Multiplying

I made a whole lot more pouches with my huia printed fabric over the weekend and now I've got them in a couple of different sizes, and with different coloured zips.  

 Some have got red starry linings:

 And some have got beige spotty dotty linings:

And when I was making them I found a few dinosaur patches I'd made for some old pouches...I wonder if I have time to make a couple of dinosaur pouches before the Auckland Art and Craft Fair!

My creative space: floral pouches

 I took some of these new floral pouches to my last market - they're made out of an old curtain (which I would have loved to make into a dress but blue is not my colour).  They're small camera or trinket sized, and lined with beige spotty dotty fabric. 

 I've got plenty of that old curtain left so I'm going to make some bigger pouches and bags out of it too.

 And here's some small town op shopping eye candy for you - from Cambridge and Putaruru.  I was really really tempted by that taxidermy book but I'm not sure when I'll have cause to taxidermy a trout!

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

Happy last Thursday before Xmas! 

My creative space: embroidered pouches

 I've finally made some pouches from this skirt - it was a giant '70s wraparound number - and they'll be coming to Craft Country with me this Saturday.  They're lined with a former pillowcase and strengthened with a bit of interfacing.

I'm also working on some that are made from old curtain fabric with the best retro flowers, so fingers crossed I'll have those ready for the market too.  My next job for today is to brave the mall to pick up the Millicent Crow sign I'm having printed...wish me luck!

How about you, what have you been making?

Joining in here with "My Creative Space" today; happy Thursday!  

My creative space: red white and blue

 I've been itching to make some pouches out of my new printed linen and today I whipped one up to see what it would look like.  I was having a bit of a sewing rage day so I thought I'd just make one today, but I think I'll have a pouch-making production line soon!

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

Happy Thursday to you!

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!

Embroidery

I've been having a bit of op shop embroidery luck lately.  I got this broderie anglaise embroidered top that looks kind of like sea anemones and I'm going to cut it up to make into pouches. 

 From the St. Vinnies in Onehunga I also got this giant embroidered '70s wrap skirt.  I love the bright red that matches the ranunculus in my garden.  The skirt's destined to become pouches too. 

And one not to cut up is this embroidered cardy.  It's such toasty warm cashmere that just putting it on puts me in a good mood. 

It could be the start of a very expensive cashmere habit.  Oh dear.
How about you, had any good op shop luck lately?

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!

My creative space: in progress

I've been a busy bee this week, making things for my stall at the Auckland Art and Craft Fair this Saturday.  On the go today I've got:

 

Pouches with giant feathers and smaller ones with leaves

 Piles of printed fabric waiting to be turned into pouches

 And fabric brooches waiting for brooch backs. 

I'm also putting the finishing touches on a drawing of a magpie, racing to finish my new zine.  How about you, what have you been making?  

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Happy Thursday!