cutest dress ever Rockablilly dress

well i haven't been here for a while i finally got motivated and created a new dress....

Cutest dress ever, this dress features beautiful rockabilly red rose with a black & white stripe design and Rockabilly Tattoo Butterfly Rose Cherry Red Fabric

Revamped ALine skirts....

Well decided the lace had to go from a few of my ALine skirts....
These two images show the skirt as they orginally looked...

 And this image is how they look now i think they look pretty cute ......

The fabrics are all cotton with spots, stripes, skulls, crosses and a little bit of lace thrown in....

Slouchy Little Hobo Bag

With the black market behind me it is time to get creative....

I had some fabric which i meant to make myself a coat but have decided it would look kind of cool as a bag, so the  Slouchy Little Hobo Bag has been created....

You can either wear you hobo short or sling it over with the longer length strap, the strap is a continuous circle through the reinforced ends of the bag.

The inside of the hobo bag is lined with black shantung; there is also a pocket inside the bag

Bag dimensions and other stuff

Colours: Charcoal, Black Shantung Lining
Measurements: Width=flattened 17”, Bag Height = 18”, Bag Overall Height including strap =26”, strap extended 34"
Pockets on outside and inside of the bag

The Black Market is getting closer

Still sewing for the black market......

And sewing

And sewing

Any one interested here is a flyer for the black market that you could pass on to friends....

Huge Sunflower

went along to the Ballarat Community Garden Annual Harvest Festival, how amazing are those vegie plots make me want to get into mine...

But what really impressed me was this huge sunflower seed head , that is my sisters hand on it, amazing.

A few more Black Market ideas..

A few more sewing hours and some more Black Market ideas...

and a customer request.....

 Must get back to it.... only a few days holidays left... really not looking forward to going back to work...

Been to Porland .....

Well i spent the weekend in Portland, was not sure what to expect but i must so i had a rather excellent time.
One of the highlights would have to be the Maremma dogs, they are used to guard a colony of nesting gannet birds at Point Danger near Portland, however i think the dogs must get a bit lonely....but a beautiful dog....below are some of the photos i took.

busy sewing for The BLACK MARKET

Some of my crazy creations for The BLACK MARKET , lots of lace of course and stripes and layers and skulls and pin stripe

Discovered Upcycling

Decovered upcycling to day....

No that is not riding a bicycle up a hill, i cant do that.....


Take one red skirt

cut of bottom
add a cute cherry flounce
add some cute lace
add some grommet tape detail

Result a cute red skirt with cherries and lace


Must try this again, i thinks it turned out really well

The Black Market SUN APRIL 15th

Well been busy sewing for The BLACK MARKET - SUN APRIL 15th , if you are interested the details are

7 Eunson Avenue Northcote
(off St Georges Rd down by the Merri Creek)
12noon to 5pm things for sale will mostly be

The big Gothy Garage Sale

Open to all to buy & sell but it is the Black Market so aimed at more unusual types so the more unusual your wares to sell the better - new things, old things...it all sells!

"Clothes - lace, velvet, PVC, satin, leather, pinstripe, feathers, band t-shirts,
fishnet, brocade, tartan, sparkles
Accessories - bags, boots, shoes, corsets, hats, capes, jewelery, shawls, belts, badges, fans, wigs
Stuff - Art, books, magazines, DVD's, pictures, musical instruments, photography equipment, kids toys, computer bits, games, vinyl, collectibles, CD’s, cakes, relishes, jams, comics, bric-a-brac, antiquities, junk, munchies …

Goth, Steam Punk, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Punk, Ska, Hippy, Emo, Metal, Cyber ...lots of black" 
visit facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-BLACK-MARKET/116045751756988?v=wall for more details.

Also a request via etsy to sew a dress, haven't followed a pattern for a while so hope it turns out ok....i hate button holes especially as i have to make them by hand...

Went to Joys Fabric Warehouse yesterday web site http://www.joysfabricwarehouse.com.au/, spent lots of money on cool fabric.....

vest with crazy makeup

No cat fight here, just some crazy makeup. very effective though.

The vest I made today, and Sunday it will be at melbourne big day out.

wet washing hanging on the line...

 Some very cute washing, did not mind doing this lot, so many projects to make.

More spotted tulle...

Happy new year to all...

Created another skirt ..... made from purple hand dyed fabric, and purple spotted tulle. On the edge is some eyelet lace and purple satin ribbon...