I told you there would be some more pattern sharing today…
Bloom
Sweet and simple, the Bloom tunic features a soft, curved neckline and contrasting trim. The gentle gathering at the chest and the tunic’s longer length gives it a modern feel, perfect for layering over a top or wearing on it’s own. Compliment the set with a pair of charming little shorts, featuring fabric-covered buttons and delightful little pockets to complete the look. Bloom tunic and shorts set is perfect for every occasion.
Well, we did it! Australian Quilt Market in Melbourne was a great success and lots of fun. It was exhausting, exciting, nerve-racking, crazy and I am SO glad it is over!
Everything went smoothly, my parcels arrived safe and sound via the courier, set up went well and I was really pleased with how my booth looked once we were done. We had four pattern cover images blown up to A1 size and printed onto foam core board to use as big posters along the back wall. They looked fantastic and really made the booth stand out. I couldn’t have done it without Jaron and Selina. Their help and support was just what I needed and they both helped to make everything run to plan.
It was great to get to meet lots of new people and also to connect with some of the store owners who currently stock Make It Perfect patterns and have some faces to put with names and voices over the phone! Also lots of fun to meet some of the people I have been stalking for awhile in the quilting industry…Rosalie and Melanie of Melly and Me, and their lovely parents. Natalie Ross In Stitches and Janelle Wind just to mention a few. Helen from Hugs ‘n Kisses has just started to distribute patterns for Jhoanna Monte Aranez and she has the CUTEST little doll pattern called the “Happy Chibi Dolls” – they are adorable and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the pattern to try them out for myself! I didn’t meet Jhoanna but I love her style!
The highlight of the Market was being able to meet Miss Amy Butler herself in the FLESH! I have always loved everything Amy does, but after meeting with her and having a chat I love her even more! She is the sweetest, most sincere person and I even got her to sign a copy of my Little Stitches book! We were priveliged to be able to listen to her speak to us about her life, work and inspiration, it was great. Jaron hit it off with her husband Dave – he takes all of the photos for her books, patterns and website and is her right-hand man. He even gave us a copy of his band’s CD so that he could tell his fellow band members that a copy of their album now exists in Tasmania! We haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet…you can download it from iTunes if you want to have a listen. I meant to get some shots of me in the booth on my own and with Selina and Jaron, but it didn’t happen – here is a bit of an action shot though! Jaron must have taken it sometime during the day!! Alright…I think that is enough links for one post! It was a great weekend and well worth all of the brain power and effort it took to get over there. Lots of post-market stuff to get stuck into this week, including filling orders, lots of pattern folding and updating the website.
AND I just realised that I still need to tell you about the 2 new patterns I haven’t shown you yet so will make sure that gets done tomorrow! 🙂
Before we left for Sydney I went on a little sewing frenzie and sewed up some skirts for Lil and I. For mine, I used Amy Butler’s Barcelona Skirt pattern. I made two for myself but haven’t taken photos of the other one yet. For Lil’s, I used a free pattern from Oliver + S. Both were quick and easy to sew up and resulted in some fresh, summery skirts for the two of us! Thanks for the congratulations on my last post. I do have to point out that I didn’t just find out I was pregnant at 13 weeks – if that were the case I would love it! I have known I am pregnant for about 5 or 6 weeks now because I have been feeling sick but didn’t want to go and see the doctor or take any tests for as long as possible. I didn’t want to turn up at the doctors and have him tell me I was only 4 weeks pregnant, a weird psychological thing, but I feel like if I don’t know FOR SURE for as long as possible then I won’t dwell as much on feeling sick and the whole thing will seem to go a lot faster for me! I was expecting him to tell me that I was around 7 or 8 weeks so was really surprised when he said 13! As Katherine pointed out in her comment, I am now into my second trimester and I haven’t even had time to dwell on the first!! I have an ultrasound booked in this afternoon so will find out some more definite dates then. As far as the sickness goes, third time around is waaaay better than the first two. With Oscar I was throwing up more than once a day, with Lil it was every day or two and this time not at all so far. I still feel pretty rotten from when I wake up until around 4pm and then I seem to get an energy burst and feel great until after dinner. (So if you are planning on a visit any time in the next few weeks, please make it after 4pm so you won’t see my trashed morning house!) I can pretty much control feeling sick with eating certain foods so that is a huge bonus. Problem is the certain foods are bad things like meat pies, sausage rolls, etc! Hopefully only a few weeks to go until the sickness stops altogether!
Sweet and simple, the Bloom tunic features a soft, curved neckline and contrasting trim. The gentle gathering at the chest and the tunic’s longer length gives it a modern feel, perfect for layering over a top or wearing on it’s own. Compliment the set with a pair of charming little shorts, featuring fabric-covered buttons and delightful little pockets to complete the look. Bloom tunic and shorts set is perfect for every occasion.
