The Last Minute Market

VENDOR CALL!
The Last Minute Market
Craft fair and one of a kind art show.

December 24th 2pm until Midnight!

Get all your last minute holiday shopping done in one location!

The Tranzac Club; 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto

Located between Bathurst and Spadina, off of Bloor.

Show time is 2:00pm until 12:00 am (Midnight)

Set up time is between 12:45 and 2pm

The fee for a table is 50$.

Application deadline is December 3rd

To Apply to be a vendor:

Please send an email to: TheLastMinuteMarket@gmail.com


List the following details;

Name:

Email:

Website:

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What do you make/ plan on selling?

Please attach photos if you can.

Big On Bloor 2011

This upcoming weekend is the Big On Bloor Festival!

The Bloor Improvement Group is run by a board of directors and volunteers.
Their mandate is: “BIG commits to advancing the economic, physical, cultural and social life of Bloor Street by creating opportunities and events that improve and celebrate the area.”

Annually the BIG host the BIG On Bloor Festival!
It’s July 23rd and 24th, 2011 from 1pm to 9pm.
The party is on Bloor, between Dufferin and Lansdown!!!



There are lots of food vendors, music and arts and crafts!
I’m going to be at the Ransack The Universe tent helping them out for the weekend… I’ve been looking forward

I hope a lot of people come out this year! The weather is promising to be fine (not like last year’s downpour) and it’s always a great time!

Zipper Bags!

When I first learned to sew zippers I made a million tiny bags… they mostly have ended up as makeup bags, pencil cases, or as my camera bag…

When I inherited a few dozen zippers I invited over a few friends to teach them how to sew zippers… I gave up after the first thirty or so bags, thinking I’d never have to make another… I pinned the pieces together with the chosen zippers (hoping my friends would take a few home with them)… I totally forgot about them till last week… a friend asked if I had any leftovers and so I dug them out…

I apologize for such terrible photos… I was trying to hard to take decent photos I broke my sergers needle in the process of sewing…




The ‘package’: two pieces of vintage floral fabric with ironed on interfacing holding a blue lining… the safety pin is keeping the right size zipper nearby…



I’ve pre sewn a seam along one side… it’ll get ripped out once the zipper is in place.



Open the pieces of fabric along the zipper. Place the zipper face on top of the seam facing out



Sew one seam (using zipper foot) to hold the zipper in place.
(note I didn’t do a very good job where the fastener is at the end




Sew the second seam together…




Turn the project over so the outside of the bag is facing you…
Take your seam ripper (or tiny scissors) and rip up the original seam… the zipper should be underneath…



Once the zipper is free you should shut it again and finish the 3 sides of the pouch.
I chose to use my serger to finish the edges…



Flip it inside out…



Voila… a zipper bag!

Felt Baby Booties

I started making baby booties a few years ago… these are the remaining bits I never bothered to sew together…
I have a few dozen more I recently cut up and remade into head bands and brooches…

My mom had made similar booties before for my dolls… and I thought they might make a cute project… they are an easy shape to work with and work best as replacements for socks… they can fall off or be pulled off easily by an active baby so ornaments should be sewn on tightly… (Also why I never sell baby stuff…)

I’m giving these boots to my (toddler) cousin… she has a few dolls that they should fit on nicely…








The sewing for this took a few minutes… I’m not sure why I hadn’t bothered to sew them up before… they were just in the ‘half finished drawer’ that I’m finally trying to get through…

Pesky Parrots

This is a lovely parrot patch that my pen-pal sent to me a long while ago.
I wanted to make a purse out of it… quilting it on the front… but I never got around to it…

Then I thought I might mount it and frame it… but I never bothered… now it’s been on the top of my sewing drawer/mending pile for over 2 years and it taunts me every time I open the drawer.

Someone please do me a favour and take this mocking parrot away from me.
Make something crafty…

I can mail it to you… or arrange a pick up…
Its 8.5” X 11”… it has a solid lime green back.
i just want it to go to a good home... (and see photos of whatever you end up doing with it!)

Barf Scarf

These are some of the photos from my Barf Scarf…
The Measurements are 17” X 60”.






It’s quite large…
i think thats why my hands hurt!


I think it makes a better blanket for Pickles…




the yellow bit is where i didn't leave enough blue yarn to cast off... my aunt told me two lengths for each stich... but i must have measured it wrong...

(so this is yet another reminder to measure twice; cut once)

A New Craft For A New Year

So last weekend (Friday the 31st) I decided to end 2010 with a new crafty addiction.
I watched a few knitting tutorials at home…
I wasnt sure what i'd start with until after i fished through my beautiful junk box and found a new set of knitting needles, a ball of royal blue yarn and decided to knit…

In the first hour I didn’t make much headway… I figured I’d knit until it was time to put it down and take up the Champaign (it was NYE after all)…

My friend came over and eventually I put it down for a night of fun and debauchery…
The next day, hung-over I took it up again…

with no other plans but knitting while my hangover wore off; I spent the entire day on the couch…

8 balls of blue yarn later I have what I call my barf-scarf…

(Photos of scarf to come…)

The only thing I didn’t anticipate was how sore my hands and elbows got… I think you’re suppose to build up a knitting tolerance before going full throttle the way I did… the tops of my hands are still tender and I’m having a hard time holding pencils to write with…