The A & I Hall

Happy Friday people! So, this is the beautiful A & I Hall where Sew & Tell Fair will be held in May. It's all wooden floors and pressed metal walls and ceilings. So gorgeous!

Profile: Christy McLeod of "Fringe"

Name: Christy McLeod
Stall name: Fringe
What are you selling at Sew & Tell? Handmade Birdie Wings and Bags made by my mother.

Q. What is your craft / creative outlet of choice?
A. New creations from found natural objects

Q. Who is your craft idol?
A. Fiona Hall

Q. Who taught you to craft?
A. Self taught

Q. Who or what inspires you to be creative?
A. Women around me, nature and my son.

Q. Which talent would you most like to have?
A. Needle craft, like my partners Latvian grandmother.

Q. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A. Sitting on a small secluded beach with family while the kids surf and I weave objects found on the beach.

Q. What is your greatest fear?
A. My children wont recognise or use their talents.

Q. What is your current state of mind?
A. Very inspired - I have recently quit a corporate job to start my own creative business.

Q. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A. Moving to the country to give my children a "slow" childhood.

Q. What is your most treasured possession?
A. My fathers passport and my 1960's sea-grass green vinyl sofa.

Q. Where is your ideal place to live?
A. Where I live in northern NSW

Q. Favourite holiday destination?
A. Levanto northern Italy - beach, architecture, great food and amazing gardens

Q. If money were no object, where would you take off to?
A. Morocco

Q. Can you tell us about your best vintage find?
A. My 1890's Scandinavian linen-press with a secret keyhole and shark tooth shelves

Q. What is your favourite thing to cook for your friends?
A. Coconut Calamari from Brunswick heads co-op cooked on an open fire out the back.

Q. What is your motto?
A. It's easier to wear slippers than to carpet the world.

Profile: Tory Bauer of "Once Upon a Tory"

Name: Tory
Stall name: Once Upon a Tory
What will you be selling at Sew & Tell? Retro wares, second hand clothing, books, zines and random craft items

Q. What is your craft / creative outlet of choice?

A. Letra-setting

Q. Who is your craft idol?
A. Beci Orpin – who is more on the arts side of crafts

Q. Who taught you to craft?
A. My mum

Q. Who or what inspires you to be creative?
A. I am inspired by the innocence of childrens art actually

Q. Which talent would you most like to have?
A. Better needlework and pom pom making skills

Q. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A. Doing arts and crafts with my three year old

Q. What is your greatest fear?
A. Hot olives and green capsicum on pizza!

Q. What is your current state of mind?
A. Daydreaming

Q. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A. Birth!

Q. What is your most treasured possession?
A. My three year old Marlowe River Jackson

Q. Where is your ideal place to live?
A. On a farm in Bangalow, with a herb garden – just where we are now

Q. Favourite holiday destination?
A. Iceland

Q. If money were no object, where would you take off to?
A. Buenos Aires

Q. Can you tell us about your best vintage find?
A. A dress with the map of the French Riviera

Q. What is your favourite thing to cook for your friends?
A. Beautiful salads

Q. What is your motto?
A. Will it matter at the time of death!

Welcome to our blog!

Hey there! Thanks for dropping by our blog. So great to see you!

We love craft. We love vintage. We love thriftiness.

We know lots of other folks who love it too, so we're getting them all together at a crafty, vintagey, thrifty love fest called Sew & Tell: Handmade & Hand-me-down Fair on May 26 at the A&I Hall in Bangalow.

Guess what? You can come too! Yes you can! Just imagine the treasures you might find?

Over the coming weeks we'll be introducing you to some of our crafty friends right here and showing you how clever they are.

Okay - great to meet you. Check back again soon!