My mother taught me to sew when I was seven years old. At first I would pick the fabric and the pattern, cut it out, sew a few seams, then beg her to finish for me. I soon started to buy a bit more fabric than I could cut. Then a bit more. Soon I had a bad case of ABLE - Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. I still do.

I made most of my skirts and shirts in college. When my kids were little I made most of their clothing. At one point I had to take my sewing machine to a repair shop. They sat on it for two month! When I got it back, the clerk joked that I probably didn't need it anyway. I told him quite truthfully that if it hadn't been in the shop, I'd have made a dozen articles of clothing in that time. It still has an impact on my own wardrobe, but most of what I make now, I sell here.

Faire Miscellany got it's start when I ran a booth in the merchant's room at a Science Fiction convention. I had fun there, but sold more through Etsy that year. I started with capes, rat tails, origami earrings, and bottled cranes. At the time, my daughter was an integral part of the shop. She has since opened her own Etsy store called Little Paper Wing. As a result, most of the origami have moved out of Faire Miscellany.

My daughter, my son, my husband, and a few friends still help me with things like shipping, modeling, and making some of the items I sell. By items I'm talking about spinners, jewelry, etcl None of them are helping with the sewing anymore. Nor do they answer the messages, or generally hang out. It's pretty much just me now.

I tend toward the rustic, shabby chic, rude and crude end of creation. Although I don't have formal training, I've made many of my own patterns and know my way around a sloper. I make historical clothing, but do not try to be historically accurate as historically fun. Although many people don't intend to wear my creations more than once, I try to make everything so that can be tossed in the wash and worn regularly.

Although the shop is now mostly focused on my sewing, I have every intention on including all kinds of miscellaneous things.