Last week from Wednesday to Sunday I was at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair. This was its last year in its temporary location at Glebe Island. Next year it will be back at Darling Harbour in the new exhibition centre. I will miss the ferry ride each morning…

Darling Harbour from the ferry

Approaching Glebe Island by ferry
I met so many lovely people at the show, who share the same passion as I do. I really am the only business there that features whitework embroidery, so I fill a niche that needs to be filled. A number of people told me that mine is the nicest stand at the show, which was very kind of them.
Of my displayed embroideries, the one that people most commented on was the lampshade. It did look lovely sitting there on the back bench, if I do say so myself! I could have sold many pre-made ones, though perhaps not at the price I would have asked for them… Many people came up and touched the cuff on the shirt and probably tried to work out if it was machine- or hand-stitched (definitely hand-stitched!).
It was great to meet so many of the members of the Wollongong Embroiderers Guild group. When I was down south just recently, I visited their exhibition at the Wollongong Art Gallery. It was fantastic – well worth going to see. The exhibition is on until September, so there’s still time to fit in a visit.
Whenever there was no-one for me to serve, I sat on my stool and worked on a Hardanger embroidery. Demonstrating brought many people over to see what I was doing. And it was an excellent way for me to actually sit down productively!
I wore my recently finished smøyg shirt. It would be traditional to have the smøyg collar on a white blouse (and with more embroidery elsewhere on the shirt), but I wasn’t trying to make a traditional blouse so I put mine on a black shirt, which looks quite striking. Apologies for the photo – I am the world’s worst selfie taker!
Here’s my video of Vetty Creations at the show. For those who are reading this in an email, you can find it here.
Thank you to all who came to visit me at the Vetty Creations stand. Thank you for supporting my business by buying my books, patterns, threads, fabrics, supplies etc. Thank you to all those who told me you love my books. It is so gratifying to hear that through my books, I have helped you.
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