Teri Berry | Teri Berry Textiles

Yesterday I hit a new milestone in my endevours to become a designer-maker, I made my first Etsy sale. I’ve sold a few pieces to friends and at a craft fair but this is my first foray into online selling. What surprised me most was that the lady in question didn’t buy just one piece, she took 4 pieces of my textile art, yes FOUR!

How’s that for a big pat on the back?!! I can’t think of a more sincere way to tell someone you like their work. I’m so happy I have been bouncing around like an excited child 🙂

She sounds like a really lovely lady and is planning to hang a couple of them in her wellness room (she practices holistic therapies), which sounds wonderful. I hope they bring her serenity and peace.

These are the pictures she selected:

Have you ever done one of those personality tests? Myers-Briggs, Insights and others? I have completed more of these things than I care to remember but one of the earliest ones labelled me a “completer-finisher”, apparently I am driven to complete tasks which is probably fairly accurate. I get anxious if there’s a deadline I can’t comfortably reach ahead of schedule. This is probably why I am feeling a sense of accomplishment and inner calm today. I have finished 3 projects in the last few of days…

Reversible hooded scarf, this has been a lot of fun to make and now I have worked out an improved pattern I will definitely be making more of these.

A textured laminate piece for my C&G course. This piece I have titled, “Eye of the Storm” as it was based on da Vinci’s “Deluge” drawings. I am still toying with the idea of using fibre etch to reveal some of the coloured cords and adding some embroidery so maybe this one isn’t quite finished yet….?