one denim bird goes live on etsy...........

Well finally I am catching up with some of you savvy, motivated sewers..................I have opened up my very own etsy shop. Yippie! 

Please feel free to take a peek, you can click on the link on the right ............I'm open to feedback...........and orders of course.......... he he he!

All of you out there have been my inspiration and it made me realise that I too could become part of this fabulous handmade community, enjoying and sharing what I love to do!

I'm not the best at expressing myself (online) but I felt it was time I engaged with my (wee) audience a bit more...............I thought I would add a bit of (my) history...........for anyone who may be interested.

I have been sewing since I was about 8 years old. First it was hand sewn outfits for my Barbie doll, my mum was a great sewer too, making all sorts of matching outfits for my sister and I in the 70's as well as working for a tailor doing alterations.

My best friends mum, who was a dressmaker, taught us how to make a wrap-around-skirt from start to finish and since that day I have been hooked!

As a teenager I spent my pocket money going to op shops and fabric shops buying treasures to bring home to either re-craft an outfit or make one from scratch.

I spent my 20's living out of a back-pack, travelling the world, concentrating on what I classed as colourful countries, places like India and Burma and Turkey and Thailand...............countries that to me seemed to be "drenched" in colour everywhere you looked.

For me the textiles (oh and did I mention the food and scenery) were the draw card. I delighted in seeing women (and men for that matter) dressed in the most exquisite fabrics in every conceivable colour. I brought (or sent) home many memoirs from places I'd visited..............Turkish rugs, Rajasthani patchwork quilts, Kasmiri shawls and embroidery, Kachin bags from Burma, Ladahki wall hangings, Estonian lace, Indonesian Ikat............you name it I just soaked it all up!!

As you can imagine carrying a sewing machine around in a back pack was NOT an option, at times I stayed in a place long enough to warrant buying an "op shop" sewing machine to indulge in a few crafts, or curtains for a rental or covers for an old couch I scored but generally the less I acquired the better.............well, that was my motto.

So when I became a mum things changed...........for the first time (ever?) I felt I needed to "nest" which required staying put, which meant I could accumulate!!! And so, after 12 years of "nesting" I now have "acquired", "collected", "found" and "hoarded" enough fabric to sink a battleship (as they say).

I'm going to start working my way through my fabric stash........ feeding my soul, through my sewing machine............creating outfits inspired from yesteryear..............from fabrics I have found over the years.....and still enjoy finding during my many op shop scavenges............. for my family, my friends and maybe even you to enjoy!!!

Please, come on this journey with me and enjoy the ride...........

Dee x