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| crochet stones. I thought this trend had peaked, but apparently it hasn't even made it to my neck of the woods. |
I had (half) a table at a craft fair on Saturday and it was a complete flop. I should have known. The demographics of my area... the aesthetic... it's not an artsy town... my style's not a good fit. But I'd hoped - maybe in hindsight deluded myself - that people would see something fresh and think of their kids or grandkids or just their own desire for a pop of colour.
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| too pink? |
It didn't happen. I sold 4 things. A set of 3 tea towels, the other a box pouch to my table mate. I think she was feeling a bit sorry for me.
But as
Russell Howard says, it's not all doom and gloom. I did have a great time chatting with customers and other members of my quilt guild. Um, and now I have handmade christmas presents for some of the people on my list!
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| bird ornaments |
And none of the ornaments I made sold, so if I decide to have a christmas tree this year (I'm still hemming and hawing, I guess it will depend on the weather - I don't feel like cutting down a tree in the rain) I'll have some ornaments to hang on it. The four birds I sewed should bring us up to, oh, about 20. We're not a very christmassy couple.
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| the "boy" baby quilt |
The baby quilts I might donate to the guild's charity quilt drive, though if anyone is looking for a baby quilt - or purse or pouch, etc. - I'm also amenable to offers.
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| 3 noodlehead 241 totes, the brown one will go to my mum |
So yeah, a little bummed to start the week. It's not so much that I was hoping to make some cash (though extra in the kitty is always welcome). It's more that I loved each and every one of the things I made. And I felt that they were rejected. I was told that my art wasn't good enough.
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| quilted leashes |
I'm not going to extend that to me not being good enough. I'm old enough and wise enough that I won't go there, though the giant pimple I woke up to Sunday morning is pushing me that way. I know that given a different venue things would have gone differently. So today I'm letting myself be disappointed. Tomorrow I'm going to get over myself and move on to new projects... and all the cleaning I kind of neglected while I was sewing up a storm!
xox,
c
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