Saturday Bloggers Shopping Spree

Hey hey everyone, it's time for another fantastic sale brought to you by Quilts Galore! This is a group of wonderful etsians who have a sale every Saturday, so check them out for terrific deals on this Saturday only, March 27! Please write 20% off in the message to seller, and I will adjust/refund your account! I have created a special section "Weekend Sale" for your convenience, so please take advantage!

I am putting all my comforters on sale this Saturday March 27. Take 20% off any comforter in my store, including this gorgeous gold silk throw:



and my lovely exotic birds comforter from my spring collection:




Hurry hurry hurry and take advantage of this opportunity to own an original unique piece from Custom Designs by Nancy, and be sure to look at the other Saturday Bloggers for other great sales!

NANCY'S BEEN TO THE FAIR

I did a crafts show on Thursday Oct 8, called the 9th Annual Women's Expo, held at a library in Centereach, on Long Island. Boy, did I have fun! Boy, was it exhausting! This was my first show, so I was nervous and spent a long time thinking about my set-up, and preparing for the event. To display my larger pieces, like the bedspreads, I bought a laundry drying rack so I could drape them without taking up a lot of table space.


GETTING READY - IRONING, SNIPPING THREADS, INSPECTION...





I arrived in good time. There were volunteers who helped unload my car and take my stuff to my space - I know! I think I was spoiled! I know this won't happen often. The Expo provided tables and plastic sheets to cover, and I started setting up.





This is my display. I draped one toile tablecloth over the front edge of the table to hide stuff under the table, and to catch eyes and show what my goods were about, and then arranged my items artistically, playing off colors and textures to maximize their effect.


A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER!!


MAY I HELP YOU? I sold this piece. Yippee!


WATER, WATER...I'M SO THIRSTY!!



END OF THE DAY...WHEW! I'M EXHAUSTED!!!

I did pretty well, sold several tablecloths, 2 mats, all the lavendar sachets and an apron. Made enough to cover the entry fee, plus a modest profit. I made new friends, and was invited to a couple of other shows. It was a great learning experience as well. I need more items for $30 - that seemed to be the high price point. And, I need a LOT of aprons. All the ladies of a "certain age" loved the one and only blue toile apron I had, and wanted other colors. The apron was my first sale. I have plenty of toile and other cotton prints, and must start sewing again to replenish my inventory. WHAT A GREAT TIME I HAD!

Yankee Stadium and Tablecloths

Hello everyone out there in Blog Land! This is a picture of me last year at Yankee Stadium, the one and only time I ever went to the original House That Ruth Built. What a great time I had! My friend and I ran screaming down the ramp like little kids. We ate hot dogs and peanuts, rooted for the home team and watched Derek Jeeter play live. It was swell. I don't know what team the Yankees were playing - I think they lost, but we stayed to the end and took the subway back to her father's house in the Bronx. It was a classic baseball night at Yankee Stadium. I wanted to be able to say I was in the original Yankee Stadium - they've torn it down now and built a new stadium across the street. I hope someday I will go there, too, but with ticket prices so exorbitant who can afford to? Even the bleachers are prohibitive. So now I watch them on TV and sew. I have TONS of cloth and I make tablecloths, bedspreads, baby blankets, aprons - whatever seems the most suitable for the particular cloth I'm working on. That's a picture of the kind of thing I make, up there. This is my first blog and I haven't mastered the art of placement and pictures, so please bear with me as I stumble through this exercise. Harumph - this isn't as easy as it looks.

The picture of my tablecloth should appear HERE, and not at the top, but 1/2 hour later it is what it is. I sell my things on www.etsy.com which is a wonderful place for handmade beautiful things made by extremely talented and competent craftspeople. I urge everyone to check out this website, and while you're there, you can look at customdesigns4ubynan to see my stuff. I'd really appreciate all the promotion I can get, and I thank you from my heart and mind for reading this blog and visiting etsy.

Love to everyone,
Nan