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Whilst I have been sitting in my basement workroom this week I have been thinking about it a lot - I'm such a nostalgic person and am always wearing my rose-tinted spectacles! ;-))
But in many ways it was easier to run the physical shop that it is to run my on-line one.
When I didn't have any customers in the shop, I could beaver away at my sewing machine making lots of pretty items from vintage fabrics.
When each piece was complete, it was just a case of writing out a price tag, adding it to an attractive display somewhere in the shop and then waiting for a lovely customer to come through the door looking to buy.
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I do miss the interaction with customers too. Whilst I am very grateful for all the emails that I receive now, it isn't quite the same as actually talking to someone and seeing the look on their face as they walked into my shop for the first time - it was rather full!! - But these lovely ladies rarely walked out empty handed!
This week the RSI in my wrist has been giving me some problems, so I have had to leave my handmade dolls to one side and work on some smaller items that require less stress, for the V&H fair. It will be lovely to actually talk face to face with like-minded ladies again there, as I said, this is something that I miss. I'm hoping that some of the old customers to my shop will be coming. Many of them don't have the internet, so are no longer able to shop with me on-line, so it will be great to catch-up.
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Anyway, enough of my whingeing - the photos on this post are all from my archives from around 2004 (when I had my first digital camera - so I used to take lots!)
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Please indulge my look back over some of them...they serve to remind me how many items I have made over the years, so I should perhaps expect my poor wrist to object sometimes!
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The photos also remind me that I am settled; in that my look hasn't changed over the years and I am still enjoying making a wide assortment of treasures from the beautiful vintage floral fabrics.
The fact that over 5 years down the line, I would still like my bed to be dressed in this way, is testament to that.
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And I can't beat fiddling with even the tiniest of fabric scraps to make feminine boudoir style pieces to beautify the dressing table. (I'll be making some of these cuties for the fair.)
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So I hope you will enjoy my small selection of photos of the goods I used to make to be placed in my own little piece of paradise....
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Lovely lace and cherubs...
Useful shoulder bags fashioned from the good sections from damaged quilts...
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Piles of patchwork cushions were always for sale.
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Small items of furniture were revamped...
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Bold 1950's fabrics added a colourful statement to the mix.
Bold 1950's fabrics added a colourful statement to the mix.
Piles of patchwork cushions were always for sale.