Thursday 30 September 2010

Nancy's Home Shop

So in an effort to postpone returning to regular employment any time soon, I have set up an Etsy shop!  You can find it here - it is called Nancy's Home Shop and is full of lovely fabric things for your home.

I've been sewing everything for the past couple of weeks, and am so pleased to have it all set up and working now.

My favourite thing - and top of my list to make more of - is this reversible apron.  The blue floral fabric is cut from a long, thick, piece of vintage linen that I snaffled up at a vide grenier in France this summer.  It is embellished with more vintage loveliness - an embroidered doily that I found at our local antiques fair a few weeks ago.


And because it is a reversible apron, you can flip it over for a bit of Kaffe Fassett mad colour if the mood takes you!  I've put a towel loop and some buttons on this side.

You can also find some really lovely peg bags for washing day.


I am so pleased with the design of these.  I was getting really aggravated at fishing around in a too-small, too-tight, too-old peg bag that I decided to make something that I could just hang on a hook and grab pegs from.  I put just one wide handle on, and then boxed the corners at the bottom of the bag so that it would stand up by itself.


There are also bread bags, face cloths and long, bright strings of bunting.  Go and have a look.  I'm heading back to the sewing machine now!

14 comments:

  1. it looks gorgeous Nancy, best of luck to you, I see you have made one sale already oxox

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  2. You should feel so proud. Good luck with this new enterprise.

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  3. Gutted I missed out on the apron!! But I love the edged facecloths, so pretty and will make great Christmas pressies.It all looks fantastic, well done clever girl!x

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  4. Oh how exciting. Popping over to the shop now. And I just love the buttons on the apron.

    K x

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  5. Hi Nancy – these are lovely. The vintage fabric really makes the apron and I love that you get two for the price of one! I will definitely be checking out your Etsy shop very soon! Kat X

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  6. Lovely things. 2 items already sold!

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  7. What fun! There's nothing like a little bit of virtual shopkeeping to bring a smile to one's face (especially with sales too!)

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  8. Those peg bags are works of art.

    One marketing idea - Google ads gives you $100 in credit if you sign up for it. You can use that credit to rent handy keywords like "peg bag" and "line dry" for a month and see what happens!

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  9. Brilliant news! It looks great!

    I love the way you've mixed old and new fabrics.

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  10. I'm so tickled about your new endeavor. You sew such beautiful things! :)

    Ann

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  11. Every best wish for this! What a lovely thing to do.

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  12. Good luck with the shop. The peg bag is a really good idea.

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  13. Just in time for Christmas! I hope it means you don't have to go back to work and can sit and sew all day instead.

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  14. Ooooh! I'm off to have a look round your shop now! Lucy x

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