For the first few years of TamaranDesigns pretty much all of my work was "one of a kind" and definitely all "statement" pieces. The kind of things that you wouldn't want to have anything matching. Last year however I introduced a new line called Alice Toowilliger which are a more streamlined, basic set of pieces. This seemed to be what the customers out there wanted. So far it's been a great success, as a matter of fact I would say that the Alice Toowilliger line has become my "bread and butter". I find that most of the pieces that I've worked into my own wardrobe are from this line as well. I however am a maniac for color, even my favorite dishes are a multi colored set of fiesta ware so it just didn't occur to me to make sure that I had matching pieces on hand at the shows I've been doing this season. At the very first show I did though my customers started requesting them, (matching gloves for this cowl or a matching hat for those gloves). The color combinations that I did have on hand gave me a good bit of insight into my mind set while I was yarn shopping and then deciding what colors to use for what pieces. And even though I can make any AliceT item in any color of the provided swatch pallet, when at a show customers want to buy and take home the whole package then and there. So I got to work making sure I had enough of a variety of my Alice pieces to put together "sets". So how about a nice "set" of winter wear for that gift to your niece, or sister, or mom, or....
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