Adrift in 2010

Hello again! There's nothing worse than arriving at a blog and seeing a Christmas post when it's nearly Valentine's Day is there? 2010 seems to be starting pretty quietly round here, mostly because my sewing room looks like this:


and all my sewing stuff looks like this:


So that's why I've been quiet and my sites are mostly empty. Anyhoo, I've been filling my time by trying to understand Adobe Illustrator, and overcoming the massive surge of panic that comes over me every time I open it. There are some fantastic, and clear and simple, online tutorials that have helped me enormously:

Spoon Graphics is filled with excellent tutorials to kick start the Illustrator-timid and this one in particular really helped me understand how to use some of the basic tools.

How to make a Perfect Seamless Vector Pattern at BittBox was the most easy to follow tutorial I found about pattern making and how to make sure everything lines up just right.

Jess Volinski's tutorial for creating repeat pattern swatches on Digital Arts was very thorough. It really focused my thoughts on making repeats and was very helpful when creating patterns for Spoonflower.

My swatches are on their way to me, I'll show you when they arrive!

Spirit of Christmas

This is my cosy little cabin at the Spirit of Christmas Market, Royal Square, Jersey:

here are some Christmas shoppers and you can see some other cabins in the background:

and this is me:
I'll be here all week!

Christmas Craft Fairs 09

If you'd like to catch up over Christmas, this is where I'll be:

28 November - 6 December
Spirit of Christmas Market, Royal Square, Jersey
10am-5pm everyday, except Thursday which will be 10am-9pm

3 December - 6 December
Fete de Noue, Harbour Gallery, Jersey
10am-5pm everyday.

19 December
StAubin Christmas Craft Market.
9am-1pm.

Come by and say hello!
x

17 Days...

... to go until my biggest Christmas event! Finally finished my pile of zipper pouches/coin purses/pencil cases so now it's on with the softies.


When I'm making a big batch of rabbits or cats or dolls, I seem to spend a lot of time with a basket of limbs next to me. I save all the stuffing and turning bits throughout the day, then I can spend the evening simultaneously chilling out and being productive. Tonight I think I'll stuff rabbit legs while watching Demetri Martin which is a more innocent evening than it sounds.

Monda loves is getting ready for two big Christmas craft fairs so why not pop by and check out her lovely birds.