Ok, so I had heaps of fun at the Craftmad Market, and you know what, I even had a few people come up and say "I have one of your toys and I love it", yay, I have been waiting for that to happen, its such a awesome feeling and very inspiring. So you can see some photos here and you can keep up to date with all of the up coming markets and stall holders here.

I don't have much to report at the moment, I have a few designs that I want to make up before the next market. Mostly we here are back into the routine of school, kindy, dancing, swimming and bmxing, whew, I am tired already!!!!! Keep an eye out on the shops, a few new guys might pop up, the twisted divas and the Moo N Choo's were a hit, so guess what I'll be making more of.


till next time......

A big task

Well, I am supposed to be sorting out my fabric, its in a huge mess, I hear my husband sigh everytime he comes out into the office (we share a space) slowly it has become my space over the last week, so I am tackling this daunty task, to keep or not to keep. I have been in that delima before, where I have had bags of fabric sitting there, sorted for weeks and I will need a piece, of course I always find it in the bags sorted to go to the op shop. So I have decided to put up a small table a the next market with some pieces and see how I go.


Now I have a couple of new additions to the softie family,

123 Blast Off - Rocket

And

Flutterby

I really had fun making up the bright colours, and they turned out much better than I expected!!! They can also be viewed and purchased here

Hope you have a fabulous weekend, we had new carpet put in this week so I am also having a BIG sort out in the house as well, yay......

Little Kiwis Nest

Righto, you can now find my new range at Little Kiwis Nest, I am in the process of adding more, so check up on me next week, also look me up on Facebook and become a fan...... spread the word. The Craftmad market is not far from happening in Hamilton, I will add a reminder closer to the time, its the first sunday of every month, except April, having a break for Easter.

I hope the holidays are going well, my 2 rugrats are off to their grandies next week, yay, so I will be slogging it out on the machine and I have my two weeks palnned to make the most of my child free sewing time.

Till next time.....

Well...

I'm all sewn out, am finding it hard to get motivated to get to my machine at the moment, so have decided to have a bit of a rest, well for couple of days anyway. I decided one night that I needed some T shirts so they are waiting to be sewn up, plus there are some softies that need their bottoms sewn up as well, I go through spits and starts, I will have heaps of stuff cut out, I mean heaps of stuff and then I'm all cut out, give me a few days and I can't leave the machine alone!!!!! it works well for me, I have a habit starting something and then decide to start something else, oh well they all get finished in the end. This year has been a great year for me on the softies side and I am excited about the new year, I will be able to spend more time at the machine from April, that's when my daughter goes to school and have a few new toys (yes more) in the pipeline, plus I want to expand on my tag snuggly and blankets.

My son had his last day of school today, so the school holidays have officially started, my daughter is at kindy till next week, hopefully we will see some warmer weather and sunshine soon, it has been a bit chilly in Hamilton, I hope you have a great christmas......

So the Countdown to Christmas is on....

and I have been visiting a few blogs that are doing the twelve days of christmas, my favourite blog at the moment is Fabrication, she has some great ideas for last minute gifts with fabric and best of all there is a shop where you can buy this fabulous fabric, I'm making the needle holder very simple, can be whipped up in a evening in front of the tele, perfect....

P.K.Stomp

Well I finally finished P.K.Stomp, he ended up being black rather than the bright blue that everyone associates pukeko's with, but he is rather cute. He is in the shop and there will be more, but only after I have finished some more Moo.N.Choos, Pig.E.Dwiggity, H.P.Hop, H.T.Dog and I.T.S.Meow and L.E.Phant, boy thats alot!!! ooh well, it will keep me busy.......

Heres a great Tutorial

A little while back I found this great tutorial on how to sew softies up once you had stuffed them, I wanted to share, BUT do you think I could find it again, well Melly, has a Tutorial Tuesday and she has just blogged a tutorial here, I have been finishing my softies off this way for a while now and its great. Hope you find it useful.

MAN at the moment, I feel like I am taking 2 steps forward and 1 backwards, everything has snowballed and I can't get enough hours at the moment, as my customer base grows so do the orders!!!!, it is very exciting though and I am looking forward to next year, a few exciting plans are in swing. How are your weeks going leading up to christmas???

Have a great week, till next time......