I Have Made the Big Time!

Whoo Hoo!!!! I got the call last week, I got a spot in the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair. I had just walked in the door from tutoring and the phone rang. It was the guild office. I had a choice of three spots and three booth sizes. since I wanted a 10 X 10 booth that made this decision very easy. I don't know how good of a location this is, but hey, I'm in.

I am not working hard at getting things done. I finished the wire weaving that I was working on. I took all of the pieces off and glued them on to barrettes. They look pretty good. I showed one to Donna, she was pretty impressed. She asked me how much I was going to charge for them and how I was going to display them. We discussed pricing and she liked my idea for pricing. I told her that I couldn't get matt board scraps at the store so she gave me a huge bag of them. I can make some pins out the ReFabrication scraps.

I want to have a lot of items priced under $30.00 for my shows this year. I don't have scarves in that territory, but I hope to do a lot more plain chenille ones. Those will cost less, maybe some cotton ones also.

I need to get some vests and short jackets done before my Cleveland shows. I don't think that I need to worry about Kalamazoo, but they do sell well in Cleveland. Lots of little things for Kalamazoo.

Starting again

So my plans to come home with seven finished scarves did not exactly work out. My new fringe twister DIED!!!! I was not happy. I did not get even one scarf done and I took up all of that suitcase space with seven scarves.

While we were in Santa Fe we went to galleries and studios all over. I am so inspried to weave now. I just have clear what I have off of my looms and get going. Unfortunately I have four gardens to clean out and a house to put back together. Maybe it will rain.

Update

OK, so I have not posted for a while. Let's make that a long time. I need to really get back into big production. I have a show in four weeks, then shows the next two weekends after that. I am taking a batch of scarves with me on vacation so that I can get the fringe twisted. Then I will just have to trim and finish when we get home. I will need more jackets and vests before the next show. I want to weave some placemats for Deb since I will be staying with her for two of the shows. I will see if I have room to take the heavy chenille scarves with me.

Progress

I am weaving Christmas Tree dishtowels. I had not been counting so I rolled them off of the cloth beam, yeah, I know that you are not supposed to do that. I had seven of them done. I am going to weave one more then start with the snowmen towels. After that four pink ribbon towels. I some how doubt that I am going to get them done in time for my guild meeting on Thursday. Always good to have a goal.

Monday Morning

A not so successful show. This makes it hard to get the creative thoughts flowing again. I have the Michigan Weavers Guild exhibition to prepare for. I am going to pu in my Geisha kimono, I want to weave the painted silk in an advancing twill, also hopefully make a coil silk basket. I would make it in some festive colours and do it kind of free form. I had planned to dye and felt some silk, but that is just not going to happen. Time to know when to call it quits.

OK, time unpack the van and sort things out. The things that people don't realize are involved in doing a show.