Stitch Austin Report

I am playing catch up on my blog recently (I realized I only posted once in November!). A group of friends and I went to Stitch Austin on Saturday, November 11th. Three of us got there right at 5:00, and were able to snag the goodie bags! We got some nice sturdy tote bags, that were navy blue with rainbow trim. Inside the goodie bags were all sorts of items, including a couple of free magazines, some fabric paint, 1 inch buttons, patches, candy, etc, and the usual flyers and coupons.




With our goodie bags taken care of, we did a lap around the Austin Music Hall, looking at all of the booths. There were lots of vendors there, and my favorites were Anne Marie, Supermaggie, and My Imaginary Boyfriend. It was also fun to see Coco Couture and Handmade Julz, who are from my part of Texas.

We left Stitch for awhile to get some drinks and snacks at the Cork & Co. Wine Bar, and came back in time to buy some goodies and watch the fashion show. The fashion show was really long, and my feet and back were killing me by the end of an hour and a half, but the show was very fun. They did a clever parody of corporate America and buying handmade at the beginning, which was hilarious. Click here to see the list of all of the designers in the fashion show and vendors at Stitch.

Thanks again to Andy, whose guest bed is warm and cozy, whose coffee and biscuits were delicious, and whose patience with me about getting those damn goodie bags was neverending!!

Stitch Fashion Show and Guerilla Craft Bazaar!





Ooooh, I am so excited about this event! Stitch is on Saturday, November 11 from 5:00 pm to 2:00 am. It will be at the Austin Music Hall in Austin, TX. According to the website, there will be over 75 booths and over 20 independent designers in the fashion show. Here is a list of all of them! I am taking my friend Christina for her birthday, which is the week before. We will be taking a road trip down to Austin from Dallas, and staying the weekend with some friends. Make Dallas will be trekking down there too. Anyone else interested in coming? Andria? Jessica? Jennifer? Monica?

The tickets just went on sale today, and they are only $10!

Hope to see you there!

Urban Street Bazaar this Weekend!

For all of you DFW people, this weekend is the Urban Street Bazaar sponsored by Make: Your Creative Outlet. There will be over 50 indie designers there! Make has had several of these bazaars, but this by far is the largest one yet. I believe that there will be over double the number of booths that were in the June bazaar. I will be going with on Saturday, and will post some pictures next week! Here are all of the details:

Where:
at 2632 Thomas Avenue @ Boll
Dallas, TX 75204

When:
Friday - Saturday - Sunday 9/29 - 10/1 2006
Friday 5:30 - 9pm
Saturday 10am - 9pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

How Much?
FREE!!!

The Urban Street Bazaar also got posted on Craft Magazine's blog; check it out here.

Tropical Print Purse

I made this purse a few weeks ago, and enjoyed photographing it outside! I think it looks quite cute nestled up against this tree.

Here is a close-up view of the other side of the purse:

My bonus picture for this post is of the sunset last weekend. We went to the Addison Oktoberfest just north of Dallas. You can see some of the tents and attractions in the bottom of this picture, along with a lone balloon floating among the clouds. This sunset was just beautiful--even more so in person. Enjoy!