Just listed some things!

I just put my first listings on madeit.com.au! After much umming and ahhing about Etsy or madeit I decided to go with the smaller local site to start with as the whole thing is a bit overwhelming. Made it is getting bigger day by day as more people check it out and it was very easy to go through the listing process.

So now I'm all excited and want to make more stuff to sell!

I have only listed a few things and will hopefully add a few more each week as I get the time to get on the computer and not have little fishes trying to 'help'.

Market round up

Well, I had my first market stall on the weekend at the baby and toddler market run by the lovely Christine. It was a bit scary setting up and wondering if anyone would like the stuff I make but I got some lovely comments and a lot of "wow, did you make these?" so my confidence got a bit of a boost. The only thing that was a bit annoying was that people seemed a bit preoccupied with looking for pre-loved goods and some commented that they didn't realise there would be new stuff there. It was mentioned on the flyers that there would be a few handmade and new product stalls but I guess people don't always read the details.

Apart from that I had a good time and got to chat with my stall neighbours who were lovely and had beautiful things to sell. I think selling online will be a good way to go in the future as it was a lot of work to get ready for the market and I can just sew at my own pace if I put things online. If there was an art and craft market in our town it would probably be worthwhile having a stall as people would know what to expect but most of them are flea market type set ups so they're not ideal for handmade stuff.

Silly me forgot to take my camera so I only have these pics that I took beforehand of some of the stuff I had.

P.S. if you like softies check out 'theneedle's' blog for some amazing creations!

This is what I have been doing lately

Besides doing a bit of work in the garden lately, I have been getting a bit of sewing in when I can.

The Babushkas are going to be for a stall that is slowly starting to get a bit of a stockpile in readiness for the day. Stacey has one that I made a while ago for her and these are almost the same, just tweaked a bit. Her doll is called Sleepy Sabine and I was told these new ones are named that too, so there you go!

All the chenille pants have been made over the last few months and I have some more to go yet. I have been sewing some other pants from cotton fabric as well and hopefully will have a decent amount in various sizes from 00 to 3.

It is a bit scary sewing so many pairs of pants and wondering if anyone will actually buy them! Hopefully there will be some chenille lovers out there. We are getting a visit from Nanny Sylvie on Thursday and Stacey is pretty excited as seeing her other nanny again. back to the sewing machine I go!