Sewing Up A Storm

The clothing and jewellery fashion show is lest than 2 weeks away. I have been very distracted this past week with the birth of Tyson my grandson. But no more excuses, I have to have some quality time with my sewing machine. The fabric keeps getting moved from table to couch to desk and back to table. Not enough room in my tiny studio!!!! Tyson kept me company this afternoon while I was cutting the cotton knit fabric. Stripes are the pattern du jour. Tomorrow I think I will stick to solids.

Fashion Show

The date of the fashion show has changed and so has the venue. On June 3rd, 7:00pm the models will be walking through our metal studio. It will be a showing of opposites as girls in silk dresses stroll in amongst the mig welders, chop saw and drill press. I wanted the show to be outside in the garden but the mosquitoes changed my mind. This show will be a fundraiser for the ALS association. My friend Jude lost her Mother to the disease. Anything we can do to help. I've shown here one of my new necklaces which will be featured.

Photo Shoot

Today was the day, Monday our photo shoot. We needed a photo for our poster which we will use to promote the fashion show. Alana, the photographer, found our models. We dressed them and they looked great. I will be showing jewellery and silk skirts along with a cotton silk blend scarf. The scarves will have beaded embellishment. Jill has made some new recycled clothing while Alana has some pretty summer dresses. Meaghan has been sewing up a storm making summer hats for my favourite season.

Christmas????

I received an email yesterday asking me to send in plans for my Christmas booth. What month is this? I have 228 days until the start of the show and I usually don't think about a show booth until about 2 weeks before it starts. Change of plan this year.

After The Show

The show went up well and fairly fast except for the time spent holding an ice pack on my big toe of my right foot. One of the wooden walls was dropped and landed on my toe. The father son dual in the booth next to us helped Derek get the walls up and move the shed. The walls that were taken to the show were for a 15 foot booth and we had a 20 foot booth. So what to do!! We moved things around and added a "fence". It turned out not to bad. The show attendance was a little lower than past years and some people were attributing that to the fabulous weather outside. Who knows? You can analyze it to death but I don't think you can ever figure out why people act the way they do. As always as soon as one show is over I am thinking about the next event and it will be a fashion show. Circle May 6th on your calender and get to Bohemia on Dunlop Street, Barrie at 7:00pm that night. I will be showing silk wrap skirts and flowing rayon tops as well as sterling silver, resin and felted jewellery.

Landscapes

Derek has been busy working on the painted landscape. The colours he's using are definitely influenced by the south west and I'm not talking about south-western Ontario. I know we all like Windsor but Arizona is what inspires Derek. The combination of shiny stainless steel and flat paint works wonderfully.

New Work For The Spring Show

Today's temperature in Tucson, according to Derek is 83 degrees. I'm looking out the window at the freezing rain and you know what, I still like living here. I do hope the hot weather comes soon and stays for more then 6 days. Last summer really was a wash, but so was this winter if you happen to be a lover of piles of snow. Amos the dog is the only one in this household that does. The cats are more partial to spring. Derek's working on some painted steel landscape panels for the One of a Kind Show. I have been setting stones in newly cast sterling silver rings. I'm really looking forward to showing the new work.