Shorts

Gee, where has the time gone?  So much for me trying to blog more regularly.  What.  A.  Joke.  Anyway....

I had a market stall back in April.  It was my first in Australia and I came home more excited abut sewing and making and creating than I have ever been.  I sold a few ladies sized skirts and girl skirts but with my ears to the ground I heard customers asking for 'things for boys'.  Hmm.  Just by chance a girlfriend gave me an awesome sewing book for my 40th which included a pattern for shorts for little kids.  

*light bulb moment*

So I made a pair and tested them on Lily, who loved them.  She still does.  And she's generally not a pants/shorts kind of gal but she asks to wear her 'Chocolate Shorts' all the time.  

I got my hands on some rather funky fabric.  I love making shorts for 'Little Fellas' as its nice to be sourcing fabric of a more male kind than female.

I had another market stall a couple of weeks ago and got great feedback and sold a few too.  Considering I didn't have a great number of shorts (available in 3 different sizes) I was very happy with the sales I gained.

Roll on my next market.  =)

My first, like, you know, 'Proper' Market Stall.

Well,with a bit of nervousness and much determination, I had my first market stall last Friday. I put my lovingly made skirts 'out there' for the public to ponder through.

I had been invited by someone to sell my skirts at a Christmas Bazaar, held in the area we live in, between the three current compounds. I jumped at the chance and got myself organised in the week leading up to the event.

As MrL had to work in the morning of the market (which ran from 10am till Midday), it was I who had to work out how to get my skirt rack from our villa to where it needed to be and organise two young girls to come with me.  I need not have worried - IKEA furniture is made to come apart and with a spare Allen Key (which I found in MrL's tool box), I had disassembled the rack and put it up again!

The Market itself was rather quiet, but busy enough for me to sell 10 skirts within those two hours.  Not a bad couple of hours work.  The girls were really well behaved, entertaining themselves with some snacks I had brought along and a couple of toys they had brought along.  My mate Kaz visited and entertained the girls for half an hour or so which was greatly appreciated.

This Thursday evening I am having another stall at the British Embassy Christmas Market.  I am actually looking forward to it and hopefully I will sell quite a few skirts to justify that extra glass of wine I will indulge in at our 'Abu Dhabi Family' Christmas party on Friday evening....