Some you win some you don't

We did our second craft fair last weekend. We are certainly not getting ready to retire on our takings anytime soon thats for sure! It was a bit of a fiasco unfortunately and we managed to make a loss! We weren't the only ones, nobody else took anything either. There was just no one around, it was in a small community centre with no posters other than the one immediately outside the door, the weather was nice so that wasn't a problem, it was in the local paper and a leaflet drop had been done in a small area around the centre, it just wasn't enough to attract customers unfortunately. :(

We have another one this weekend so fingers crossed this one is a bit more profitable!

Hand parfait dyed scarves

As you know I love the dyeing side of making fabric unique and my other favourite part is making stamps or lino blocks. I have decided to combine them both in a range of personalised printed scarves. I have a range of light weight scarves I have been bought over the years. I like them because they don't itch, you can wear them in summer when there's a little chill or in winter when its freezing. They tend to be rather long and wide and beg to be parfait dyed and printed. 

 Below is the first scarf I printed just for me. The colours are subtle on the grey which I think is a nice effect. 

The blue one has been created for my hairdresser featuring of course the tools of the trade, scissors and comb.

Below is a few of the colours to choose from and I will enjoy making the printing blocks on request. They will make ideal presents, every one needs a scarf or three don't they?!

Pretty patterns

One thing that did sell well at the craft fair the other day was my hand dyed fabric. I find the process really exciting. You can add the same colours, in the same order and come out with drastically different results everytime. I have been experimenting with tying the fabric in different ways, around objects or clamping it into different shapes and adding dye in different ways. Below are a selection of my recent experiments, some jar dyed, some folded and tied. I will be putting them on my website soon.

I also dyed some fabric for scarves and will be printing on some with some homemade blocks. Stay tuned folks!

First Craft Fair of the year

Last weekend was my first craft fair of the year and only my second overall. It seems that every event is another learning curve. I didn't take anything near the level I need to retire so it looks like I will have to keep on persevering for a little while longer!

We had a nice day in the end. After the morning drizzle the sun came out thankfully and as we were outside we were very grateful for that.

We did think at one stage that we wouldn't even take enough money to cover the cost of the table. Luckily enough there was an after lunch surge, if you could call it that and we made enough money to make it worthwhile. Onwards and upwards!