My next few events that I will be trading at.
First up, SoLo Craft Fair at Between The Bridges, on London's Southbank SE1 Sunday 17 November, 12-5pm
 Paper Daisy at The British Engineerium, Hove  Sunday 24 November 10.30-4.30
Lewes Town Hall, Thursday 5 December 6-9pm
Illustrators' Fair Saturday 7 December 11-5pm Granary Square, London Kings Cross N1C
SoLo Craft Fair at Between The Bridges, on London's Southbank SE1 Sunday 8 December, 12-5pm
Follow me on instagram @happytomato7 for updates and previews of new stock items.
In between, my Folksy shop is open every day, last orders for Christmas delivery is Wednesday 18 December but be aware that a lot of my stock are one offs so shop early!

My favourite things this year. (so far)
I made lots of prints of Happy Dogs, on different types of fabric, over two print runs.
The first batch was the same print as my t-shirt, but I had designed it to be able to print it twice side by side to make a repeat. However, cutting out purses resulted in some leftover scraps which i thought was a bit wasteful. (some dog butts)
The second print run, I re-designed it, and printed a larger screen, so I could cut it up into purses specifically, without any wastage, making sure a different dog was in each rectangle. I am working things out as I go along!
Both times I printed on lots of different fabrics, lovely soft linen, panama cotton, cotton gingham, usually offcuts that I have gathered together.
I adjusted colours to fit the fabric. I really like mixing inks, it is very satisfying, but sometimes I use an ink that someone else has abandoned, makes me look at things a different way. Some of the best ones have been unexpected combinations of colours.
So everyone who bought one got a unique purse (printed lining too!)
These are a selection of the ones I have done so far, some are still available in my shop on Folksy. I take whatever I have to markets, the week before a market is sewing week! it is interesting to see which ones people choose.
Thank you to everyone who has bought one so far, it means a lot to me that people like them! Find my current range of available purses here.
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