Change room ideas ...

I am having some issues with my change room.

It takes too long to put up and it blows around when it's windy and I'm afraid someone will be exposed ... not in a good way

Any ideas on change rooms that are quick and easy to put up, compact in size and easily carted in a regular car?

Thanks for your help ...

Win some clips for your comment ...

After a hectic week of madly running around town tracking down my much needed fabric I finally located some and after dragging it all home I managed to outdo my record and waved my magic wand and made 45 dresses and skirts in 3 days. My machines are now in need of servicing!


The dresses have been gaining some interest and although I have been making and wearing them for 7 years it seems they have finally found a little piece of limelight.

On Sunday Pete helped me to run the stall and I am so glad he was there because we were on a corner (yay) but I needed to do a bit of rearranging to accomodate that but it was great. Then after we finished setting up it seemed our neighbours had decided not to show up. The events manager asked us if we would be able to spread out and fill the space which we managed to do quite easily (didn't realise I had so much stuff!)

We had a fun hectic crazy day ... even though one lady tried to bargain down a $95 silk dress, with hand embroidered flowers and beading to $30 which I had to refuse ... she seemed a little cross.

Most people seem to understand that the Young Designer Markets are about Independent QLD Designers, who (mostly) have not mass produced cheap articles.

I hand make with care and a bit of love everything I take with me. I source the fabrics or parts, I create and design the patterns or clips, I cut, pin and sew everything.

My prices are relative and fair, they are in fact quite cheap because I don't have the overheads associated with a store, but I cannot sell a dress for less than the fabric cost.

Let me know what you think and you could win these ...

Weird Science ...

The last week of school before the holidays Erin had a Wacky Science day where all the kids were invited to dress as Mad Scientists or Professors and they spent the day in the Hall conducting experiments and testing their theories.

To dress Erin up we made her an ID badge and she chose a wig and wacky clothes with a cape and we poked out the shades of a pair of old sunglasses and ...ta da!

Professor Erin

Marking me today ... L-O-V-E

Tonight I had dinner with one of my closest and oldest friends ever.

As an army brat the types of friends you have fall into few categories, here today gone tomorrow or forever friends. As you get older some army kids manage to adapt to a life of the friend nomad. I managed ok by not trying too hard, a balance of holding in and letting in which can be quite tricky, especially as you enter your teens. By the time I was 16 I decided I had had enough moving and stayed behind when my parents got their next transfer ... admittedly I had to live with my grandma but it was worth it.

Tess is one of my forever friends, over the years we have meandered in and out of eachothers lives, going from irrationally obsessed BFF's to once a week catch ups and chill outs. I would trust her with my life. She is one of the true loves of my life. I met her when I was 14 and we were friends as soon as we spoke. We've been friends ever since. This is more than half our lives and after all we have seen and lived over the last 19 years we live about 4 blocks from eachother. Pretty cool.

Another forever friend is Pete ... 17 years I have known Pete. We've loved, hated, love-hated, and loved all that time.

So this got me thinking about love ... l-o-v-e ... and what it means to all of us, on all levels ... friends, lovers, family ...











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Recovery 1,2,3 ...

Racecourse Rd Street Party was a great day and it was fantastic hanging with Pete all day.
I had a great day catching up with all the BrisStylettes and meeting a handful of new ones who came along.


My in-laws looked after the kids and brought them in for a look-see, they had a great time watching the Erth show and it was cool watching the Dinosaurs walk the streets.


Finally the weather has begun to really warm up and I can break out my dresses again



Now after a solid month of back to back markets every weekend all month it's time to recover and recuperate. Back to making more stock soon!


A lot of time will have to be devoted to cleaning up my sewing room which looks like it's been hit with a bomb. This also means it's a great time to get in there and remove some of the fabric I have stashed.

We'll be having a garage sale soon and I plan on using that time to clear out HEAPS of patterns and fabric and haby items and craft extras

Another big baby ...

This article was featured on MSN today

Indonesian woman gives birth to 8.7 kilo boy

Image: Getty

In the article they make mention of other large babies born all over the world. The largest recorded baby was born to Anna Bates in Canada in 1879. The baby weighed 23lbs 12oz (10.8kg) and measured 30" (76.2cm) in length.

I thought this was really crazy so I looked it up and what the media hype leaves out is that Anna Bates was a giant. She was about 8 feet tall and worked for PT Barnum until she met Martin Van Buren who himself was no little dude coming in at 7 feet 22". He was also known as the 'Kentucky Giant'.


Anna and Martin Van Buren pictured with a man of average height

These gigantic people would of course have genes that preclude gigantic children. Sadly neither of their children survived (perhaps due to a genetic problem?)

Anyway ....

BrisStyle crashes Racecourse Rd Street Party

Let's Party....BrisStyle!

The BrisStyle Indie Designers are crashing the Racecourse Rd Street Party in Hamilton this weekend so put your dancin' shoes on and shimmy on down to get your hands on the HOTest handmade in Brisbane:

Gorgeous Children's ware, loveable Softies and Wooden toys, Handbags, Accessories, Jewellery, Eco Homewares and fabric, Pet ware, Vintage re-creations and much, much more!

We'll be right out the front of the home of our Markets

St Augustine's Church grounds right in the heart of
Racecourse Rd.

See you all there!

SUNDAY 20th SEPTEMBER

10:00am - 5pm

In the meantime visit us all online at:

http://bris-style.com/

http://brisstyle.blogspot.com/

Racecourse Rd Street Party, Brisbane Festival 20th Sept 2009

Free live music across four stages, countless food, craft and art market stalls, music and dance workshops and hairstyles that would make Marie Antoinette look like a minimalist, make the Racecourse Road Street Party the ultimate day out.

Kitty Boo Boo and many more BrisStylettes will have stalls there as well as a communal BrisStyle stall showcasing works of members

The entertainment line up includes The Gin Club, funk party band Pablo Discobar, jazz and hip hop from Jumbledat, dub and reggae courtesy of Dubdoubt, and every genre of music from countless artists including Hungry Kids of Hungary, Tara Simmons, Dubmarine, Pear and the Awkward Orchestra and Resin Dogs.

A new Latin Quarter provides tango performances and workshops, plus soulful tunes and spicy grooves to get everyone in the street on their feet. Those brave enough can visit Spanish performance artists Osadia for a truly hair-raising hair style. Families won't miss out with Erth’s dinosaur performance ‘The Petting Zoo’ fabulous street performers and plenty of free kids' activities including face painting and workshops make it a fantastic day out.

Get involved or just grab a glass of wine at one of Racecourse Road's many cafes and restaurants, relax and watch the crowds enjoy one of Brisbane's best street parties

Full programme here

Kustom Kulture Markets 13th Sept

Kustom Krafts Markets

SUN 13th September

11am - 5pm

PADDINGTON HALL
10 Moreton St
Paddington, Brisbane

The bi monthly market is on again and set to be the best Kustom Kulture Market yet with 20 + stalls with the coolest of cool for you to spend your hard earned dough on.

WHO IS HAVING A STALL

Silk Orchid Corsetry -stunning handmade corsets
Elusive Truth-Cute hair accessories and clothing
Kitty Boo Boo - Hair accessories, Alternative and Rockabilly clothing
Asylum In Red- Handmade alternative threads
Werewolf Society- Gothic handmade accessories and clothing
Pretty Little Birdie-Kawaii clothing, corsets and accessories
Deadly Sexxy Fashions- New Gothic and alternative wear
Cowpunkabilly- Mens and womens western shirts and gear
My Little Rockabilly- Vintage Clothing, Jewellery and modern novelty kitsch
Libbie- Selling awesome vintage clothing mens and womens
Emily- Selling clothing from her gorgeous wardrobe
La La Vintage- 1950's clothing
Eclectic Mix- Handmade indie styled clothing
Jean Wheatley- Atomic/ eames era furniture and handbags
Missy and Chris Kohii- Photography, bric a brac, second hand clothes
3 Burlesque babes are having a joint stall selling second hand goodies
Discraced Angel Accessories- Cute jewellery and accessories
Zabbar- Retro alternative clothing for guys and gals
Xelyna Gothic Lolita-Handmade clothing
Classic Vintage- 20's- 80's gear
The Zed- selling food, bric a brac and car gear
Marees Vintage- vintage buttons, craft items, and bags
Tiki Beat - Hand carved tiki's, mugs by artist marcus thorn
Black Fridays- Punk, Psychobilly gear,stickers, tiki mugs
Karie- Her collection from the past 20 years, bric a brac,sewing,clothes, vintage heaven

FREE Bag pattern giveaway and a stash clear out ...

Hi all

Massively busy over here at the moment, more markets coming up and after doing two in a row last weekend I am tired but happy and yet ... OUT OF STOCK of hairclips.

I wont be posting much this month so in the in between here's something for you!

A pattern for 2 bags (one bag is in 2 sizes) from Dragonfly Studios
and
a pattern for 3 bags in varying styles from McCalls.

All you need to do is leave a comment here at the end of this post with your contact details and if you don't already follow me then join the follow me crowd in the left scroll bar.
This giveaway is running until 30th September - Good Luck!

If you like to sew, knit, embroider, glue stuff, cut stuff up or generally make stuff head over to my e-Bay store whilst I clean out my stash ... I have SO MUCH stuff going in there will be new stuff added at least once weekly. I still have to list some vintage 50's patterns and some current season patterns too ...

Kitty Boo Boo's Attic

This is a growing monster because I have been 'collecting' fabric, patterns, crafty stuff et al for over 10 years. I need a big overhaul so my sewing room is more like a studio and less like a shipping container.

Hooroo ...