Be careful what you wish for!

Well, I wanted to sell aprons and I'm selling them now! Thanks to my wonderful daughter who Twittered about my Etsy shop and got me an instant sale! How's that for instant results? And then when the buyer Twittered about her purchases I got more inquiries. So, I'm pretty happy. I've been busy cutting, sewing, photographing and listing aprons. And I've done one custom order and the customer has asked me to do at least two more custom aprons!

So, if you need me I'll be sitting at my sewing machine or at JoAnn Fabrics!

Etsy mention!

Anda from Etsy purchased three Christmas stockings from my Etsy shop and she was gracious enough to mention them on Twitter! How nice was that? After the first mention I got a sale within the first half hour! Wow !

Stockings are done!

Well the Christmas stockings are all finished. I'm very pleased with the way they turned out. I've been getting some hits on Etsy of people looking, but so far no buyers. Maybe it's just too soon to think Christmas. I think I need to go back and tweak the descriptions of some of the stockings, but that can wait another day. Now I'm thinking about another project. (Of course I haven't worked on Mom's quilt in a while - oh well.)

The next thing I want to do is make aprons for the grandkids. This will probably be the third set of aprons they've had, but I've never been happy with those. So, I'll let this idea swim around in my head for a bit longer and then I'll dive in and start them. I'll post pictures along the way. I can't wait too long to finish - the grandkids love to help me cook when they're here. And I love them helping me in the kitchen. The best thing we're making........memories.

Vintage stockings

The stockings have come out better than I'd hoped. I'm so pleased. The quilt patterns show beautifully on the stockings. Each one is slightly different from the last, but when hung, they will look great. I've listed the first one on my Etsy shop and hope to have the remaining seventeen finished and listed soon.

Another favorite

Here is a link to another of my favorite blogs. It's "Angry Chicken" by Amy Karol. http://AngryChicken.typepad.com. I was lucky enough that my daughter bought me Amy's wonderful sewing book and I love it. I see that she has a new book coming out around the time of my birthday. I will definitely be dropping some hints. A lot of the aprons that I've made and put up for sale on Etsy are from Amy's book. They are so easy to sew and make really nice aprons. I can't wait to find some time to make some of the other projects in her book. I just looked at her Flickr account where other crafters post photos of what they have made from Amy's book. I think I'll have to post some there too!

A new beginning

My name is Linda and I love to do crafts. And I craft a variety of things. Right now I'm sewing and knitting. I'm making polar fleece hats, aprons and toddler girl pinafores. My knitting projects have mostly been scarves. I have an Etsy store and have been marginally successful in making sales. My Etsy store is http://www.gooseylucy.etsy.com/. I welcome any ideas of suggestions on improvements.