.....Selvedge winter fair 2012......

.....Oh my dear bloggy friends what a fantastic show indeed......

.....I don't know where to start......i think every textile artist that i love and admire was there, the crafts were breath taking....i wanted to buy everything but i told myself i was there to reignite my own creative juices and not to spend everybodies Christmas present money that i had put aside on myself......( hard ),so restraint was most definitely the order of the day............but oh so difficult not to get that credit card out i can tell you.........



.....Anyway moving onto the second bestest day of the year ( first one being the workshop with Julie Arkell ), i went with every intention of bringing you heaps and heaps of glorious photos of this wonderful event......but guess what......''Photo taking was not really allowed''....''OH B*gg*r''...........


.....But never fear.....i very very discreetly took a quicky snap from my phone from the stage overlooking the whole thing,, actually this wasn't the whole thing, it was actually huge but this was the main hall.......and also asked the permission of one or two stallholders if they would mind if i took a picture or two........

.....sorry there not very clear, as the small amount of pictures i did take i took on my phone....

 

......here's another.....

 

 

 

 

.......Off course the wonderful Julie Arkell was there and we stood and had a little chat about this and that , i asked her if she would mind if i took a picture on my phone of her wonderful stall  and she really didn't mind one bit...........what a lovely lady......

 

 

 

....again dear readers i am sorry for the poor quality of the pictures..though i was most lucky to get these.....

 

 

......right next to Julies stand was 'Samantha Bryan', who makes the most gorgeous aeronautical fairies........she was a lovely person to chat too and was only to happy to let me take a piccy of her creations......

 

 

.....oh so cute....

 

 

.......Whilst walking around in a trance i came across the very talented 'Jessie Chorley'....her beautiful hand made vintage brooches and journals and many other fabric textiles have always had a place in my heart......and i did ask her if she would mind if i took a photo or two of her stall...and she was quite happy for me to do that....i promised her i would do a link to her gorgeous blog and her even more gorgeous shop ( more on the shop later ).......

 

 

 

 

......Abigail Brown was there too with her beautiful hand made birds, i couldn't get a photo here so i have used a couple from her website.....

 

 

 

.....The incredible ''Sophie Digard''......her scarves and brooches were there to buy......but you needed a large bank account for these beauties (  pictures used from Pinterest, i hope nobody minds as i couldn't get photos of these either ).....

 

 

 

 

.....This little beauty that i have a picture of in my Pinterest site i had in my hand, and came oh so close to buying him.........but i didn't.......how good am i?.......or am i an idiot,,,hmmmm...

 

 

.....Embroidered bird by 'Apolline'......

 

 

.......Wonderful doll maker, who is in the new Nov/Dec issue of Selvedge......''Sarah Strachan''......

.....her dolls are so cute....

 

 

 

 

.....Lets see who else was there......i mean there were tons and tons of stall holders....so many i cant remember them all......

 

.....Made in Hastings....

 

....Gudrun sjorden....

 

.....The black rabbit.....

 

.....Les soeurs Anglaise.....

 

.....So so many incredibly talented crafters, i think even Mr Pixie was impressed....

 

 

 

....So after leaving the show ( which i didn't want to, i wanted to stay all day ), we headed over to our favourite little part of London 'Spittlefields'.....i love Spittle fields, its such an alternative interesting part of London, with loads of vintage and unique one of shops......a top place for poets and authors to hang out, but there was one shop which i still hadn't been too,, this was ''J&B'' Jessie Chorley and Buddig's little nook shop......

 

 

.....And here it is.....

 

 

 

 

 

......Inside was an Aladdins cave of hand made bliss.....and i asked the lovely young lady in there if it would be ok to take a couple of pictures inside the shop to show my readers, and she said that it was just fine..........excellent..

 

 

 

 

....Buddug ( pronounced i think, Butthig ), is the other amazing artist who shares the same space as Jessie,  she makes lots of wonderful items out of enamel, please do click on this link to go and read all about the two of them, they are a truly talented pair.....

 

 

 

......I had such an inspiring day, and came away well and truly eager to get back into craft.........you see, i have had quite a drop in enthusiasm to create of late,, actually its been quite a while,, just haven't seem to be able of get the incentive to make, or even finish the half hundred weight of items all sitting about waiting for me to finish them off.......but now i think i may be able to get back to having a good sort out, i just needed a creative boost.......

 

......If anyone else went to the fair i would love to hear from you, what a great place to maybe meet some fellow bloggers at the next Selvedge fair......

 

.....Have a good week everyone.....

Pixie x