tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73000801604583042502024-03-19T22:42:22.085+10:00mangolimemangolime is a small business where i make and sell modern cloth nappies and other baby accessories.annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-47635635457146377902011-09-20T23:26:00.000+10:002011-09-20T23:26:45.350+10:00from Lothlorien to the 21st century in a day.....I do realise it has been an unforgivably long time since I have blogged. My excuses abound. And I'm not quite sure where to start. Maybe I'll just start with today. Today I had a day at home with Arlo, where I finished off two projects. It strikes me as very funny that one of these projects was to recreate something from Middle Earth (whenever that was) and the other was for an object that is the height of modernity. From quivers to kindles. Voila.<br />
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A quiver (you know, slung over the back to carry arrows right? When fighting orcs and such) for my nephew's birthday. It is a Lord of the Rings party and he is, most appropriately, dressing as Legolas. <br />
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</div>The quiver is made of leather-look vinyl and leather thong criss crossing up the seam. It is a rough job, but I think it'll do. This photo makes it look like the detail on an s&m costume. It really doesn't in real life (I hope).<br />
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I found this glass pendant in Spotlight and it looked appropriately Elvish to me. The sortof thing that Legolas would have had tucked away in case of Evil or to conjure up some of lembas. It is tied into the s&m-ish leather string. <br />
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And then I finished off two kindle covers for my twin niece's birthdays a few weeks ago. <br />
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They individually chose their favourite fabrics from my stash, and both ended up with orange birds. So twins.<br />
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I do love the inners they chose:<br />
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And now I feel able to move backwards from today, and try and cover the last 4 weeks. So many things have happened. All absolutely lovely things really. I went to Bali for a week, with my brother, sister, and bestie. Those of you who have been to Bali know what bliss it is. Here is bit of taste. (And I do literally mean taste. I Could Not Stop Eating the entire time I was there. This seems to be a bit of theme for me on holidays. It confirms my suspicion that I do not actually have a small appetite, I am just lazy and will gladly pig out if someone else is doing the cooking....)<br />
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Oh masakan padang, how I miss thee.<br />
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Then straight after Bali I went to Timor Leste with my little family. The first few days were for a conference and the launch of the new <a href="http://workingwomenscentretimor-leste.blogspot.com/">Working Women's Centre Timor Leste</a>. Extremely inspiring. The next few days were just pure family holiday on Atauro Island. Bliss.<br />
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Then we returned and it was back to normal life, which included unpacking, washing, new work days for me, new childcare for Arlo, visitors, a goofy wobbly tooth for Jarrah, losing the 'a' on our laptop keyboard (trgedy), and somewhere in there trying my hardest to find my sewing mojo.<br />
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And in the midst of all that I turned (ahem) 40 (I know. 40! Weird. I keep forgetting it is true. Even though every day Arlo wears the "I am 40!" badge my mother-in-law kindly sent me....). But I was quite overwhelmed with the love and presents I received from so many incredible people I am lucky to have in my life.annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-59468805731012847742011-08-22T22:08:00.000+10:002011-08-22T22:08:01.281+10:00Something a little bit specialI have met a lovely woman in Darwin who makes her own nappies - they are veritable works of art, with ruffles and applique and all sorts of bells and whistles. We decided to collaborate on a special set for September, and this is what we came up with. <br />
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An exquisite pocket nappy by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zoo-Baby/194008497303630">Zoo!Baby</a><br />
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And a matching peasant dress (size 1) by mangolime:<br />
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And matchy matchy clips. Could not help myself. <br />
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Coordinating echino fabrics, don't you just love it?<br />
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To be in the running to nab these, you will need to check out the <a href="http://www.zoo-baby.com/">Zoo!Baby website </a>on Sunday September 4th. They will be previewing soon and then they will go "live" to purchase mode on the set time.<br />
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In the meantime, I am off to Bali and then East Timor for a couple of weeks, so jalan jalan to you all my friends!annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-32682372818712082762011-08-09T13:45:00.000+10:002011-08-09T13:45:42.452+10:00keep 'em comingAnd another custom order completed this week. I am on a roll!<br />
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This one is for Ruth.<br />
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One cherry nappy wallet:<br />
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And one pair of Seaside Fickle shorts:<br />
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Winging their way to you today, Ruth.annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-91562816399939609602011-08-06T13:21:00.000+10:002011-08-06T13:21:40.441+10:00more customsI am churning out customs right now. <br />
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These ones are for Stacey:<br />
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And these are for Naomi, going all the way to Thailand! (Surely I need to hand deliver them....?)<br />
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In the process of making this skirt, I have perfected my double seam inset pockets (which, <a href="http://mangolimenappies.blogspot.com/2011/03/pockets.html">as you may already know</a>, I am a strong advocate for), and have also managed to take my love of piping to a new level. Have I told you how much I love piping? I haven't? It is so much fun to make, and so easy. Perhaps a piping tutorial will be on the cards in the future. And I just love the finish it gives. Very 40's. <br />
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And then on the back, I did some applique. I love this goose. Something both cute and spooky about that profile, and the dangly legs.<br />
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The facing is from Jessica Jones fabric.<br />
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The magpie goose fabric is hand screen-printed by the women of Maningrida (an Aboriginal community in East Arnhem land). It is pricey, but so it should be. Stunning designs and colours and prints. Can't wait to get more of this. <br />
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I am getting more into making adult's skirts now, especially with these beautiful fabrics. The one I made for mum is still going strong:<br />
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And my last-minute conference skirt:<br />
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</div><div align="left">Ok. Time to get back to work and stop showing photos of champagne.</div>annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-35024453618603464872011-07-25T20:07:00.001+10:002011-07-25T20:07:34.688+10:00Long time no blogIts been quiet here, I know. School holidays hey? Do they do your head in too? Loved the routineless days, late nights, camping, trips, friends, family. Hated the early mornings (despite the late nights), the need for Constant Entertainment, and the time away from mangolime. I tell you, I have been yearning for some intimacy with just me and my sewing machine.<br />
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I managed to squeeze a bit of sewing in. Some customs:<br />
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A pair of pants for my little friend Luka's 2nd birthday. I adapted the pattern from <a href="http://www.dana-made-it.com/2011/03/kid-pants-series-adding-flat-front.html">MADE's flat front pants pattern</a> - if you don't yet know her blog you must check it out. I used the last of my very precious Far Far Away unicorns fabric. Ach, the sacrifices....<br />
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The highlight of our holidays had to have bee a trip to Luna Park (Sydney) with my oldest. Just me and him. Quality time. Slightly vomitous (the rides, not the company). But the beauty of that place gets me. Especially Coney Island and its genuine olde-worlde charm. <br />
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I'll be back soon with a heap of customs, a new creation that I am in love with, a possible exciting collaboration or two, and of course a stocking, At some point. Missed you! Hope your school holidays have not left you slightly insane.annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-64723377628843937522011-06-28T20:26:00.001+10:002011-06-28T20:47:17.185+10:00And the winner is.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeLFwHSjSHpLmHOxN3cZanrDNgqV7UuS0aStFfVlwr592xRKV80Um_0WuAB7ZJcTNsDUQccY7QK4Kgqsjs2EtpwWbwxVaH1u9cZtpmYYHTMmfVsNbBUuU7kJrtqTYdypl9LJly3Nx-gN4i/s1600/finished4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeLFwHSjSHpLmHOxN3cZanrDNgqV7UuS0aStFfVlwr592xRKV80Um_0WuAB7ZJcTNsDUQccY7QK4Kgqsjs2EtpwWbwxVaH1u9cZtpmYYHTMmfVsNbBUuU7kJrtqTYdypl9LJly3Nx-gN4i/s640/finished4.jpg" width="620px" /></a></div><br />
The winner of the patchy cot sheet (drawn by random.org, though I can't for the life of me get the little widgetty thing to show up here) is Tania. I have just checked out Tania's blog too and it is beautiful - <a href="http://ivynest.blogspot.com/">Ivy Nest </a>- yet another gorgeous blog to add to my reader!<br />
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Tania I hope it is that lovely little baby of yours that will be snuggling on this sheet - what a chocolate box baby!<br />
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Thank you all for entering, and I truly do hope some of you follow the tute and make a cot sheet - please let me know if you do!annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-39175930824687866802011-06-23T09:47:00.000+10:002011-06-23T09:47:54.169+10:00Patchy Cot Sheet Tutorial and a giveaway!So the stars all aliged yesterday, with sewing mojo in abundance, 'helpful' 3 year old and nothing major scheduled, to enable me to do this tutorial. This is a tutorial for the cot sheet I showed <a href="http://mangolimenappies.blogspot.com/2011/06/scraps-for-lullaby.html">the other day</a>, which I made for my friend's new little baby girl, and I had such fun making it, and it was so super easy, and such a fabulous way to use up scraps, that I thought I would share the secret with you all. Now this is my first ever tutorial so I hope it is ok! Its picture heavy, but that is how I learn best so hopefully it works for you too.<br />
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<strong>Oh, and because I am feeling generous today, I will make this a giveaway too. Are you excited? To win the sheet in this tutorial, you simply have to comment under this blogpost in the next week.</strong><br />
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<strong>You can get up to 2 additional entries by: </strong><br />
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<strong>2. Share this giveaway on your facebook or blog page, and leave a 3rd comment here letting me know you have done this</strong><br />
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<strong>A winner will be picked randomly on 28th June. Good luck!The winner will be announced here on my blog and also on my facebook page.</strong><br />
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So, on with the show:<br />
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<u><strong>Patchy Cot Tutorial (so easy even a 3 year old can (think</strong> <strong>they can) make it)</strong></u><br />
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<strong>What you need:</strong><br />
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<ul><li><em>(Note: this is to fit a standard cot mattress, 70 cm wide x 130 cm long x 10 cm deep)</em></li>
<li>Scraps of wonderful fabric (enough to make a strip that is 114cm long and about 20 cm high)</li>
<li>2 pieces of cream (or whatever takes your fancy) flanellette, 114cm x 88cm and 114cm x68cm (annoyingly, the flanellette at Spotlight (insert swear word here) comes in 110 cm widths, 112 cm widths and 88 cm widths, making for some quick Year 10 maths conniptions at the counter....)</li>
<li>Around 150cm of elastic, 6-8mm width</li>
<li>Coordinating Thread</li>
</ul>Now I must admit I did most of this on an overlocker. It makes it so much easier and cuts out heaps of steps. BUT you could easily do this whole thing on a standard sewing machine. You would just need to add 2 cms all round for extra seam allowance and hemming. <br />
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<strong>Step 1 - creating your patchwork strip</strong><br />
Cut out 20cm long strips from your scrap stash. You can choose to coordinate, or be radical and just go for it. Whatever. I chose a basic theme of red and just picked out stuff that went well together. Each strip should be 20 cm long. The width is less important, and I quite like the look of varying widths. You will need enough scraps to make a strip that is 114cm wide when they are all sewn together. So to be safe, make it about 120cm. (A tip: put the strips from fabric you don't LOVE the most (I know you love all your fabrics equally) on the ends, as these will be tucked under the mattress on the finished sheet). <br />
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Join all your strips together into a loooong strip. You can either overlock or sew them. I chose overlocking. <br />
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Arlo pressed the pedal for me. He is good at stopping and starting on command. Does rev a bit too much though....<br />
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Then press down the seams so they all face the same way.<br />
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("This is the boring part", says Arlo, knowingly.)<br />
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Now you are attaching your long patchwork strip to your two pieces of flanellette. If you are now cutting out your two flanellette pieces, you can make sure you get a 'true' (ie straight) edge by ripping rather than cutting. 3 year olds are good at this.<br />
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(Look at that face. "You mean, I'm <em>allowed </em>to rip this? Awesome! What <em>else</em> can I rip Mama???")<br />
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Place one long side of the patchwork strip against the long side of the first piece of flanellette (it doesn't matter which one you start with). Make sure both pieces of fabric are right sides together. Line them up edge to edge and overlock them (or sew). Repeat for the other side of the patchwork strip.<br />
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Press both seams down and topstitch them - I used a contrasting thread (red) and a decorative stitch.<br />
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<strong>Step 3 - creating corners</strong><br />
Now lay the whole sheet down and fold it in half lengthways. Measure a 20cm x 20cm square from each corner and cut out (so you are cutting through two layers of the flanellette in one hit).<br />
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Now take the two cut sides of each corner, and overlock or sew them right sides together. Repeat for all four corners. (Sorry I didn't get a shot of this step).<br />
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<strong>Step 4 - elasticising</strong><br />
Overlock around the entire perimeter of the sheet (or, if using a sewing machine, hem by folding in half a centimetre, press, and then fold in another half a centimetre and sew).<br />
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OK slightly tricky step here. (But this'll be a breeze if you've ever made a cloth nappy!) Change your sewing machine stitch to the elastic stitch, aka the 3 step zig-zag stitch. On mine it looks like this (number 6 stitch):<br />
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Now measure 30cm from either side of the corner seam, at the perimeter of the sheet. Use your fabric marker to put a little dot at each point (on the wrong side). Place the elastic slightly to the left of the edge (on the wrong side), and tack it in place at the first dot. (Don't precut your elastic, just feed it off the roll as you sew). Now stitch the elastic down all the way to the second dot, pulling it as tight as you possibly can with your left hand, and using your right hand to pull it fairly taut behind the needle. (or vice versa if you are left handed). When you get to the second dot, tack it down again, and cut. Repeat with all four corners.<br />
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Sewing the elastic a bit to the left of the overlocked (or hemmed) edge gives it a nice little ruffle. You can just see it in the blurry back part of this picture:<br />
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I hope this all makes sense. And I would <em>love </em>to see if any of you make one.<br />
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A winner will be picked randomly on 28th June. The winner will be announced here on my blog and also on my facebook page. Good luck!annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-45939875517917683462011-06-21T10:53:00.000+10:002011-06-21T10:53:52.733+10:00Can't. Stop. Buying. Fabric.If only fabric designers would stop doing their thing, then I could stop buying fabric. But when all this sort of stuff is coming out, <em>daily</em>, I just cannot help myself. Echino is definately my poison:<br />
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And I finally succumbed to Sherbet Pips.<br />
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One day I will stop buying. May need a bit of support at that point. Fabric-rehab style. One step at a time.annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-29920664968163690392011-06-20T17:53:00.000+10:002011-06-20T17:53:40.593+10:00Scraps for a lullabyI have just finished making this present for my friend's new little baby Soleil. It is a cot sheet, made from flanellette (its been cold here! truly!) and scraps from some of my favourite fabrics in green and purple. She has been lamenting the over-abundance of pink for little girls (or maybe the under-abundance of other colours) so I hope this helps. These sheets are so easy to make, and such a good way to use up scraps, and I am thinking about doing a tutorial for how to make one on my blog soon.<br />
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And <em>this </em>is exactly how it is meant to be used:<br />
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Doesn't that just make you want to go to the beach <em>immediately</em>?annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-72332367281795359112011-06-16T20:53:00.000+10:002011-06-16T20:53:30.770+10:00My 5 minutes of fame (not even)I was so very very chuffed to have one of my nappies pop up on <a href="http://melodymiller.typepad.com/ruby_star_rising/2011/06/its-a-fun-post-really.html">Melody Miller's blog</a>. She is the super-talented fabric designer, responsible for one of my favourite new fabrics, the funky retro viewfinders. I am just feeling very cool by association......annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-54736609487329882882011-06-10T15:43:00.000+10:002011-06-10T15:43:10.507+10:00June stockingThe Jue mangolime stocking will be on Monday June 13th at 8pm Darwin time. Happy Birthday Queenie (republican though I am). All stock can now be previewed on the <a href="http://www.mangolime.com.au/category.php?SC=14">site</a>.<br />
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There is also quite a lot available <em>now</em> on <a href="http://www.mangolime.com.au/category.php?SC=10">the site</a> in the clothing range:<br />
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So off to Bondi Beach (my old stomping ground) is this Figtree nappy wallet:<br />
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Along with the rest of the Firefly Collective's and guest WAHM's offerings, they can all be previewed <a href="http://fireflycollective.com.au/congo.php?VM=1">here</a>, and can be purchased from 8pm, (NT time) on Sunday May 22nd from the Firefly Collective website. There is so much other beautiful stuff there - what a lot of talented handcrafters we have in Australia!annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-37663725374654816432011-05-15T17:29:00.000+10:002011-05-15T17:29:49.929+10:00FireflyI have been busy working on my items for the <a href="http://www.fireflycollective.com.au/">Firefly Collective </a>stocking on May 22nd at 8pm NT time, at which I am honoured to be a guest WAHM. My items will be previewed next week (as will all the other WAHMs') so be sure to check it out. These stockings are really popular so you need to get in quick if you want something! Each month the Collective picks a theme, and the members produce wearable works of art inspired by that theme. This month's theme is "On a Wing" and here is just a little teaser:<br />
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In other news mangolime will be at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129918283752089">Childbirth Education Association's modern cloth nappy showcase</a> on Friday June 3rd at Friday, June 3 at 10am in the Nightcliff Community Centre Meeting Room in Bauhinia St. If you are a local Darwinite this is a great chance to come along and see mangolime nappies in real life, as well as other brands that will be displayed and for sale. I did this showcase last year and it was so much fun meeting customers and their babies. <br />
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I will not be doing a regular stocking in May, as I have been busy with the Firefly stocking and getting enough stock to look respectable at the CEA showcase, but there will be a normal stocking in June, sometime....<br />
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Happy Sunday!annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-58881689033691219872011-05-07T12:54:00.000+10:002011-05-07T12:54:12.902+10:00More customsI have dresses coming out my ears today! Finishing off these custom orders.<br />
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2 dresses for Dan's little Scarlett.<br />
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The first is a grassy plains peasant dress. I am still so in love with this fabric. It never gets old. It feels to me like a weird and wonderful dreamscape that you can lose yourself in.<br />
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And here is a dress for Nadja's Maxie.<br />
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I have been starting to open up some custom slots on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mangolime">my facebook page</a>. I have decided to have about 5 slots open at a time, so as I finish off one or two I'll open some more. For those who aren't on facebook and would like a custom, you could email me your request and I'll let you know if there is space. There is currently a 4 week wait on customs.<br />
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In other news, I won't be doing a regular stocking for May because of the Firefly Collective gig. Will show you what I'm working on for that soon!annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-28178442175706647612011-05-07T12:19:00.000+10:002011-05-07T12:19:38.165+10:00Random actsSweet Mr mangolime bought me a present yesterday. For no reason. (Except it goes with all my cups).<br />
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Its the jug. Not the toy TV. Arlo set this shot up. I swear he's gonna be a stylist one day.<br />
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So last week I was the luckiest duck. I got to help my friend Libby give birth to her second baby. I didn't have to do much, just pass the Lucozade really, as Edward had it all under control and Libby was an amazon woman with all bases covered. Watching the slippery entrance of a baby into this world is always so incredibly awe-inspiring. No words can describe it really. So I'll not try.<br />
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I started on my first ever quilt in honour of baby Alexander <a href="http://mangolimenappies.blogspot.com/2011/03/quilt-virgin.html">a while ago </a>but other things got in the way, so I worked on it feverishly yesterday in the hope of unveiling it at afternoon tea with our friends, but some mishaps with invisible thread and mitred corners completely thwarted me, and the sensible side of me (there is one sometimes) said it was just dumb to try to learn new things 5 minutes before you need to do them perfectly. I had some more peaceful time today and finished it off. Along the way I was lucky to have some help from some very special quilting queens (<a href="http://patchandi.blogspot.com/">Andi</a>, <a href="http://patchandi.blogspot.com/">Bianca</a>), but I think they may quietly tsk tsk at my cutting corners and haphazardness. You know what though? I love it. In that hard-to-give-it-up way.<br />
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Bright hey? When I went to the local quilting shop to get some embroidery thread and proudly showed the shop owner she said (barely disguising her wrinkled nose of distate) "ooh, its very ... modern (said in the same tone you might say something like, um, "faeces-like"). <br />
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It is a white linen base, with circles on one side, 3 of which are embellished with hand stitching. The back has a strip of fabric patchwork near the bottom. It is quilted with straight lines pretty eyeballed far apart (technical hey?), and bound with blue and white striped binding. The batting is bamboo. And the thing is I actually think I love making quilts! It all makes sense to me now! As long as i can do it my own way and not have to follow someone else's style or pattern, I reckon I may even make another!<br />
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So here it is. There is some new stuff. As there always is. Including some "fickle" pieces for those whojust can't decide which fabric they like the best (this is me. Most days.)<br />
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Don't forget I will also have some stock at the <a href="http://mangolimenappies.blogspot.com/2011/04/fireflies.html">Firefly </a>stocking on May 22nd, to be previewed a few days before. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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But its all about fireflies over at mangolime because I have been selected as a guest WAHM (Work At Home Mum, not the George Michael thing) for the <a href="http://www.fireflycollective.com.au/">Firefly Collective's </a>May 22nd stocking! I am so excited and feel a bit like Charlie Bucket, upon unwrapping The Golden Ticket.<br />
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Now, what should I make.....?annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-81265578930187379462011-04-19T13:01:00.000+10:002011-04-19T13:01:24.844+10:00Ric rac<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_-zBPf4pPZZv8SrJqjY4pDSZca4lzWmW_JVMhPYmlVle46-0QeqgAFXoo-qQO1ZTWzRFUI3lAtoq9b_e2BNxgLrCzQLViYG1x8c8dxzGhx1YFwRtJ3PgnVUDPyMI03YiJDtspGtyv4FC/s1600/ricrac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_-zBPf4pPZZv8SrJqjY4pDSZca4lzWmW_JVMhPYmlVle46-0QeqgAFXoo-qQO1ZTWzRFUI3lAtoq9b_e2BNxgLrCzQLViYG1x8c8dxzGhx1YFwRtJ3PgnVUDPyMI03YiJDtspGtyv4FC/s640/ricrac.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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New obsession with ric rac. That's all.annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-5650857169826122112011-04-07T22:04:00.000+10:002011-04-07T22:04:10.809+10:00Everyone's a winner babyI distinctly remember the last time I won something. I was 8, and it was the school barbeque, and I won the raffle. The prize was this very weird contraption that was a futuristic (for then) pillow that you could plug into a tape recorder. The music or whatever was on the tape would then float into your head when you lay it down on the pillow. There was some strange suggestion on the box of plugging the pillow into a language tape and learning another language by osmosis in your sleep. More tempting than 6 years of French I can tell you. I gave it to my mum for mother's day, feeling extremely sophisticated. I'm not quite sure what happened to it, but I never did get to try the learn-a-language-in-your-sleep idea.<br />
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Thanks to the wonderful <a href="http://www.earthgirlfabrics.com.au/">Earthgirl.</a> YAY! Thank you! Always room for more Echino....<br />
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Now what do you think? Skirts? Dresses? Nappies?annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300080160458304250.post-33188880397473956582011-04-07T21:54:00.000+10:002011-04-07T21:54:24.662+10:00Another customOoh I'm churning them out this week! Have somehow worked out a way of doing bits and pieces with Arlo at my side. He won't work on his own projects like some kids will do when mum is sewing, he has to be right in there. And I mean RIGHT in there, with his head practically <em>in </em>the overlocker. But for the last few days he has been happy to hand me pins, and then put them back in the pin cushion (with a running commentary about red, gween and rello), and snip threads for me with the much-loved <a href="http://mangolimenappies.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-stocking.html">birdy scissors</a>, and help change overlocker threads. It all works OK as long as I have projects at the almost finished stage. <br />
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So here is the latest custom - another birdy peasant dress but this time with elephant sleeves. I would never have thought of pairing these fabrics, but I like it. This one went to Breezy.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">PS I am so embarrassed about all the spelling mistakes and typos in my last post. Me, an English teacher's daughter! My only excuse is that Arlo keeps picking the keys off the laptop and every time I put them back in they are still a bit wonky. Haven't had a functional "n" for ages.....it works, but only if you bash it. Not nice.</div>annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380630452799533779noreply@blogger.com0