Stitchy Goodness

 

As you know, I've been harbouring this little dream of opening an Etsy Shop and beginning to sell some of my stitchy creations again. Can you remember when I stitched the Attic24 banner and opened up shop?? It was waaaay back last year before Christmas.
Since then I've just not quite found a way to get new things made, although I have so many designs and ideas and scraps of paper with little drawings made on them. The will is there for sure.
Then earlier in the week I came across this little collection of textile pieces that I made some years ago :: such a surprise to find them again, to remember them, and discover how much I still feel about them, if you get that.

And I figured that maybe it might be a lovely idea to offer them for sale, kind of as a way for me to make my tentative steps towards setting up shop. A Little Shop of colourful Stitchy Goodness.

I have to tell you I am nervous! uh--huh. I mean, truthfully, I love these little pictures very much, they are so very me, and made with love and delight in every tiny stitch. Yet I would also love for them to find new homes! For each picture to be loved and cherished. Soppy so-and-so that I am.

You want to take a look?

 

I made this series of textile pictures originally with an idea to reproduce them as greetings card images. 

There are seven altogether that I am offering for sale and I am selling them unmounted and unframed, just as they are. They can easily be popped into a frame to hang on the wall though, I think the Ikea RIBBA frames are excellent and there is a square one with a mount that would be just right.

They are appliqued with pure cotton fabrics (some hand painted), and embroidered by hand and machine. 

They are quite dinky and measure 12.5cm (5 inches) square.

Do you like them?

I remember really, really having fun creating the designs and making them come to life with colour and stitch. I love working on this small scale, snipping the teeny tiny bits of fabric and stitching the teeny tiny stitches.

This above piece I made for a magazine article I wrote on applique, it measures 11 x 14cm. 

 

You know you can click on the images to pop them up in a larger window....great to see the stitch detail....

....I especially love the the two seasidey ones, there's something so universally appealing about little harbours with cottages and boats.

So :: the details.

I'm selling each piece of work as seen (unmounted and unframed).

And I'm asking £38 for each, with free postage and packaging world wide. I don't know about you, but it niggles me having to pay P&P when buying things online, so I am more than happy to pay it for you by way of a Thankyou :o).

For US peeps, with the current exchange rate, this equals approx $62.

If you are interested in giving a home to a little bit of Attic24 Stitchy Goodness, please do email me and we can have a chatty about paypal stuff.

My email address is ::

[email protected]

I hope you don't mind me launching this at you, only I figured I'd love to offer them exclusively on the blog first before I put them into the Etsy Ocean.

I think I'll keep them here at Attic24 for a week or two, then into the shoplet they will go.

XXXXXXXXXX ALL PICTURES NOW SOLD ** THANK YOU** XXXXXXXXXX

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a fantabulous weekend one and all. 

Me and BB are going to spend a considerable amount of time snuggling and smooching on the sofa this weekend. I am quite beside myself.

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edited to add :: please don't in any way feel bad if you are not in a position to give a home to one of these pictures right now, I SO understand. But I'm hoping that I'll be able to go on to make some more bits and pieces, including some smaller ones at a lower price. Thanks again for all the support and enthusiasm you show for my creations, it means so much.xx

Comments

[grace]

they are so lovely and look nice as a set, can you make them into postcards and sell them as well...................quickly before they all go!! wishing I was a LOT richer and could buy them all!! Well done on your new venture, how exciting to make money rather than spend money on craft!

[Nell Ward]

Thank you so much! I have been having a very grey nothing-going-right kind of day and stumbled apon your blog while I was hiding from the mess that our house is perpetually in - those bright little stitcheries and your cheery crochet and flowers have cheered me no end!

[Stacy]

Lucy, they are beautiful! I wish I could buy one, but can't swing it right now (they have probably sold out, anyway, by now!). I'm looking forward to your shop opening and making a little purchase in the future. You are very talented.

[alisonb2]

I wanted a colour fix and thought of you. Your little pictures certainly hit the mark! They are beautiful. It was a lovely welcome back - my computer has been broke - boo hoo!! Thank you Lucy.

[wonderwoman]

they are all lovely and i'm sure they will not be around for long.

xx

[Alessandra]

The love the vase of daisies is my favorite!
Love them all though.

[Jessica M.]

Hello Lucy,

I'm Jessica from the US, and while I'm not in a position to purchase one of your lovely creations, I did want to say that I think they're beautiful. I've been visiting your blog for a few months now and always come away inspired. I love, love, LOVE crochet and have especially enjoyed purusing your posts on the subject. In fact, I'm making a baby blanket for my month-old son using your ripples pattern. The colors you use are gorgeous. Keep up the good work!

[cathleen]

Exquisite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CindyCB]

Lucy, these textile pics are very lovely, I am sure they would sell well on Etsy but also many sellers on there make a range of cards to go with the original art work and sell both lots. Also I am sure you could sell prints of these lovelies, mounted on cards. That is a quicker way to make the original art work stretch further for you while you're making the next lot - let me know if you need any Etsy pointers ;) CCB. x

[Shelley in SC]

Stunning!! I can't imagine the patience that could create this kind of tiny artwork . . . out of fabric that ravels no less!! Your color choices, precision, and design are fabulous!!

[Sharon Sunday]

The cat ones are my favorite and would make a nice group for my cat-loving friends.

[Sharon Sunday]

The pictures are really beautiful! Good luck. I am sure you will be successful. Yours was the first blog I ever followed and I enjoy it very much!

[June]

Really lovely work. If they were mine, I would not be able to part with them. They will soon all be snapped up.

[paula]

Amazing work.

[Naomi]

lovely pics x

[The Coffee Lady]

are you going to sell any crochet?

[Rachel L]

They are stunning, I especially love the seasidey ones! Like many others I unfortunately don't have the pennies at the moment, but have you thought about reproducing them as a series of prints? Just an idea.
:)

[bex]

im sure that you will do really well on etsy...have you had a look at folksy too? i LOVE the 2 pictures with the flowers on!! im sure they will sell really well!x

[Andi]

Gorgeous! They are so lovely....please do more :-)
Andi xxx

[jo]

I am so glad to hear you are going to be doing the etsy thing - your work is sooo pretty! I want to live in the little white house by the sea!

[Julie]

I'll just have to stare longingly at the screen.......

[sarah]

stunning just beautiful well done : )

[Fruitful Fusion]

They're lovely Lucy! I love the flowers in the orangey vase. Well done for getting things going with your shop!

[Judith]

Good Luck in your new venture. Hope everything sells well.

[Alexis]

I love them! You are tremendously talented and I hope that you will make more, because I'm in a no-spend month and I'm sure they'll all be gone by the end of the month!