Octarine Threads

A little project I started last year, a sewing adventure calendar. Managed to finish it off today while chilling out after a busy few days. Quite pleased with it, now just to think how to display it 😊. Hope you've all had a good weekend.

Last market of the year finish and I'm home with a lovely cuppa.
I shall also be closing my etsy shop for the holidays and in the new year having a big update at the end of February beginning of March. So watch out on my social media for updates about what I'm going to be up to.
Thank for all the support this year and have a lovely winter holidays

Here at the Felindre Food and Craft Market 10.00 till 3.00. A lovely place to come and get some Christmas gifts for friends and family. Plus there's some tasty treats to eat, so come along and say hello.

All set up at Singleton campus Swansea in Taliesin Create, here 11.00 till 3.00. It's lovely and cozy in here and there are lots of beautiful items for sale.

All set up for a frosty day here at Felindre Food and Craft Market, 10.00 till 3.00. Lovely to have a bit of sunshine 😊.

Next two markets coming up, perfect events for finding lovely Christmas gifts for family and friends or a little something for yourself 😉

All set up and ready to go! Down at Swansea Waterfront Museum 10.00 till 4.00 today. Come along and have a good look around, plenty to see 😁.

Only a couple more days till the Green Fayre at Swansea Waterfront Museum.
Shall be there Saturday 10 till 4 and Sunday 10 till 3.00.
Excited to show off my new makes and see what the other creatives have too.
Come along should be a lovely two days, great for Christmas shopping and you can always have a cuppa n cake at the cafe too.

🌿 Exciting News! 🛍️ Check out the amazing lineup of vendors joining us at Green Fair 2023 at the Waterfront Museum on November, Saturday 18th 10-4pm and Sunday 19th 10-3pm. Get ready for a fantastic weekend of eco-friendly shopping and community engagement. Here's the full list:

A Rocha UK
Action Aid (Swansea)
The BIG Climate Leap
Beyond Recycling Swansea
HUB
Blue Hill Flora
Brill Eco Chic
Bwyd Abertawe
Climate and Community
Coed Lleol
Coeden Fach Tree Nursery
Cyfoeth y Coed Abertawe / Sweet Pickings Swansea
Earthly Rebels
Emma Bissonnet Designs
The Environment Centre
Fair and Fabulous
Friends of Mayhill Washing Lake and Community Food Garden
GlassArt
Gower Lavender
Swansea and Gower Green Party
Karitree Ltd
Lifeforms
Little Man Woodwork
Menna Jones Jewellery
MindFul Art
Mumbles Community Council
National Trust Wales
Octarine Threads
The Orchard Project
Oxfam Castle Street Swansea
Peggy's Krafty Makes
Really Green Illustration and Crafts
Re-Cherished Crafts
Rosehill Quarry Group
RSPB Swansea and District Local Group
Rubbish Reinvented
Seaglass Jewellery Co.
Swansea Climate Action Network
Swansea CND
Swansea Council - Climate
Swansea Council - Nature
Swansea Fairtrade Forum
Swansea Greenpeace
Swansea Stitchers
Tools For Self Reliance Cymru
Treat them Feet
Women4Resources
Woodruff Woodturning
Woodruff Woodturning
Don't miss this eco-friendly extravaganza, and remember to bring your sustainable shopping bags! 🌎🛒

New batch of Armwarmers all finished. They are great for keeping warm be that out on a walk or inside sat at a desk or in my case sat at a sewing machine 😊.

All finished and I'm pleased with the results. I do love a bit of colour, certainly brightens up my sewing room 😊.
All these and more new items will be coming with me to my next markets at the end of next month, keep an eye out for more information.
Hope you're all have a lovely, if wet, weekend!

Cute little group of mini Dappapus Keyrings finished today, do love them. Next I have some ideas for some new keyrings so keep an eye out 😋.

Come along and say hello 😊

🚨 October’s Sketty Market is this weekend! 🚨
Saturday 7th October
9.30am - 12.30pm
St. Paul’s Parish Centre

🍁Gower eggs, honey & honeycomb! Gower bread & pastries ! Gower cosmetics! Gower artisans woodwork and paintings!

🧁 food by , cakes and jam , Penny’s Pantry, DeeDee’s Delicious Desserts! Vegan, veggie & meat pies

☕️ tea & coffee 50p (takeaway available), bacon rolls £2

🛍️ gifts and crafts , jewellery , Monica’s knits, beautiful handmade clothing & more and gorgeous, unique pieces by

🧸 bric a brac table collecting for Ukraine

🐶 dog treats

📚 second hand books available

🖼️ unleash your inner artist by creating a beautiful pattern at our free art table

🍁 we look forward to welcoming you! 🍁

All set up at Sketty Market in St. Paul's Parish Centre, here 9.30 till 12.30. There are craft stalls, food and drinks, come along and say hello.

Meow! Finished of my Glaring of cats, yep that's the collective noun fits quite well to be honest.
They shall be joining me at my markets on: Saturday 7th in St. Paul's Parish Centre at De la Beche Road, Sketty, Swansea. 8.30 till 12.30
Tuesday 10th at the Autumn Makers Market, in Taliesin Create, Swansea University. 11 till 3
Markets are always a good place to find some early Christmas presents 😉.

And here we have it my new display for my market stalls. It's made from an upcycled suitcase I bought in a charityshop. I gave it a clean, painted the inside and added a raised base n shelves for display of my plushies.
Very excited to use this at my upcoming market on Saturday. (I'll do a separate post to tell you all about that😊).

Bats, bats, bats!! Look at these little goofy guys, love them a lot, hope you do too. I think I got a good shape to the wings and adding the teeth has really given them a personality 😋.

Look at those little button eyes 😉,my spiders are coming along nicely. I knew all those years of collecting buttons would pay off, because what kind of crafter doesn't have a stash of buttons 😋.

Feeling those Autumn and Halloween vibes with my makes from today. A patch of little pumpkins, though I think some need do need a little jack-o-lantern smile.
Hope you're all have a great day 😁!

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Well that's 2 more commissions complete today and sent off to their new homes.
Three Headbands with ears, which are very comfy due to the fact they are tieable so they can fit your head. 1 adult and 2 kids sizes.
A set of 3 small Dappapuses, was fun to take this as a chance to explore different head decorations for the little guys. My favorite is the hat with little ears.

Set up at Clyne Gardens, here 10 till 4. Lovely place for a walk and we are here with our craft stalls. Plus in the afternoon there is some lice music at about 2.00pm.

All set up and ready at The Felindre Food and Craft Market. Lots of lovely stalls to come have a look at and some very good looking food too.
I'm once again next to the talented Menna Jones Jewellery , beautiful jewellery made from upcycled silver too. Come along and have a look!

Well a good days work today. I made new 2 Batwing Jumper Dresses and I am so glad I decided to add a colourful panel to the front of each dress, looks awesome.
These will be coming with me to both the markets I have stalls at this August Bank holiday weekend.
Felindre Food and Crafts market - 26th Aug
And Clyne Gardens - 27th Aug
Hope to see you there!

You shall find me at these markets next week, Felindre Market on the 26th and Clyne Gardens on the 27th. Should be a lovely weekend 😁

As promised I have 4 new Batwing Jumpers for you. It's been great fun making these and using more colour this time, which I will continue to do with future ones as well.
My favorite is the purple and black, lucky it's in a bigger size or I may have had to keep it for myself 😋.
These will be in my Etsy shop in not too long and will be coming with me to my next 2 markets next weekend - 26th Felindre Market and 27th Clyne Gardens.

So I have myself a good little part time job in a vinyl printing workshop, where I work on the heatpresses and do sewing work too.
One of the things we do is alter the t-shirts and jumpers to make them cropped, which leaves us with lots left over fabric. This works well for my because I get to take it away and upcycle it into my clothing creations.
Also like in all creative environments mistakes get and those clothes have just been put to the side waiting for a purpose. I shall now give those clothes a purpose so keep an eye out for some new makes coming soon.