"three for a pound yer lighters"

 

a fully qualified market trader.. thanks everyone for making it a good day despite the COLD!

glovely stuff

...a few more examples of the lovely gloves for sale on sunday at the treacle market

*thanks to the knitting queen*

   ( more for sale here and here )

Sunday 19th December - Christmas Treacle Market

Next Sunday the 19th, Jax and I are sharing a stall at the Christmas Treacle Market  - it might just be our last chance to get some unique and interesting presents...

I have lots of cute handmade things for sale - brooches, one-off bags, tops and knitted wrist warmers in all the colors and materials imaginable - so please come down and have a look!

I will be putting some photos up here, so if you see anything you'd like to pre-order or ask anything about, please email me: fabricmagpie@hotmail.com

felt brooches

 

 

 

 

bags and warm things

made from vintage fabrics - reversible

 

  

 

.... pretty thermals

 

 

 

 ...Crochet hand and wrist warmers 

 (LOTS more styles and colours)

please get in touch to reserve, ask anything or make an order :)

"Large streams from little fountains flow, tall oaks from little acorns grow."

 

acorn brooch from wooden beads, wire and felt

   

clocks back = socks up

...and all things things nice

woodland belle: gilded bronze antler hair pins

motz: tiny acorn wooden speaker

swan clothing: sock suspenders

vanessa bruno : flannel skirt

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lazy days and ebays

I've been so slack on this blog - partly due to the mass ebay/etsy flogging that has consumed my spare time and turned my room into a hell hole. The mere thought of resizing another photo makes me feel dizzy .. but i have been attempting abit of sewing.

Over the last couple of weeks or so...

• The "hostess with the mostess" has finally made her food blog nomkitchen go public - documenting the delights of our Thursday night luxury binges and showcasing Ms. Lee's amazing cooking repertoire.

• My friend Nick delivered a fabulous box of laduree macaroons (all the way from Paris) that i scoffed with the ladies. We got through a mini sugary mountain of bitter chocolate,orange blossom,salted caramel and raspberry. Caramel and raspberry were the best, orange blossom tasted abit like handcream - but nice handcream...

• My workplace, matmi, won 3 awards including best digital agency and best business.  

•  My new friend Sam has gone back to New York after a season in Cheshire. I wish we'd been able to spend more time together, but now she's found an apartment over there hopefully I will visit. Keeping tabs on her blog and etsy shop to see how NYC's flea markets compare to Chelford car boot...

• Most importantly....the new series of eastbound and down is out :)

Sewing wise..my housemate, Connie, bought a lovely camel coloured silk jersey dress from Cos last week (yet to find a picture) and i spotted it hanging up in our house. It has a really simple round neck, 3/4 sleeves and an asymmetric drop waist that flips out at the hem. After a little coveting, i decided that such a simple shape should be easy to make... so i started to make a pattern from scratch using some newspaper (its scruffy but it works).
I'm still at stage one of pattern making - haven't even cut the sleeves out - but i hacked out a test toile in some pink jersey fabric. Hopefully it will work out and i will post the finished version soon..these pictures aren't the most inspiring, but you get the idea!

cold and peaceful

 

 

 

some beautiful pictures taken by swedish photographer, anna aden

when the geese flew south

 

I flew home to england from a lovely sunshine holiday just as the birds began their journey south, leaving behind a definate autumn chill and a marked change in season. The summer has been disappointing...aside from a few weeks in june i have been crossing my fingers to wake up to sunshine.

So, now my toes and fingers are colder than they have been for a while, and im thinking about films, red wine and woolly mittens, like eating toasted cheese sandwiches, hearty stews and braised red cabbage.

I'm going to try out this winter squash soup recipe at the weekend, looks like the perfect lazy sunday food.

The change in weather has motivated me make some much needed changes in my life, including a big clear-out to reduce the mountains of clothes and shoes i have amassed - and i'm going to be ruthless.

i'm trying etsy for a change, it seems so much easier and cheaper to use than ebay - and i can link it to my blog too.

I'm now thinking about warmer clothes and knitted goodies - i saw these (slightly ugly) shoes recently and keep thinking how cute they would be with thick long winter socks...and these crochet cashmere gloves are from a great little shop on etsy called adventures of jessica rose