Next on the calendar was a last minute invitation to our Creative Co-op to fill six stalls with arts and crafts at the annual Lifeboat Regatta. I made some of these, 'Sailor Stanleys', for the occasion. I thought people would appreciate something with a nautical theme.
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I priced them at £9.50 each and I sold just two! (Unfortunately, I made a dozen - six sailors and six matelots).
I also took the 'Merbabes' and I know I priced them low at £15, bearing in mind the collaged quilted fabric, hand embroidery and embellishment. I didn't sell a single one. My daughter says I am charging too much and surely I just want to sell them.
My Creative Co-op colleagues berate me, saying I am not charging enough.................... beats me!
Lots of people stopped to look at my dolls, ask questions and talk about them, but no-one wanted to buy................I don't think changing the price either way would have made any difference.
