All ready to go...

Yes surprisingly after my last post i have been frantically making this years Kino collection... a total of 120 garments all done ans dusted and ready to take to Womad this weekend! I spent a wonderful week at Larmer Tree festival a week ago, with Jan from Sari's and Silk and Harriet from Umbul-Umbul... along with her lovely helprs this year, Sam and Jaz! Sold a few bits of this years collection, a waistcoat and belt to one girly who ended up looking like me when she left!
But now for the hard sell, we leave for Womad tomorrow and I am hoping we will have a sunny and successful weekend! reunions all round also as Jan, Harriet and Sam will all be there for some more festie fun! By the way everyone should check out Sam's music... click here for Samir Arslanagic on reverbnation. I was treated to an amazing headline open mic spot at Larmer tree on the friday night, and i was totally blown away :)
Anyway, wish me luck for this years full on collection launch at Womad, i will let you know how it goes!........

Busy busy... sewing and computing!

Last weekend was spent enjoying the sunshine and then the rain at Sunrise festival with the lovely Jan from Saris and Silks, Maggie from Felt Like a Hat and Harriet from Umbul-Umbul! I did take a few of my recycled fabric pocket belts, but people weren't really shopping so i will just have to save them for all the lovelys at Larmer tree in a few weeks time! Speaking of a few weeks... I have so much to cut out and sew, and only 4 weeks to do it in! Instead I have been creating a new website for all that is Tassia.B... so you can see my handywork at tassia-b.weebly.com. But now that is up and running I do really need to knuckle down and do some serious sewing! I have all of my fabric orders in now, so I have been busy dyeing the Hemp for my waistcoats and some of the soy for my pocket dresses. Today's colour was Ocean Blue so my garden was a sea of sea this afternoon... in between the annoying June showers we are constantly getting!

I just have a few more deliveries to wait for, one of my thread colours for this years variations and the other is all my hangers for the mountains of stock I actually have to make now!

I have an order from a lovely lady named Louise who bought a dress off me last year at Womad and found me online to request another design for this summer! So first things first when my thread arrives is to get her order made and posted, then I can get cracking! 7 pocket dresses cut out so far, another 24 to go... plus 16 tops, 4 pairs of trousers and 24 waistcoats! Then there is the long list I have delegated for my busy helper to do (my lovely mother!) another 20 pairs of trousers, 10 long skirts and 16 dresses! Wish me luck....