Blueberry Fest Success!

Well this year's Blueberry Festival marked my first booth ever. I am very pleased with how well I did, and can't wait to do it all again next year. I took some mental notes and next year I hope to have a more attractive booth, with more heads to display hats on, and something for the pursesand other items...perhaps an angled surface so they are tilted more upright for people to get a better look. I am surprised that it never occurred to me to fill up one of the purses so people could see what they look like. :P

Also I can't wait to get my own pavilion for shade, so I won't be constantly squinting as I look up at the folks asking questions. And, of course, I'd like to have a nice black table cover with a skirt to go around the base. Just a few things to make the booth look more professional.

All in all it was a fantastic day, and I am already almost done the three baby set orders I received, and thinking about possible items for next year.

And here are a few images of the baby sets. The first two images are of the tri-pom version, and the lime green and aqua is the quad-pom that I made for my friend Tiff's baby, Quin.



He was such a good model! Anyhow these sets come in both tri and quad-pom varieties, with regular or thumb-less mittens, and in any color under the sun. I usually don't do regular mittens unless the set is for one year old and up. These sets come in all sizes including BIG KIDS like me. :)

I will post a few more of the finished sets soon, including my first duo-pom hat (which I want to make in pinks!)

And coming soon: Another fluffy addition!

Hearts off the charts!
JQ

Quick pictureless update...

Hello all! It's over! I made it through my first festival and didn't do too badly. I Learned a lot and managed to make up my material costs plus some, all the while having fun chatting with people and getting my business card out there into the universe.

I will post a photo and some more details tomorrow or Monday. In the meantime I must get some rest!

<3JQ

Popcorn-o-riffic!

Hello all! Just thought I'd leave a picture of the "popcorn hat" I've been mentioning. This is the first one I ever made and like a silly monkey I never wrote down the pattern. I had to re-make the hat, comparing it to the original as I went to get the exact increasing pattern I start at the tip of the hat and work down. Folks really seem to like this hat and It's one of my favorites too, so I thought I'd bust out a couple more for the fair. So far I have a burgundy variegated, teal variegated, black and grey variegated, baby lime green solid, and bubblegum pink solid almost completed. Just the ear flaps and tassels to go. I will post those pics ASAP.

Today it's time to make ten more purses. I aspire to get ALL of them sewn to the point where I just need to add tassels/frogs, and straps. I have them all cut out and ready to go so I don't think I'm being too deluded. :P

I suspect I'll be pulling a couple all nighters before the fair because once I get the 20 purses I had HOPED to accomplish done I will switch into "just a few more" mode until the last bitter second.

MORE COFFEE!