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I’m so happy!
MY stash found yesterday! I’m going to use them to make more brooches -see www.jemmajo.etsy.com and look at my new brooches.
can’t wait to get started!
Been SO busy!!
Hi everyone sorry not to have been able to write much – have had a very busy summer and last week my wee girl started school! Then this week I started teaching so everything has been very hectic….
Haven’t had time to put work in my etsy shops – though the scarves are doing really well and hopefully I’ll have lots of things to show you soon, I’ve been knitting a lot too recently so have some new things to show too..
so new things well be uploaded soon ..also WASPS are doing open studios on the weekend of 3rd and 4th of October so am getting for that too
lack of posts
sorry for the lack of posts and pictures, I have been kinda overwhelmed with orders and working all spare hours in the new studio. I will try and get some pics up! I’m off to oban this friday to take some scarves to a shop who is intertested- and am possibly going to start asking other potential places too.
Hopefull I’ll manage to get the rest of my things in the studio – loom is still wrapped up in the garden awaiting transport and so is the smaller wooden one inside and also my grandfathers stand which I use to sit on when weaving.
hooray! New Studio!
At last after 7 years of waiting I’ve got a new studio ! Can’t wait to have most of my stuff out of the house and my loom saved from the garden!!
Not quite sure how I’m going to afford it but I’ll just have to chase those potential commissions! ( I have a few) tapestry portaits in the potential pipe line!
Any way I’d better get on…
just desperate to tell you!
craft fair work
been working like a mad woman for this fair, did it yesterday and sold 3 scarves ,3 waist coats and no booties even though everyone picked them up and said “oh how cute!”
also a picture there of some fabric I got from a charity shop, white and silver, think I’m going to put it on a black scarf.
Really want to do some weaving soon getting a hankering for it! So today I uploaded the bootees I didn’t sell to my etsy shop.
finished product!
just about to start another one but suddenly realised I hadn’t posted a pic of the finished waistcoat!
new idea!
i’ve been thinking how to have a new product for men on the stall………..
so i’ve come up with these waistcoats which are 2ndhand and applique them with vintage fabrics like the scarves- what do you think?
fingers crossed!
got someone to come and see my machine on friday to tell me whether it is worth being fixed or not… still can’t believe it… was a wedding present 4 yrs ago …stayed in its box unopened til feb and motor has given up already! So of course is out of guarantee, warranty etc….
Gosh I’d better sell some scarves at this craft fair on sat! I’ll need the money for a new sewing machine if its un fixable! Fingers crossed!
one of the newer scarves being modelled by the lovely claire!
the sky is falling!
My computer went down my sewing machine has bust! – it feels like the sky is falling on my head!
on a positive note I phoned Invercottage and they definately are going to place an order for their exclusive Maclachlan tartan scarves in Jan so that is positive! Also Maison Cadeaux is going to take some sale or return! Things are going up and down here! I really felt as if I had my arms cut off when the server was down though!
I got some black watch tartan at a good price so I was going to make a black watch check scarf for Saturdays craft fair – I’ll have to see if I can borrow some one elses machine!
The craft fair I am doing is ‘Made in the Shade’ at the light house GlaSGOW 10.30 til 5.30 this sat 25th of October.
New colourways! and a wee tribute….
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- new colourway blues
These scarves are all new, the tan and purple one are already in my jemmajo shop – the tan one at a sale price because of a slight discolouration of the scarf – hardly noticable when being worn…..
Today had sad news that one the biggest influences of my life has died and I just want to say a wee tribute to our wonderful bright and sparky artistic friend – who influenced me into artschool – Sheila MacIntyre of Inverary Argyll will be very much missed……
