End of the season with new beginnings

This summer was a hectic one with craft fairs as far as Everett, everywhere in between, and in my home neighborhood of Renton with long nights of sewing, knitting, and cutting to get products out. I met some amazing and fun people along the way and for about two months, Seattle Square was my home on Saturdays. We wrapped up the season this previous Saturday and Last Supper Club threw a happy hour in our honor. Fun times with the people that ran the market and the volunteers that helped vendors and fellow artists.

Upon leaving my full time job and picking up a part time one for a steady source of income, I now have time to create and unveil new collections that have been brewing in my imagination. Along with new collections, I also created different designs for my current collections:

Mini wallets from the Checker Collection

Clutches from the Formal Collection

Custom order Formal Collection for the Dr.

I received an email from a local chiropractor after one of his patients came in with a Formal Collection bag that she recently purchased from me. He fell in love with the design and found me on Artfire.com. He was interested in a messenger sized version of the collection made from his own ties and shirts. I've been asked to do this before but the good doctor was the first to actually follow through with the request. I had a great making this bag and considered making it more to add to the Formal Collection but I think I'm going to stick to custom orders for this size. However, during the process, I did come up with ideas on making smaller sizes of this collection to add more variety. I plan to unveil the new product soon. Back to the subject at hand, below are some pictures that follow the progression of the doctor's beautiful collection of ties to the final product.

11 of the doctor's personal ties

The shell of the final product

The inside of the bag. The shirt also belonged to the doctor and I made a divider, as most messenger bags have.

The doctor with his new messenger bag.