Show Time!

I've been busy this week getting ready for my first craft show.

While I've been selling to strangers on the internet for a while, it's going to be a bit, well, different, selling face to face.
I mean, when I sell online I don't have to think about all the people who clicked on my stuff and said "Ewwww!", with only their screens (or maybe their cats) as an audience. Out of sight, out of mind.
At the show, I'll be there in person as people go through my stuff and make a decision whether or not to shell out their cash to a schmo like me.

I'm a little nervous. Can you tell?

Maybe this is the start of a new career on the craft show circuit. If I get a tour bus and groupies, count me in. But when I make it big, I'll stay away from the marmalade and jam pushers - they get you hooked with free samples, then it's all downhill from there. Next thing you know, your life is a whirlwind of all-night jelly parties, waking up smeared in a sticky mess, teeth aching, and the whole night a black hole in your memory.

Ok, I'm starting to hallucinate. Sorry about that.

But in my more lucid moments this summer, I wrote my first pattern for a little tote bag. I'll have it on sale at the show along with a few kits I put together from my stash. Hopefully I'll have the PDF version up on Etsy as soon as I figure out how to do that.




In other news, it's been a great summer camping and travelling. Isn't this gorgeous?

That's my dad, standing waaaaay too close to the edge of a 300-foot drop. Brave guy. Hope I inherited enough courage from him to survive the show this weekend. Wish me luck.

If, on the off chance you find your self near Bonnechere Provincial Park on Sunday afternoon, come say hi!

It's been a while

You know how when you put something off for way too long, it just becomes easier to procrastinate about it for another day rather than just doing it?

Well I'm just doing it. Nice to be back.

I've been busy.


I've designed and made a pink baby quilt and a handful of tote bags. Patterns for both are coming soon. The baby quilt is up for sale here.
I've been starting lots of other projects too that I'll post about later.

As a result, my dining room / studio looks like a bomb went off.

Even still, I found some time to pick up a bit o'Amy Butler from Evelyn's in Newmarket.

Not easy to find Ms. Butler around here, so I was thrilled!

So it's a thousand degrees outside, the A/C is broken, the boat is broken, and the pickup truck is broken. I think I'm going to hide behind my machine for a while!