Melbourne

Just home from a fabulous trip to Melbourne. I love where my sister lives in Albert park, everything is within walking distance - cafes, shops and bay. I'm going to miss having a place to stay when she heads off soon on her year long round world trip.

I also managed to cram in lots of visiting, saw Kate and her brood for a play on Friday morning before heading off to the Ink & Spindle studio to see the girls. Then dinner that night with Cathy and Louise. Saturday we went along to the quilt market for a bit of a perve and ran into Elissa who were busy buying for kelani. Luckily, I had seen Leslie's post on Friday about Yarraville market, so we headed out there after the quilt market. What a lovely little market! such a shame we don't have more like that in Sydney. It was so great to finally Leslie after all this time and see her beautiful things in person.

It's going to be a busy week finishing everything up for Avalon Beach market day. I didn't get nearly as much done as I had planned. So there'll be a few late nights this week. Here's my little flyer I'm sending out to my subscribers this week. If you would like to be kept up to date on tuttifruiti news you can sign up to my newsletter on the sidebar  - promise there'll be no spamming. Just a quick email whenever I have a market coming up or new things in the shop.

Avalon is my last market for the year! I'm really looking forward to working on some personal sewing and reorganising my sewing room. To celebrate I'm going to have a HUGE giveaway next week. So stop back then for more details.

Bx

Thank you!

Thank you for all your lovely orders on Friday and over the weekend. They were all posted this afternoon.

With my Melbourne trip coming up any orders placed between 12-15 Nov, will be posted Monday 16 Nov.

I'm counting the sleeps now. I'm really looking forward to catching up with some lovely ladies and of course I couldn't miss quilt market!

Speak to you next week. Bx

mathildas

I had an amazing day yesterday at Mathildas, by far my most successful market to date. It definitely makes it all worthwhile when your goodies go home to people who love what you do. I'm just a little worried about replenishing for my next market now, 3 weeks doesn't seem long. Especially with a long weekend to Melbourne thrown in. But I'll get there I always do.

Thank you to Clare who shared a stall with me (Images along the top are hers) Her work is just amazing! If you are looking for a special one off heirloom piece, Clare's your girl.

It was nice to see some friendly faces, Jade, Amelia, Fran, Numeeta, Lisa G and Fi, thanks for stopping by.  Sorry if I forgot anyone it's all a bit of a blur. I also saw a few ladies that brought from me at S&C, if your reading this I really appreciate you seeking me out.

The only downside to a 4 hour market is the lack of time to catch up with some of the other stallholders and have a bit of a shop. But their stalls all looked lovely, I hope they had an equally successful day.

p.s. The cape on the mannequin was made by Clare, isn't it divine!! I'll have one with me at Avalon or you can contact her direct I think she has one or two left.

Thanks for the wonderful response to the jewellery. I hope to sell through my shop after my Christmas markets.

Earlier in the week I got a new overlocker, a near new Bernina 800DL on ebay. For well under half the retail price, happy lady me! I gave it a test run yesterday with some nappy covers.

Don't you just love the fabric!?! it was one of those purchases where I had no clue what I was going to make with it. But it was coming home no matter what! The broadcloth and vintage illustrations are just so yummy. I wasn't surprised to see that someone else brought some too!

finally

I finally get to show you a little jewellery collection I've put together with tween girls in mind. I recently went in search of some earrings for a friend's daugther that had just had her ears pierced for her birthday. Apart from a limited selection at diva, there didn't seem to be anything for little girls. So I decided to make my own.

I'm going to debut them at Mathildas this Sunday, along with hairpins and a handful of rings. I have a feeling that they are going to be popular with the big girls as well.

I had a lot of fun with the cards, I wanted them to have a vintage feel but also be whimsical and fun!

When I first showed them to Abbey, the first thing she said was when can I get my ear pierced? When do girls normally get them done now? I think I had to wait to high school.

More of the parisian street scene fabric

The turquoise is by far my favourite. But a metre of the cream background was just enough for two apron skirts.

And three hair organiser.

Such a versatile fabric..love it

I noticed you can still buy it here and here. I think I need more.