What's been happening?

I have been busy making up some custom orders. Mostly girls stuff! Check out these cute little oufits

This gorgeous outift is a reversible crossover back pinny with matching reversible bloomers

This ones a cute little balloon style dress with long bloomers!

So cute!

And another reversible pinny, has matching bloomers

but I forgot to take a pic!

I'm also making a couple of boys sets for customs too. Once I have all these finished I will have a chance to make more stock for my store.

Summer time

I have finally got around to making the first of my summer stock. Some cute unisex fisherman pants, with a cuff that can be turned up to make them into shorts. I'm using lots of vibrant colors and prints.

I have been very busy with a few custom orders. Hopefully I will get to make up some shorts in the next few weeks. I am trying to buy some tshirts for appliquing, basically to make better use of my time! If I can get some nice ones I can make them up much quicker than having to construct the whole tshirt.

Once again my summer stock will have a focus on boys clothes, but there will be a few girly things, as they are just so much fun to sew!

Here's some pics

Whats happening at Buggz

After starting out with much enthusiasm I am finding that keeping up with the auction set up is very time cosuming. So I have reverted to buy it now pricing. Prices will remain low, so items can now be purchased without having to wait for auctions to finish, and this gives me lots more time to dedicate to sewing rather than admin stuff!

I am starting to wind down production of winter clothes and will be concerntrating on getting some summer stock made up over the next few months.

I also have some exciting Christmas ideas going on. So keep an eye out!

Chibobo Kids appeal '08

You will see a couple of auctions on my site for this years Chibobo Kids appeal. The appeal has been set up by Kate over at Nappycino. All proceeds from these two auctions will be donated to the appeal.

The first auction is this pair of size 1 dungarees

The second auction is this vibrant pair of kids fisherman pants

In 2006 Kate raised over $2000 doing a similar appeal. Help us to smash that record, and pick up a cute outfit while at it.

There is a link to the Cibobo '08 appeal blog in my links at the left.

Here's some of Kates post to give you an idea of what the appeal is all about

" back in 05 and 06 we ran an appeal to help support an orphanage in Chibobo, which is in Zambia. In 06 we raised $2000 which was used for medical supplies and to help fund a nurse.Many of the orphans are there because their parents have passed away from AIDs. Those who remember our 06 appeal may also remember Kunda, who was our 'poster child' of that year and only a baby when he arrived at the orphanage. Like many babies in the region his diet as a newborn consisted of maize and similar substances mixed with water in a bottle... and the water was certainly not as clean or sanitary as the tap water we have in our own country.Sadly Kunda passed away last year, and learning this recently has really kicked my butt into gear in the hopes that we can help out the community again this year. Over the past appeals we also sent a big consignment of goods including nappies and clothing for the children. This year, I'm putting my money where my mouth is and would like to ask anyWAHM interested to do the same.My sister is currently at the orphanage on a mission with our local church (my school runs trips there every other year as well and will be sending a team over next year). Hopefully once she is settled in back home again in a couple of weeks I can put up some photos so you can all see what it is really like over there.The reason I have chosen to support this in the past is that unlike some charitable organisations, the money raised doesn't get lost in beurocracy but is entirely used to help the orhanage and the surrounding community. At the moment I am assessing my own life and blessings to be living in a first world country, and I want to help just a few of those who weren't blessed with the same good fortune."

School Holidays

It's school holidays here in Vic. So my sewing will be put on hold for the next two weeks. I'll probably get a bit done here and there, but due to the demands of my children, I don't think it is going to be a very productive time! So we will see how it goes. I have a few things still on auction, but don't expect to have much to add once they finish.

I will be back in full swing when they return to school and I get my space and my peace and quiet back LOL.

This week at Buggz

I've been doing some custom orders this week, my favorite one is these size 4 fisherman flongies. The fabric choice is gorgeous! I will make more of them in the next few weeks, just want to make sure my sizing is a good fit. They will be a little bit more expensive than the smaller sizes as they use quite a bit more fabric. Won't be much though.

I got some gorgeous new prints from America again this week. Here's a sneak peak of a few of them.

Lots of cool dragons !!!

Armadillos !!! How cute are these !!!

More dragons, these colors are so vibrant

Gorgeous animal print, with pandas, elephants, zebras and more!

Lots more Buggz goodies on auction

I've been having great success with my auctions on the new site. It feels really good to be offering people a quality product at a low price. I am very fortunate that I don't have to depend on my sewing sales to help make ends meet. I hope my low prices are helping some people to dress their kids it cute clothes at a minimal cost.

I've had some lovely comments that my pants are really easy to dress with, which is what I was hoping to achieve! And that they fit beautifully over those big fluffy cloth bottoms!

Here's som of what's on auction this week.

Size 3 froggy cords, love the camo fabric!

Cute long sleeve tee, there's a few more in my Buggz store

Froggy fisherman flongies, this is a gorgeous print!

I'm making more flongies today

Love these tan cords, the bright orange fabric turns boring tan into cute an funky!

And some down on the farm fun!!! Look at those cute tractor prints!

Fisherman Flongies

I had to google a few weeks back to find out what "flongies" were. Everyone seems to be talking about them, so I set myself a task, to make some that were a bit different. My sister has been asking me for aaaaages to make Maurice some fisherman pants. So I decided to try and make my own pattern for them. In the process I thought that the cross over style, when you fold the front, would be perfect for flongies. When folded they have three layers of polar fleece. So I put my head down and bum up and look what I've created!

This pair have a gorgeous dragon print, that has a touch of gold on it! Absolutely gorgeous!

The possiblities are endless! These ones have a cute sea life print. The flongies are made from anti pill blizzard fleece. Waistbands are from all sorts of prints. The flongies also have an extra polar fleece insert stitched in at the back for maximum absorbancy.

Fisherman Flongies are on auction now at Buggz

BUGGZ is goin' orf !!!

I opened my new store on Friday night. www.buggz.congocart.com I placed a small promo add on nappycino, and I have already had 6 sales! I am a happy lady !!! Now I have some more money in the bank I can buy some moooooore fabric. Ahhh happy days ahead.

Thank you Nappycino ladies for supporting my business.

Sewing up a storm!

I've put myself into top gear this week and have been sewing up a storm. Well I've made a few things LOL. With the deb ball out of the way, I can sew sew sew yipeeeeee!!!

Here's some stuff I have ready to put in my new store. I'm trying to do lots of boys stuff!

www.buggz.congocart.com

This is going to be my new home. www.buggz.congocart.com I've taken the plunge and decided to set up my own webstore. The wahmnaps site has been great, but I want to do some stuff of my own, I'm impatient and impulsive by nature and I just need to have a go! So keep an eye out. The site is running but my websdesign page hasn't been finished yet, so once all that happens and I get some stock made up. That's where I will be selling.

The store is powered by Congo Cart, which is run by a very generous person who sets up the stores in his spare time for a very very reasonable cost! It's fantastic to have such a service available to help WAHM's get into business.

Ahhhhhh girly stuff!

Don't you love girls clothes! I couldn't resist making this one. I know it is starting to get a bit cold but both pieces are fully lined, and I'm sure they'd be warm with a skivvy and tights underneath. The fabric is sooooo pretty! I'm saving this one to put in my sew store. Will do a seperate post on that.

It's so sweet, and both pieces are fully reversible

And with the cuff down, you can get a bit more wear out of them

For the Princess within

Look at these little cuties! I've called them Princess/Bride dressups. They're made from embroided organza! So soft and pretty. Just a simple skirt and matching veil, but Miss Ivy loved it. Although there was no way she was modelling it for me to take a photo! She went off and tried it on, then came back and said. "yep, I like it" So hopefully other little girls will like them too! I've got lots of different colors to choose from and they are for sale on my Buggz store at wahmnaps

Has an elastic waist so kids can easily dress up by themselves

The veil is attached to an elastic headband, with silver sparkles!

Japanese fabrics for my dungarees

These are my Japanese fabric to choose from for custom made dungarees. It's a bit tricky trying to show them on Madeit, so I've put them on here so you can get a clearer image. I can email photos directly to you if you want bigger samples. Background colors are only suggestions, if you would like a different color just ask!

made it

I've signed up as a seller on www.madeit.com.au It's a fantastic site. One of the main attractions to me was that it is all Aussie sellers. I've listed a few things on there, and will add some more during this week. Once again, my store on there is called Buggz.

Dungarees

I love that word!!! I always called them overalls myself, but the kids tell me "dungarees" is the way to go. Anyways, here's my girls ones. These fabrics are sooooooo gorgeous. It's hard to see the quality in a photo, but trust me, it is 1st class!



I have them listed for sale on my wahmnaps store for now. And they are also available as a custom order.

Oh I am clever aren't I! Yay I put all these pictures together!

So you can see the front, backs, appliques and reversibles

yep... I'm easily excited!!!

Back to some boys stuff!

I got back onto some boys stuff this week.


I made a couple of pairs of cute polar fleece pants. A tracksuit, amd some dungarees!!! I love these, they are so cute! I have some girls ones underway too. I think I might try and sell them on madeit. I love that site!

This pair is made from one of my Japanese imported fabrics. The dragons are very cool. And the dungarees are fully reversible, with the turned up cuff meaning you can get a bit more wear out of them too.

To the left is the dungarees front, with some knee patches for crawlers!

An the dragon patch I appliqued to the back.

and the back view

And here they are on the reverse side

Very funky set!!!

Finished this set off today.

I couldn't resist posting it, but it is already sold!!!

Once again it's a tablecloth creation. The colors are stunning!

Can't wait to see miss Ivy wearing it!

Retro Twirly skirts and matching tops

Here's a couple of cute twirly skirts and matching skivvys.

Once again created from vintage tableclothes, with new skivvys.

The size 4 is a short style, with size 5 in the longer style.

These two are currently on auction at ebay finishing 05/04/08

Direct links here and here

Summer Sellout

These cute as can be boys outfits are currently being sold off.

Find them in my Buggz store. All prices include postage

The outfits are in various sizes.

Please check store for details.

You won't find sets like these in the shops!!!