Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair 2024 - Did We Survive?
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- That’s a wrap on our first quilt show. Things we learnt - they are exhausting!
Thanks to Sarah from Roxy Creations for her help! ( and Lucy!)
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Not only did you survive, but you THRIVED! 👊🏻👊🏻was so great to meet you in person Bec and sooooo looking forward to making together in a few weeks! X
I’m really looking forward to it too!
Beautiful stall 😍
Glad it all went well.
Thank you! Still recovering 🙃
Bec
Thank you for taking the time to do your fair blog…..
I just wish I could come and give you a big big hug
Encourage you and Lucy and congratulate you.
You are amazing, I hope you get some down time now, you must look after yourself.
I love love your “brand” look….
You are so relevant and have really made quilting and stitching, come alive. Your LOVE and care of fabric and vintage bi gone days is truly soul filling.
Who you are is as important as your product and shop.
Take care please
Lots of hugs
Karyn
Thank you!! I’m going to try and take it easier this week - promise!
It was so wonderful to meet you on the Saturday 🥰 your store looked amazing !! My daughter and I had 2 visits she loved the zipper charms as well I won’t show her the stash you originally had the first 3 days lol. It made us very happy . So hats off to you for your mammoth effort and incredible job especially during a time when you have so much going on with your new shop. I hope you are recovering well.
I have been going to these craft and quilt fair shows since 2000 .My first one being in Canberra then following years at the Rosehill race course . Sadly the show has dwindled significantly over the past 12 or so years it is deffinetly down to fewer crafts and a massive drop in the number of stores ,certainly not like it was back then which is such a shame.
Thank you so much Bec for being a newby with your beautiful store this year . Hope it was worth coming back next year for .
Those zipper charms flew out the door! Thanks for visiting!
Because and Lucy you did so well, I did feel your feet and knees though. Your set up was really pretty. Take care of yourselves now…some well earned rest😅😊. Otto is such a cute little boy, he will be able to relax too now🥰👏🏼💖
Oops❣️I should have proof read the above😳😡 of course that was meant to be “Bec and Lucy”……. Apologies😊
Oh, your stall was adorable! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for your report,Bec! Your installation was really beautiful! Wish I were there! Take care❤
Next time! Hopefully!
I hope all went well for you at the craft show . Just love your tube channel.
Thank you so much for being here!!
So glad to meet you both and to see your quilts ‘in the flesh’. Love my haul.
Yay! Lovely to meet all our lovely customers!!
I have done craft fairs in the past also! So exhausting but I loved the immediate gratification of having customers face to face and explaining my process for whatever project I was crafting and selling at the time! Looking forward to your next video!
True it was lovely to meet more of our customers in person.
Loved your stall ❤ knew I would! Neither you or Lucy showed signs of being tired, you were bright and cheerful and very happy to chat. You both did an amazing job and I hope that you get lots more customers from being at the show. Looking forward to seeing you at the Green Door 💚
I’m so pleased we could keep our energy levels high at the show!! It was so lovely to meet you and I’m so looking forward to Green Door!
Your stall looked amazing - I hope you have recovered ❤
I have although promptly got sick 🤧
Very fun to get a play-by-play of your time at the craft fair. Hopefully it will prove worthwhile in the long run.
Thanks!
I was so excited to meet you that I couldn’t concentrate on shopping much 😂 but love my little bag of goodies. I also thought the fair would have been bigger and was a little underwhelmed TBH. Anyway, you’ve survived and now have a great benchmark for future fairs. Hope you’re resting as much as possible 🤗 Melanie
Lots of people said that. It’s a really tough retail market at the moment and the costs of a stall are high. Some of the vendors told me it wasn’t worth the time and effort. So it’s kind of a lose lose situation!
What fun times. Wish I could have made it there. Are you coming to the Melbourne show later in the month. Would love for you to come. I'll come visit you there
I’m not - sorry! These shows are a lot of work and financial outlay (which hopefully pays off). It’s really hard to manage the shop in Newcastle as well as the fairs.
What is a fabric lollie...you have some great stuff beautiful colors...I would be at your sale in a heartbeat if I lived in Australia..
Ha it’s a fat eighth of fabric. Super sweet but no calories!
The kind of things we makers buy are getting more expensive and harder to come by in charity shops where i love (Wirral, Merseyside in the UK). In fact, I buy most of my vintage stuff from sellers on Instagram. I loved seeing your videos about your shop etc and I'm looking forward to seeing your new shop when it's all finished too.
The shops can be pricey! Just have to search harder I guess - luckily I love the search.
Golly gosh Bec you have had quite a journey these past weeks. Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to the show. Would have loved to rummage through your vintage finds and some of the bundles. Will check your website in a few days. Just as well you didn't commit to our Novocastrian Quilters Quilt show this week. Rest up .....
Would have loved to do Novacastrian quilters but just couldn’t as this one was already committed. Lots of lovelies in store as I do not have the time to list it all!
Juju, Vicki and I just watched your video and couldn’t stop laughing.
Please don’t make Otto cry again and give him back his living room 😂😂😂😂
He has the living room back but not the study!
for business analytics, how much overlap was there in your online/in the shop & at the show customers? Part of the ROI thought process? Do you think vending was a one & done or an extension of your business model? (Local to me there was a shop that did not vend, because people would drive the 20-ish miles to visit her shop before or after going to the show...)
All really good questions! Most of which I’m not clear on the answers. Hopefully I’ve extended my local (ish) profile. It was lovely to meet some faithful online customers. I think the cost of this type of show is high though and customers were reporting they were disappointed in how many stalls there were. It seems a bit of a lose lose situation. Retailers can’t commit the finances to a show and customers want more variety. I heard lots of people saying they were just looking for ideas. I get that - everyone has a budget - but it is hard for retailers to commit finances to provide inspiration only. I think I might do a video about my thoughts on this.
Amazing how much hard work craft shows can be. It would be interesting to know if you thought it was worth the effort and would you do one again?
I might do a video about my thoughts!
@@Sewbecurated That would be really interesting to see.