FAIR LADIES VISIT US

     I cannot conclude my list of Fair Ladies who attend our Talent for Textile Fairs regularly without mentioning some of our occasional visiting ladies -  and a couple of Gents!    Depending on space at the various venues and their own programme of fairs, we often welcome Liz and Jack von Hasselt from Dorset whom I describe as the Royalty of Razzmatazz!  They work full time at Fairs so you will find them at many other Fairs - they are especially good at textiles and clothing of all kinds and the accessories that go with fashion and adornment.    Haberdashery is always to be had and very quirky bits and pieces, always well chosen for each particular venue and they often supply film companies with valuable costumes (Recently helped to dress Johnny Depp!).
    Hannah Whyman has a very popular stand, and her stock is very high grade as she attends the big Decorative Fair at Battersea which is glamorous and well vetted!  She often has beautiful fabrics and things like fans and paste jewellery and is a good source for really pretty things and party-mood stuff.
  Rosie Murton is so well known and such a character she hardly needs introducing but if you want the Brocante look, she's your girl!  Rosie has a love of pretty vintage fabrics which she frames herself very
appropriately and has an endless supply of charming cottage decorations, china, boxes, ornaments and souvenirs of France which she knows inside out.  It's all very reasonable and most of us treat ourselves to some of her bits and pieces. She usually attends the Ilminster Fairs
   Slow Loris has recently joined 'the gang' and is a welcome masculine additition.     Martin's speciality is Chinese couture made to his own designs by groups in deepest China whom he regularly visits.  His jackets and coats are a byword and several of us have bought more than one!  They are practical and different and made of really good materials, wool, hemp and fine cotton.   Some of the blouses and scarves are made by skilled dyers in tie-dyed and shibori techniques which are unique to him. Easy, smart, clothes at low, low prices!  Find him in a Gazebo or by the garage, depending on the weather!
    Another intrepid traveller and trader is Barbie Campbell-Cole who visits India and Africa and brings back lovely collections of ethnic beads, jewellery and attractive clothing, which she often designs herself, so there is none of that cheap 'bazaar' look!   I wear her tie-dyed cotton shortie jacket all summer and it has often drawn comments from complete strangers - how we all love indigo dyes!

MOST OF THE ABOVE TRADERS AND ANOTHER HALF-DOZEN WILL BE ATTENDING MY FORTHCOMING RAG MARKET AT THE MASONIC HALL, BRADFORD ON AVON,  ba15 1ln
ON SUNDAY JUNE 15TH, 2014, 9A.M. - 3P.M.   WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN  AND THERE!