little aprons

Funky little aprons!


I really wish I had someone little to model these. They were a special request from Brittany for her nieces. I have much love for my bias tape foot. I really need to use it more.

Lebanon Fall Festival

Here's the old booth at the Lebanon Festival. Strange Folk kind of cleaned me out, but I still did better here than the last two years. The next event is at the O'Fallon High School on November 1 and 2nd. When I finish that one, I don't know of any more this year. I'm sure Christmas crafting will keep me busy whether I'm making gifts for my family or commissioned work for people I know. I really wish I had the attention span to get those guitar straps on etsy. Maybe tomorrow... Columbus day is a bankers holiday.

ohhhh I love my Strange Folk

I have never unloaded so much inventory in all of my life. The Strange Folk Festival was totally worth the loss of a weekend. The weather was amazing, the vendors were friendly, and the customers were spending money. I couldn't ask for anything more. Here are a couple of shots of my booth.

Fabric came today!

A box of really freakin sweet fabric showed up at my door today! I already made a guitar strap out of my new shipment.
I finally got some pics of the tote I finished this weekend. I am still on this scrap busting kick. This kind of crazy patchwork takes a lot of time. I just might keep this one for my knitting stuff.

gearing up for the strange folk fest

Here are a couple of sea themed wristlets I stitched in efforts to make more fun things for the Strange Folk festival. I figure you can't go wrong with a wristlet. They are so handy, great for gifting, and are typically a little cheaper than investing in a whole new bag.

I also made a major purchase at equilter.com last night. I have been drooling over their fabric for years. Last night I just did it. I sucked it up and paid for it. Here are a couple of pieces I am really excited about...


I'm hoping to make some awesome guitar straps out of these.

such a lazy blogger

I'm averaging about one post a month these days. What a crappy deal. I do have some stuff keeping glued to the real world instead the internet one. I have a craft festival coming up at the end of next month. http://www.strangefolkfestival.com. I am beginning to cram for that one. My new fall product is going to be guitar straps. I'm waiting on the postman to bring me supplies for those.

I must have lost my mind, because I have changed my diet completely. I am now a (gulp) vegetarian. I have not had any meat (or anything else unhealthy) in the last four weeks. I was hoping to lose some weight along with this. I'm down about 8 pounds, but not as drastic as I had hoped for. I guess it is true that you have to exercise to lose weight. Today I made veggie pizza with whole wheat crust. I must be nuts. It was really pretty good.

Here is a big fat bunch of stuff I made (mostly finished up today).

I actually finished some stuff.

Here are a couple I finished up today.
This one totally hates me. I wanted it to be sharper and boxier. I do have some ideas for next time though. The whole construction of the thing has to be different.

I didn't take any pics of the sides because that is what I hated the most. On the bright side, it does have this great wide opening up top.

The second one is more my style. It was a good baby and did not give any grief.