Getting ready for Cambridge fair

Look at all the goodies I gotta take all the way to Cambridge!! This apart from my husband and son - I think I need to hire a truck :o) Atleast the quilts have shaped up well!!

Profile feature on Handmade Cambridge blog

http://handmadecambridge.blogspot.com/2009/03/meet-maker-cozee-cuddles.html

I got profiled!!! Yippeee. Oh no Oh no - so little time soooo much to do. The craft fair is happening on April 4 at the Cambridge Guildhall and I have a lot to get sorted. For one - I need tickets!!

Setting up Shop

I have finally started trading at the Greenwich market. Fantastic time if the weather is warm and sunny!! Otherwise the draft makes you wish you were anywhere else but there!! I'm beginning to understand that sales might actually depend upon where you set up shop. And its very irritating when people just walk past simply because your shop is tucked into a corner. But all in all a good experience!! I am still figuring out how best to display the quilts - right now the shop looks a little bare. Any suggestions?

Black and White Windmills

Things definitely started getting better with practice. This is one of the latest creations - credit for which largely rests with my mom (I HAVE to add that I was the design inspiration :o))

The whites are recycled pieces from a cloth store - hope my cousin, who is currently using this bedspread to envelope his 6 foot frame in, does not take offence to this tidbit of information.

Meadows Patchwork

This is one of my favourites - the background is multiple shades of the earth and the sky. The foreground being vibrant flowers with a birdee :o)

The flowers have been appliqued rather than patched. I decided to do the leaves in a different fashion. They are double sided so that they add another dimension. They've been attached to the bedspread with a central hem.

Rangoli Patchwork

This was the first attempt at making a patchwork bedspread. The most obvious inspiration for me was from the various geometrically symmetrical 'Rangoli' designs. Rangoli is a beautiful Asian art where patterns are made using coloured powder. The final outcome of my artisitic experimentation looks quite amateurish - but is was a wonderful experience - and the beginning of a hobby.