Last week my dear friend J and I went to the Finders Keepers markets at the Carriageworks. We thought it would be marketty, but in fact it was very much a night out, with wine, art and stacks and stacks of people. By the end of our first go-round we were a little overwhelmed with both sensory overload and hand-made crafty lust.
We saw the lovely Sixandahalfstitches who was selling her sensational kids capes, and then we both spent more than we expected on clothes that were too beautiful to resist, like this beautiful waistcoat from Holly Chalmers (J bought the lazy jacket and it looks fab on her).
But more than the buying of lovely things, I was inspired to make more lovely things. I'm not particularly good at wearing things I make, but I am very good at making things for Nell. With that in mind I set to finding the perfect overlocker on eBay and (after losing several auctions) I finally bought one. Now I'm investigating how to make pattern slopers so I can re-produce some of the gorgeous clothes I see in the shops for Nell.
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