How Ziggydo And Bodylicious Bath & Body Care Started- Part 2

Well I didn't mean for it to take me 3 days to finish my story about how my businesses got their start but my littlest guy turned around and got sick.  So I have been taking care of him, which has turned out to be constant.

This is how Ziggydo got started and got its name.  I really have been sewing for a little over 20 years now.  I love it so much.   I love the idea of being able to turn a piece of fabric into something useful or something beautiful to look at.  I don't make a lot of clothes.  Maybe every once in a while I will make some pajamas for my boys or something like that.  But my true love it art quilts.  There are some extremely talented men and women out there that can make pictures with fabric that are amazing.  For over 13 years now I have been going to the International Quilt Festival here in Houston with my mom, who is a great art quilter.  You would be so impressed with all of the wonderful quilts that are on display.  Unfortunately, many of my favorite quilts on display tend to be the ones that we are not allowed to take pictures of.

My Ziggydo shop is really just a way for me to shop for and play with fabrics.  I love to shop for new fabrics.  I generally make bags of all kinds, hooded bath towels (where I add some of my great fabrics to), pillowcases, and aprons.  I have been thinking about adding some chair covers to my line.  They will be for kids to put over their chairs and they will have pockets on the back of them for the youngsters to put their crayons and books in when they are not using them.  Kind of like a little storage place.  They will be made to go onto any size chairs.  I have been thinking about making these for some time now.  I got the idea when my son's teacher asked me to make them for the class.  If I decide to do this, I will post pictures of my different fabrics.
So far my hooded bath towels have been my biggest success.  I do sell them online at my esty shop.  http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ziggydo?section_id=10077096
I do sell them at 2 different farmers markets that I attend during the week.  It is really fun watching all the kids faces light up when their parents or grandparents buy them a towel.  I love it.
I got the name ZiggyDo after our dog.  Last year, we lost both of our dogs within a 2 month time span.  One of the dogs we have had for 16 years and the other one  was 11.   That was probably one of the hardest times in my life.  At the time we adopted another dog very soon after our 11 year old died.  It was one of the best things that we could have done.  It did take away some of the grief that could have been there.  We also thought it would be good for our boys to help them deal with the other dogs deaths.  We named our new dog who is now 1, Ziggy.  He is a good dog but still gets himself into trouble.  I think once the puppy stage wears off then he will be a great dog.  But I decided to name my business after him because he symbolized hope and new beginnings.  And new beginnings are a really good thing.