F is for...

Fox, Friday, For God's Sake I have to get up tomorrow.

 So yes, Royal Exchange Square tomorrow and Sunday- I am PRAYING (to a God that I do not believe in) that the weather stays clear, at least long enough for me to make a bit of profit (which I desperately need! Oh business...

Sewing up my purses

So I've been making up some more purses from my fabric- this one's a foxy one. I still need to work on the speed of my production, as they're taking about 40 minutes to machine sew, and then a further hour or two to sew the frame onto the body (this does make them extra sturdy though, as opposed to using glue). I'm also struggling with actually SELLING the things, although people do say that they like them, so I'm hoping to start shifting some soon. If anyone's interested, I'm selling them here as well as at events that I go to (the next one will be Granny Would Be Proud at the Hillhead bookclub).
Oh, and there's a Prince's Trust event that I'll be going to soon- I HOPE to get some interest from that. Fingers crossed!

I also recieved a sample of my fox and squirrel wildlife scarf

Excitement! But I have to see whether people want to buy them before ordering, which is tricky, as I'm ordering a few here and there, the retail price has to be expensive to make up for the wholesale, but I hope that people like them enough to pay a little more. I really love the free sample that was sent to me, and a bonus is that it's printed in Yorkshire, whereas a lot of the cheaper scarves out there aren't even printed in the UK. If anyone's interested, they can order one here, or if they find me at a stall, there's a chance I might have one for sale there.

More patterns ^_^

I designed this pattern for a friend's birthday, as she wants to make a nightie out of it and said that she couldn't find any fabric with (red) squirrels  on it anywhere. She also wanted foxes, but personally, I like my woodland animals (unless they're the same size in real life) split up, so I made one design with just the squirrels, which I am CONSIDERING turning into cushions, if I can feel convinced that they will sell. I might might might also create a separate design with just the foxes too, but that's when I've got everything else that I need done and dusted.

Eventually they will be available here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KitchenCrawlies?ref=hdr_shop_menu

I am currently compiling my portfolio

Digging out older character sketches from this year. Really really hope that I get a decent grade!

Screenprinting

Yesterday, for about 10 hours... Only got 4 layers done- hoping more practise will make me faster!