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Shop Name: Buster Boo
What you like to go by: Sasha
When did you start your shop? I opened Buster Boo in 2010, but didn't
really get serious about it until mid-2011, when the cutest little baby
shoes started coming from my sewing machine. I had played with other
products, but love these shoes so much, I now focus on them.
Is this your only job? I am wife, mum to 2 very busy kids, and also
have my own small business, running a fabric shop here in our suburb,
here in
Brisbane, Australia. Having my own craft shop is stressful, and
crazy long hours, but it does mean that I get to play with all the new
fabrics that we buy in!
When did you realize you had this talent? My mum has always sewed, and
knitted, so I learned basic sewing from her. About 13 years ago, when I
was working as a lawyer, I did a learn to quilt course in the evenings.
The feeling of successfully creating things from such beautiful
fabrics was all it took for me to be hooked on fabric and creating.
Where do you find your inspiration? There is such a shortage of funky
things for boys, that this is some of my inspiration. Also, the endless
supply of beautiful unique fabrics, from such talented
Australian
designers as Saffron Craig, Umbrella Prints, Two Monkeys and Stepping
Stones are a constant inspiration.
Who has been the most supportive of your work? My darling husband knew I
loved making things, when we got engaged - but as I was working as a
lawyer, on track for partnership at t time, I just don't think that he
ever imagined where that would take us! But he has been so supportive
of me.
What is one thing you would like to accomplish that you haven't yet?
Successfully finishing this knitted jumper I am making for my son. It
is my first 'serious' knitting project, and I am about 2/3rds finished.
What are your other hobbies? Yarn is fast becoming a second crafting
love for me. I also have a quiet obsession with the Lifestyle and
renovation / real estate shows. Otherwise, I will probably be drinking
an
Earl Grey tea, with my nose in a book.
What are your words to live by or favorite quote? Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof. -- basically, make the best of today, and try
to let tomorrow and the future happen as they will.
Where is the farthest you have traveled? I live in Australia, and the
farthest I have travelled away from here is the
Aran Islands off the
west coast of Ireland. I lived in London for 6 months, and did a lot of
tripping from there -
Prague, Scotland,
Scandinavia. My husband even
went to Iceland! We love to travel :-)
Joe by H.D. Gordon
