Sorry for the delayed post!

The Faire coincided with the last weekend of my Mum’s visit (26-27 July)  which was providential as it meant I could “conscript” Mummylabour to help with the Faire.

As my Mum doesn’t live in Singapore, we don’t get to spend much time together so this was a rare opportunity. We had a lot of fun making 2 bags together, some yarn pom-poms as well as the sign for the Tinker Tailor stall. Along the way she told stories about her perfectionist sewing teacher Ms Gan (I think) and how she would mercilessly reject anything with the slightest of flaws.

The bags took some planning and were,how shall we say, experimental bags as I didn’t have any plain cotton that was suitable for lining the bags, nor did I have any webbing or other stuff for the straps so those were cut out and sewn from scratch.The first bag was a simple tote made using a graphic apple print based on an existing tote. The second was a small satchel loosely based on a small and old Esprit bag I own which is the perfect size for quick dashes to the shops.

Execution was entirely down to Mum. She even helped recover my mannequin with an old gray t-shirt!

We made the pompoms using Dana’s tutorial. I’ve made pompoms before using a different method that involved cutting cardboard Os but this was much easier – thanks very much Dana for the clear instructions!

Using the measurements for the allocated table, I drew the letters for Tinker Tailor out on cardboard and we used paper and fabric to cover them. I thought about using Mod Podge again, but since it didn’t really matter what the back of the letters looked like I stuck to UHU stick and sellotape. I’m very pleased with how they turned out

Voila – our booth!