm hoping to test out my new ex-post office card stand that I bought in Paraparaumu the other day.  Might see you there for some last minute shopping mall avoidance? 

My creative space: pouches and more pouches

 I've been making mountains of pouches this week, for my stall at Kraftbomb this Sunday. 

 They're denim and canvas and they all have screen printed patches.  I've been having lots of fun with that green ink.

I've also been thinking about making myself this garment here:

  It's the two-way stole from this book:

Have any of you made it before?  Looks like it'll be fun as long as tracing the pattern from the pattern sheet doesn't give me square eyes.

Joining in with "my creative space" today over here; happy Thursday to you!

To market

I'm going to be doing some markets over the next few months, and a bit of gallivanting around the North Island.  First up I'll be at the Kraftbomb Halloween extravaganza that is happening on the 28th of October.  It's 11-2 at the Grey Lynn Community Centre and details are here.  

 Next I'm going to be at the Auckland Art and Craft Fair - that's December the 8th in the Aotea Centre in Auckland, 11-4.  Details are on the Auckland Art and Craft Fair blog over here.

And the next market is where the travelling comes in - I'm going to be at Craft Country in Greytown on the 15th of December - 10-3 in the Greytown Town Hall.  Details are here, exciting!

Time to get sewing, and drawing, and printing!

My creative space: Cardinal

Today in my creative space I've been working on this drawing:

       

 And giving it a makover in Photoshop.  

I was going to treat myself to a coffee this afternoon but I decided to spend my coffee money on a couple of tea towels from the op shop instead.  The colours of this one kind of match my drawing:

I think the tea towels are destined to become pouches.

I've also been enjoying my uncharacteristically tidy desk.  Don't worry, the rest of the house is still a tip! 

Here it is while I was in the middle of redrawing this picture.  I'm hoping to get it, and the cardinal I've been drawing, printed soon.  

Oh and I'm going to be stallholdin' at Kraftbomb's 4th birthday this Sunday!  It's 11-2 at the Grey Lynn Community Centre on Richmond Road.  I'd better rustle up a few more pouches for my stall before then!

Joining in with "My Creative Space" over here.  

Happy Thursday!

Just a note to say

I'll be selling my wares at Kraftbomb tomorrow...It's going to be a busy sewing night tonight at Millicent Crow HQ!