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| Miss Pearl and her Monkey Friend
Tell us a bit about yourself.
I am a single mother of two who teaches part time. My youngest is 2 years old so being home for her (Miss Pearl) I have been able to give over some time to being crafty, much to the detriment of my house cleaning.. . . I participate in the Queenscliff Arts and Crafts artisan market and sell my baskets in a local Queenscliff shop as well as through friends.
Where do you get your inspiration and what is your creative process?
I love fabric and all things textile, being able to make a beautiful piece of material either bought or found into something useful and fun is a real joy. Making a gift for a friend will often inspire me in a certain direction as I try to design a piece that suites their personality. I like to combine different mediums, at the moment I really enjoy origami so have just been playing around with material and origami folds which is fun. Growing up my mother was a big 'op shopper' and always sewing so there was constantly material around the house. She often helped me sew and always made us great dress-ups. Craft was a big part of our life so now I am settled down with my children it just seems the natural thing to do. I have been collecting material, patterns and ideas for the last 15 years, moving my growing material stash from house to house. It was getting so big I made a promise to myself that I had to start using it or else! The good thing is that if I have an idea a always have the bits and pieces handy to give it a go.
What is next for Miss Pearl and her Cheeky Monkey?
Well, time is always tricky, I have started a blogspot but still have a lot to do on it, I need to be more disciplined and spend more time on it, it is a work in progress! Being involved in QUARC and the market is fun, I will be giving some sewing classes at ME foodstore soon and a girlfriend and I conduct kids after school art classes. There are lots of ideas swimming around and I enjoy up-cycling material for kids clothing and homewares. I have just this week put some items on the Made It site and need to spend some time developing the internet business side of things.
Where can we find you? www.pearlandmonkey.blogspot.com misspearlandhercheekymonkey@gmail.com SOON - a shop on www.madeit.com.au 
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