But not to buy a fat pig!  Today’s excursion was to the Magnolia Square Market. 

Aren’t those little magnets cute?  Great to pop into all those fairy bags, I think!

 I went especially to get some Aunty Cookie fabric, and came home with this.

Half a metre each of two of her terrific fabrics, and some appliques.  Not certain what the fabric will become yet; the appliques will possibly go on t-shirts.  I ordered a “family portrait” too, and will blog it for you when it arrives! 

Another purchase was this tea towel from The Lark which will be a Christmas present for a good friend who hopefully doesn’t read my blog!

Gee, wouldn’t it have been good if I’d ironed all those fabrics before photographing them?

  I also met the woman behind the patterns and kits for Miss Buttons.  I bought the pattern a week or two ago, and will make one this weekend if all goes according to plan.  It was really great to meet the women and creative forces behind the blogs – hello Shannon, Allison, and Angela!

I also ate some lovely cupcakes and drank nice coffee.  It’s quite a good market, about 40 stalls, but I really think that most of them are way too expensive.  Children’s t-shirts for $50, patterned gumboots for $200, I don’t think so!  Maybe I’m just not from the target demographic.  I also discovered that because I spend so much time on the internet reading blogs, I already know what is out there in the crafty marketplace.  So it was a pleasant afternoon, and I achieved my aim of buying Aunty Cookie fabric, but not necessarily something that I will go to each time it’s on.  I bet that it was very successful for the stallholders!