Beautiful Bags

Well what a rainy start to our long weekend :-(. Good for the garden though and to fill up my water tanks. It also lends itself to just a little bit of sewing. I have finished a new load of bags all ready for the upcoming markets and was so pleased when I loaded them onto Miss Chiefs' Facebook page and a couple were sold within minutes - makes a lassy a little chuffed.
Miss Chief is gearing up for a give away so get yourself and all your friends all ready to comment madly.
I am not sure which of these bags are my favourite, certainly Purple Daze is grabbing the attention, but I also love the cheeky cowboy tote - just appeals to my sense of humour. I'll let you decide for yourself.

Beach Babies


Yippee Ki Yay
(A.K.A. as Spunky Trunks *grin*)


Yee Haw






Purple Daze (tote)


Purple Daze (shoulder)

I love them all, sometimes I think they are like my babies and its hard to sell them - but then I think - I can always make more babies *grin*
Which one is your favourite?

Have a dry weekend!
Miss CHief
xx

Mess and Cowboys

What a weekend we have had so far - off to the launch of our friend's new business Parents Wisdom on Friday night - that was so much fun and Middy stole the show flashing her nappy and generally being the life of the party, she is so cute all you can do is laugh at her and her silliness. Girly is still recovering from having her plaster removed so she sat quietly and did some art work in the room specially set up for littlies. Girly particularly loved Little Artist and Penny was so patient with her. It was a great night and we wish Tracey much success with Parents Wisdom.
Saturday was spent mainly with visitors popping into see Girly and her bare legs so it wasn't until late in the afternoon that we got to create some mess and WOW what a mess we created. Lots and lots of lovely fabric mess, cotton, paper, interfacing but I can guarantee from this mess will come some beautiful bags - all ready for the Dodges Ferry Artisans Market on the 7th March.
We are always creating new 'systems' to try and organise and streamline our sewing and our space - which is very limited. Our latest idea is to peg all the bits and pieces that go into making our bags onto a clothes horse - we will let you know if it works - seems OK at the moment. Well at least we wont be spending half my time crawling around on the floor looking for that strap or that pouch.Here is a sneak peek at one of our 'different' bags - wouldn't you love this spunky cowboy hanging over your shoulder and close to your.........HEART............ Sorry he is a little blurry - those damn cowboys can run really fast and it was a battle to catch him *grin*
Bye for now Miss Chief
xxx

EcoWear - Eco Savvy

We are now ready to launch our EcoWear clothing at the next market (Dodges Ferry).
What is Eco Savvy clothing you ask?
Our EcoWear clothing is all about up-cycling. Up-cycling is the process of converting pre-loved materials, into new materials of better quality and a higher environmental value.

Singlets - $8.00 Tops/bodysuits - $10.00 Sizes 0000 - 1
EcoWear is environmentally friendly,clothing with a conscience, and at a fraction of the price.

You can purchase our new range either by contacting us (custom orders welcome) or coming along to one of our markets. Dodges Ferry, March 7th and Mathilda's Market, March 27th

BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO SOMEONE'S ONCE LOVED HIGH QUALITY CHILDREN'S CLOTHING

So much to do, so little time to do it in!

WOW! what a week... tick, tick, tick (my brain working overtime).
I have now started an 'ideas' book, as I can't sleep at night with all the millions of ideas flowing through my head, and it is proving to be fantastic.
I feel a bit sorry for Middy and Mr H, as i have barely had time to scratch myself lately! we have new business cards, new logo and new labels.. plus i am launching my new EcoWear clothing (watch this space).
I also did a minni middy photo shoot this morning, luckly for me Middy loves being outside, so i got some beautiful photos of both bubby and her outfit.
I have been visiting the local op shops and wow have i picked up some fantastic treasures for our stall display, its amazing how the imagination can work, i was a bit worried bringing some of my 'fantastic finds' home to hubby :-p.
Our next market is at Dodges Ferry on the 7th March, come along and check out all our new gear!

In love

Missy is in bed and its quiet - mainly because she told me to turn the telly down - cheeky bugger!

I have had a productive and messy day and am a little excited by the 'new' things I made today.

I spent some time last night dying some cream wool blankets using food dye, white vinegar and hot water -recipe here - this is the first time I have used this process and I was amazed how effective it is. I didn't even measure anything, just chucked it all together and voila.

I love these pouches, the colours, the texture and that they allow a few errors without too much stress (of course i don't make mistakes). They just cheer me up and make me want to make hundreds and hundreds - well maybe 10 or 20 *grin*




This bag uses a new technique of using contact to creat a water proof section, sorta like oilcloth. It wasn't as easy as it sounded and a few choice words escaped my pure lips - I stitched and unpicked and ironed and finally here it is. I am happy with it and it is a little quirky. I love the material "Dysfunctional Family' by Michael Miller - it is so funny and maybe just a little bit true!



Well best get back to it. Time to clean up now :-(

Night

Playin' around

Well I finally managed to find the time to sit and write a post. I have had fun today playing around with some new ideas - I actually think they are going to be successful. Usually the pictures in my head never correspond with what finally comes out.
I have been using the food colouring technique to dye some old cream wool blankets - -$2.00 each at the local oppy and I am hoping to turn them into brooches - cut up of course or they would be HUGE brooches and some pouches. I will show them to you when I get them done to my satisfaction.
I also have been working on a new technique in my bag making and OH MY I think I love it.
Here is a peek at my 'projects' and for now night night
Tracey

I have buckled under pressure of not wanting to miss out on a fantastic market!
So Mathildas here we come!
This market is going to be HUGE, take a look at their webpage and see all the magnificent stall holders.
*Becky