the Shop

Today I'm feeling totally miserable (horrid snotty cold that came out of nowhere!) so instead of trying to do anything constructive I thought I'd do some long overdue blog updating, and tell you about
It will be in the western suburbs of Brisbane, at River Hills - I don't have a set opening date yet, but will be updating (semi-)regularly on here as the fit-out progresses. If you hadn't guessed, lol, I'm pretty excited!!

There will be nappies (of course!) hopefully a good variety of brands of MCN and accessories.
Plus you will also be able to get all the supplies you need for making your own nappies - hemp, bamboo, PUL, microfleece, 80% cotton velour, snaps, velcro/touchtape, elastic, and more.
Maybe even wool and knitting gear ;o)
A snap service for snap repairs and/or snapping nappies you have sewn.
We're also looking at running small nappy sewing workshops if there is interest.
Plus lots more ever-evolving ideas!!

So there it is - a real-life shop, where you can see and pat the nappies before you buy them. Plus you can see and feel the fabrics, and ask questions about nappy making and fabric combinations etc.
And then take everything home with you straight away - no waiting for that fluffy-mail fix! What more could you want?? ;o)

June already!

Hasn't that gone fast!?!

I had a June 3rd deadline to have Rhiannon's communion/confirmation dress finished... and I've made it with days to spare! (well, I still need to do the hand finishing on the jacket, but that's only a half hour job) Photos are here.

Moving the website to the new domain and server seems to have mostly gone ok, there are a couple of niggly errors still, but they don't affect the working of the cart, just look bad. I'm still working on finding out what the problem is. (If you're a tech genius and can tell me how to fix it, please do, lol!! I'll give you a nappy!!)

So now, back to the grindstone to get some stock into the store and finish getting things organised for my special project - things should start happening pretty soon!!

just letting you all know

That I will be transferring the store to a new host over the next 24hrs. I'm not expecting to have much in the way of downtime, but figured I'd say something just in case there are some unforseen glitches. (which usually happens somewhere along the line, lol!) Wish me luck!

another update

Oops, I've been totally slack again and haven't updated for a while! We're all back to being mostly healthy now though, which is good!

I have quite a few fleece pockets to list as soon as I've finished snapping, and some seconds too, so keep an eye out for them going up soon.

Plus I have lots of exciting plans in the pipeline at the moment! I'll post more about them as they get closer to happening, but it's all going to be very cool!! :o)

totally miserable

Well, my darling children have shared their rotten cold with me, so I am feeling snotty, sneezy and totally miserable and sorry for myself :o(
Apologies to those waiting on stuff, I think I've managed to email all of you, but if I missed anyone out, I'm sorry, and I'll be getting things done as soon as my nose stops dripping like a tap!

spot the booboo competition!

Here's how it works ;o)
When we were making the curtains for the back, we made a booboo! (oops)
Mum assures me it's not really noticeable, but *I* noticed it! So I thought I'd put the theory to the test, and offer a custom slot for one nappy to the first person who can tell me what I stuffed up!
Post your answers in the comments here!

Here's the photo... good luck girls!

post school holidays musings...

Today was the first day back to school, yay!!
I'd love to say that it was an incredibly productive day and now my house is shiny and spotless and I got heaps of sewing done, but that would probably be exaggerating slightly ;o)

We moved into our house just over 3 years ago now, and soon afterwards I bought fabric to make curtains... Well, the curtains for Rhiannon's room got done straight away, the curtains for the loungeroom were done 6mths later, but the fabric for the boys' curtains has been cut and sitting there making me feel guilty for 2 1/2 years now! I bought fabric to do curtains for the rumpus room about 2 years ago... it's been all cut and sitting around waiting to be sewn for 18mths now!
Anyway, on the weekend I asked DH if he could put up some shelves for me in the cupboard in the boys' room. He has resorted to blackmail/bribery, and said he'd do them when I did the curtains! So when my mum came to visit the last couple of days, we've been pinning and sewing curtains! They're not quite finished yet, but I've hung them up so I can measure the hems, so I thought I'd take some photos to make this post a bit more interesting.

So, here's the before and after shots (excuse the mess!)

Back - before

Back - after

Front - before

Front - after