Bluff Country Art Tour

 

Mariella from Helen's Daughters Minnesota
will be part of
The Bluff Country Art Tour.
April 26 -28, 2013
in Sons of Norway Hall
in Lanesboro, Minnesota.
Mariella will have a great selections of handbags.
We'll see you there.
Visit their website -
 http://www.bluffcountrystudioarttour.com/Terbeest-Schladweiler.html

Cedarburg Wearable Show Starting Friday at 7 PM

 

This show is different - it's ALL Wearable ART!
Cedarburg Wearable Fair
Cedarburg Cultural Center
Friday 7 - 9 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM
We will definitely be there!!!

Sunday, April 7 - Festival of Arts in Steven's Point

 

Sunday, April 7 - Festival of Arts
Steven's Point, Wisconsin
Starts at 10 AM.
We'll be there!

Question #2.

 

Question #2 -
 What kind of sewing machines do you use? 
We make our handbags with Viking Sewing Machine. 
We learned how to sew on a very very old Singer sewing machine. 
When we were little, our parents went to the 
Minnesota State Fair and learned about
 a "new" sewing machines - Vikings made in Sweden - they were green at that time. 
Our dad sold a cow to buy mom that machine they saw at that fair. 
It didn't take long before every spare minute we had, we were sewing!
 We've had several Vikings over the years - preferring older machines over brand new one.
 We do not used computerized machines. 
Our stitching is pretty basic.

20 Most Asked Questions - #1

 

We've decided to answer
 the twenty most asked questions about Helen's Daughters! 
Question #1. 
Who was Helen??
Helen is our mother!! 
She was born in the mid 1920's. 
She grew up in Minnesota. Had to leave her home to work at age 14.
Met and married our dad at age 19 and had her first child at 20. 
She had a total of six children. 
Lived on a farm, milked Jersey cows, 
grew a huge garden,worked very hard 
and LOVD to sew.
She taught us how to sew when we were five years old. 
She was creative, hard working, community minded and said girls can do anything! 
To honor our Mom,
 we've called our business 
"Helen's Daughters!" 
(Helen is on the left hand side and she's standing with her sisters - Mary and Murna.)

The Price of a Helen's Daughters Handbag

 

We often have questions about how we price a handbag?
 Here's a simple breakdown. 
Our upholstery fabrics are $12 to $60 a yard 
(many handbags can take more than a half a yard upholstery fabric), 
we use a quality taffeta for lining, a interlining, buttons, thread, beads, tassels, cording, etc.
 Then there's studio - 
electricity, heating, insurance, 
sewing machines, sergers, scissors, pins, paper, and more. 
Art fair fees, hotels, gas in van, website, 
printed materials, postage. 
All this goes into the price of a handbag. 
We appreciate you all
 and how wonderfully you have supported us over the years. 
Thanks! Char and Mariella

A Pile of Tablet Carriers

 

Sundays work...Tablet carriers.
We love working with pattern and color.
A simple pile of carriers - a pile of art.