Wednesday 4 June 2014

Arthur's pricing

Bleh - it hasn't been a great day so far.  I have a show coming up in Stratford on 15th June, and I'm starting to get a bit jumpy about it.  I got up yesterday morning and thought 'I need more small bear patterns'.  So I started out adapting an existing design, got distracted by the shape and decided to go a different route.  I spent all day working on the body and the head, and did they match?  No.

This morning, I looked at the two patterns and thought, 'well the body is a bit unlikely, but the head really works' - so onto trying to make a new body for him.  By 11 o'clock, I had admitted defeat.  

I guess I did two things wrong.  A and 1, if I'm going to spend ages getting the patterns right, I need to spend a bit more time in the planning stage, making sure the ideas are viable.  B and 2, maybe two weeks before a show is not the right time to start a new project.

It's these birds which are making me panic.  The crows were supposed to be my 'new thing' for this show.  I have lots of plans for them, but I'm waiting for the fabric to arrive (again).  I do have two in the cabinet at the Art & Craft Centre, but I'd love to have a little mob of them!  That would make a real impact.

In the meantime, I have finally worked out the pricing for Arthur.  He was very expensive to make unfortunately.  But he is beautiful.  Hopefully someone will have him.


3 comments:

Polly said...

If you can't make the crows, why not make as many as you can of the little birds. I'm sure they will go well at a show.

Ruth said...

Yes, that's probably a good idea. They're not the most economical of things to make, unfortunately, since they take most of the day, but definitely better than nothing. See how optimistic I am(!)

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