The blue tea towels are off the loom, here they are waiting to be cut into twos and then the raw edges sewed to stabilize before going into the wash. I machine wash and machine dry my tea towels before hemming.
I also steam press the tea towels before hemming, I think that it easier to fold up the hem.
It can be hard to choose which side is the right side. There isn’t much difference between the two sides but with the tea towel on the right the pink stripe creates triangles which I think looks better.
It has been a cold and rainy June-uary but the last couple of days have been nice enough to sit outside and hand hem the tea towels.
I will give the tea towels one more steam pressing before I take product pictures so they can go into
the shop. Hopefully they will be available by next week.
Speaking of Etsy I’m part of a prototype group for testing videos in listings. So I’ve been learning how to video my scarves.
Each video is only about 15 seconds long but it still seems to take a while to video each scarf! I hope that the videos will help to show the true colour of the scarves because frankly sometimes the still photos just blah out! Here is a sample video.
Since I live on an island there is always going to be wind, and I think that the wind adds drama and interest to the video.
Final garden shot is Salvia microphylla ‘Hot Lips’ and Jagged Leaf Verbena. The Salvia looks like little Canadian flags, perfect for Canada Day on July 1st.
1 comment:
I totally agree - the breeze will always enhance the video. Unless it's a background of ice and snow and just makes people cold to look at it. :-)
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