Ilkley Arts Market

I'm having a great day pottering around getting ready for the KAF Ilkley Arts Market tomorrow. Here's one of the furoshiki and cards I've been making.


If you'd like to see more and plus a great selection of jewellery, ceramics, textiles, wood, photography and painting from other makers, come along between 10am and 4pm to Riddings Hall, Riddings Hall, Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley. Hope to see you there!

myfuroshiki advent calendar 15

* Day 15 *

Probably the most terrifying thing for us as we started myfuroshiki this year was doing our first markets. Would people like myfuroshiki? Would they even know what one was? Did we have enough stock? How should we display it? We tired ourselves out before we'd even started! But it was all worth it ...

Perth Unwrapped - March 2009

Keighley Arts Factory - April 2009
We've met some great people, customers and fellow stall holders, had some funny experiences and even sold some furoshiki so now, a dozen markets later, we're happily planning our ones for 2010 - watch this space!

Ilkley Arts Market

Busy, busy getting ready for the Ilkley Arts Market this Saturday. It's organised by Jo from Keighley Arts Factory and having been to a couple of markets she's arranged in Keighley I'm really looking forward to this one. There'll be original art, photography, jewellery, textiles, paper crafts, ceramics and silk painting ... and a tea room with soup, sandwiches, home made cakes and scones if refreshment is needed before the next retail onslaught!

As well as our usual range of original screen printed furoshiki, I'll have some cute reindeer and Father Christmas ones and some ghost and pumpkin wraps, plus furoshiki bags, shoppers, patchwork pocket furoshiki, reusable gift tags, dangles and flower corsages.

So, if you're in the area please come along. It's on Saturday 10 October at Riddings Hall, Riddings Road, The Grove, Ilkley, from10am to 4pm and entrance is free.

Hope to see you there! Mich