Funfair

Funfair

8 days until Advent begins! Have you organised your calendar yet? I have 3 lovely Advent Calendars still available. It's not too late to have them shipped in NZ in time to get started for 2016! These are handmade with care, using upcycled materials and will provide a beautiful, unique way to celebrate Advent this Christmas and many more!

8 days until Advent begins! Have you organised your calendar yet? I have 3 lovely Advent Calendars still available. It's not too late to have them shipped in NZ in time to get started for 2016! These are handmade with care, using upcycled materials and will provide a beautiful, unique way to celebrate Advent this Christmas and many more!

Hi friends! Happy first day of Advent to you all! This year my sister-in-law asked me to make her an Advent calendar to use for a very cool lego building advent activity. I made two designs - the simple pocket one (which is pictured here with her wrapped lego bits in the pockets!) and the little houses one (as yet empty on my wall!) I'm currently taking "absolutely no obligation" expressions of interest for Advent 2016. Please message me if you would be interested in a calendar. Both designs take quite a long time to make (actually hours and hours) and the house one is particularly time consuming as has been priced accordingly. However, I think they are precious pieces that can be handed down through the family for years to come! As always, only recycled, upcycled or thrifted materials have been used. :)

My happy little sewing space...any suggestions of what should emerge from there next?

Same colourway, different styles. Which would get your vote?

Square yoke dress -size 4
Ruffle dress - size 2

Available to purchase -These little numbers are "samples" - I am still tweaking the pattern a very wee bit so they are going at the reduced price of $30 each. :)

Still available:
Pink/Yellow skirt on far left. Size 2-4
Orange/Blue skirt second from right. Size 4-6
Giraffe skirt on far right. Size 5 -7

WERE $28 Now $12

Inspiring fabric finds from last weekend. Couldn't wait to try this combination! Size 4.

Funfair's cover photo

Getting there...these kids wallets are finished!

Not winning with wallets today! But how about this little dress? Size 4. Perfect for autumn! $25 +post

Back behind the sewing machine after a lovely week up north visiting family - one broken needle, two damaged zips - argh! Trying to get some kids wallets out by the weekend...so glad of an amazing Otago autumn with cheerful native bird choruses today!

This is what happened when I relinquished creative rights to 5 year old Felix this afternoon...Smurfs on the outside...80s fluro sharks on the inside...and one happy boy (complete with photo bombing little brother)

Kids Money Skills Wallet pockets and labels ready to sew! (Can anyone think of a better name for these?) I owe much gratitude to the wonderful Charlotte of Chuckles for the use of her printer today. Somehow Charlotte managed to juggle laundry, snacks and three cute little ninjas while she printed these off for me! Do check out her lovely work...

Thank you so much for the helpful feedback re the Kids Money Skills Wallets. Hmm...it seems that having some kind of secure closure is the winner. I will make a variety and price accordingly, perhaps! Congratulations Stacey McDonald Wilson (why can't I tag you?) - random number generator selected you to have a custom one made. Please let me know whether you'd like a "girl," "boy" or "neutral" wallet. :)

Thanks for all the comments that have been coming in re the kids pocket money wallets! It's all really useful feedback. Just a couple more hours to add your "likes" or feedback to the example images. I'm looking forward to (hopefully) making a start on some this weekend!

Dear friends, there has been some interest in these little wallets and I would really appreciate your feedback! Which type of closure most appeals to you? Please disregard the fabric itself but "like" the closure type you prefer. Any other comments or feedback are most welcome! I'll randomly draw someone's name tomorrow and make a custom kids spend-save-give wallet just for them. :)

Dear friends, there has been some interest in these little wallets and I would really appreciate your feedback! Which type of closure most appeals to you? Please disregard the fabric itself but "like" the closure type you prefer. Any other comments or feedback are most welcome! I'll randomly draw someone's name tomorrow and make a custom kids spend-save-give wallet just for them. :)

Weekend collaboration with Miss 7. Do you have pocket-money-aged kids? Would this be a design that would work for them?

More details here: http://funfaircrafts.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/collaboration/

Funfair

This week's project...blogged (miraculously) here

funfaircrafts.wordpress.com new creations by a new creation

Four Way Dresses are available in 3 sizes - 6-18months, 1-3 years and 3-6 years. This special dress is size 3-6 years and heading over to a very lovely customer in Australia

Size 3-6 years
SOLD

Introducing Funfair's new and improved headbands modeled here by my lovely girls. Reversible, soft, comfy and practical. $7 each (2 for $12; 3 for $15) +postage. Turn around time is currently 2 weeks. Please message me via this page with colour preferences to order :)

Size 4
Square neck tunic dress made from thrifted and reclaimed fabric with hand dyed vintage doily sleeves. Whimsical, sweet and perfect for layering.
*Please note* - This dress is a second. There is no size tag sewn in and the construction is imperfect with some puckering on the inside facing (not visible from outside the dress)
$25 +postage

Rainbow brite custom order...

All fabrics in this album are duvet cover/sheet weight genuine first-time-round fabrics *not* reproductions. They are suitable for summer shorts, skirts, dresses...custom orders welcome! Please contact me through the page with any queries :)

So very very cute! Thanks for sending in this image, Debs!

Eliza loves her new Funfair dress!

Smurf shorts heading to a soon-to-be-one-year-old wee chap...

Experimenting with dye today...yellow and turquoise doilies...and an amazing inherited tablecloth...

Absolutely!

Our sentiments exactly! http://pinterest.com/boden/how-we-feel/

Size 3 (ready to ship)

Constructed from a good quality vintage sheet with vintage doily overlay pockets.Crotch and inner leg seam double stitched for durability. High density non-roll elastic through the waistband.

This style available in sizes 1-6, as pants or long shorts, with/without front/back pockets :)

$40 +postage

Amos showing off his new vintage Sesame Street shorts. I have more of this sheeting weight fabric (and in Smurf print, too) and can make in sizes 1-6, with or without front/back pockets. Size 1-3 $30, Size 4-6 $35 +post.

Today's experimental sewing...Good potential, I think. Aila is thrilled...

Pristine, in original packaging, 100% cotton, made in Canada vintage sheeting! Fresh white floral on aqua background - *perfect* for summer pants and dresses. Not sure whether to make it available or not...Almost too lovely to cut up!

Elastic waist pants, great for independant dressers and the newly toilet trained!

Four way dress

Size 1-3 years - A dress for a 1 year old through to a tunic top for a 3 year old.

$49 +postage

In progress...